All the World's a Stage
A kind of flexible small studio theatre where the audience and actors are in the same room, surrounded by black tabs (curtains).
What is Black Box?
The units into which a play is broken up
What is Act/Scene?
Process where the director of a production asks performers to show what they can do.
What is Audition?
The part of the stage and theatre which is out of the sight of the audience. The service areas of the theatre, behind, beside or underneath the stage.
What is Backstage?
Where The audience sits, the auditorium
What is House?
A sloping stage which is raised at the back
What is Raked Stage?
The point in a dramatic work, or one of its parts, at which the interest or emotional effect is most intense
What is Climax?
The process of arranging moves to be made by the actors during the play
What is Blocking?
Section of the auditorium where the orchestra sits.
What is Pit
The person in charge of communicating between the production team, the technicians, and the actors.
What is Stage Manager?
Form of stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience are seated on at least two sides of the extended piece.
What is Thrust Stage?
The series of events in a play that lead up to the climax
What is Rising Action?
A notification of a working session
What is Call?
An invisible wall through which the audience views the action.
What is Fourth Wall?
Room where actors wait to be called into the audition room.
What is holding room
Naturalistic setting of a complete room built from flats with only the side nearest the audience (the fourth wall) missing.
What is Box Set?
An explanation, normally in the dialogue, of events preceding the beginning of the play. Also, any plot-related information that is provided to help the audience understand actions that take place offstage.
What is Exposition?
Following an audition, the director may ask to see a shortlist of actors again
What are Callbacks?
Green Room
At the end of a performance, the acknowledgement of applause by actors - the bows.
What is Curtain Call?
The opening in the wall which stands between stage and auditorium in some theatres; the picture frame through which the audience sees the play
What is Proscenium Arch?
The end of the play where everything gets resolved
What is Resolution/Denouement?
The command given to technical departments to carry out a particular operation. 2) Any signal that indicates another action should follow
What is Cue?
The out of view areas to the sides of the acting area
What are Wings?
The cast, crew and other staff associated with a show
What is Company?