Technical Theatre Worksheet 1) Put the following words in the correct place on the grid below: Upstage Centre / Upstage Right / Upstage Left / Centre Stage / Stage Right / Stage Left / Downstage Centre / Downstage Right / Downstage Left The Stage
Upstage Right
Upstage Centre
Upstage Left
Stage Right
Centre Stage
Stage Left
Downstage Right
Downstage Centre Audience
Downstage Left
2) Technical terms – research and complete the meaning of each of the terms below:
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Term Prompt Corner
Meaning The place from which the Stage Manager controls the show. From here he has communication links to all parts of the theatre and gives cues to all departments. The corner can be on either side of the stage but traditionally it is on the left (i.e. the prompt) side. The person who is operating the corner is sometimes said to be "in the corner" and sometimes "on the book".
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Opposite Prompt
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DSM
Used when the Prompt corner is Stage Right instead of the usual stage left also called "opposite prompt" (OP). This may be for architectural reasons in the venue or because a set means that the view point from Prompt corner is obscured. Deputy Stage Manager, will cue the show, be on the book, giving calls and ‘go’s to the
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Cans
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Gel
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Flies
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DBO
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Get in / Get out
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Gobo
10 Call
11 Truck
12 Prompt Copy / The Book
13 Rake
14 Proscenium Arch
actors and all departments, enabling the changing of scenery, lighting and sound to be co-ordinated. Headphones used for backstage communication between Stage management, Front of House, technicians, crew, dressers etc to run the show. Transparent plastic sheet placed in front of a lantern to colour the light beam. To lift above the level of the stage floor by means of sets of lines from the grid. The term flies is also used as an abbreviation for fly gallery. A gallery extending along a side wall of the stage, some distance above the stage floor, from which ropes used in flying scenery are operated. Also Known as a fly floor. The fly galleries are usually referred to collectively as the flies. Lighting term. Dead blackout: a sudden, instantaneous switching off of all lights. Complete darkness on stage, used to hide scenery changes or to create dramatic effect. The process of delivering and taking scenery and props in and out of a theatre, usually at the beginning and end of a run. A metal cutout used in ellipsoidal reflector spotlights that projects an image on stage. Also called template. The notification to cast and crew of rehearsal or performance. Also the countdown to curtain provided by stage management, usually half-hour call, fifteen minute call, five minute call, and beginners. Low trolley, either running in tracks or free moving, on which scenery etc. can be mounted. A copy of the script, kept by the Stage Manager, which includes all cues (qv) and notes. Also known, usually in amateur theatre, as the "prompt copy." How sloped the floor of an auditorium or stage is. The theoretical "fourth wall" of a stage. Comprising the proscenium opening and its
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16 Blacks
17 Fresnel
18 Prop
19 Cue
20 Production Manager
surrounding. A device with two or four doors for masking a light beam off areas. Curtains hung both to mask the back-stage area and to shape the on-stage area. Normally made of wool surge. A type of lantern that emits a soft edged diffused light. or PROPERTIES: All objects, such as furniture, pictures, carpets, flowers, books, implements, weapons etc., used in a performance (but not including scenery). Categorised into "hand props" and "set props" (or "set dressing"). The signal for an action by an actor or a technician during a performance. Actors cues are mostly verbal, but for technicians they may be given verbally over the intercom by the stage manager or visually by a cue light. Oversees and manages development and building of all set, costumes and production matters. Works with Designer to make designs reality.
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