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Theatre Building Details

Theatre Building Details. Types of Stages and Apparatus. Three Main types of Stage configurations. 1. Proscenium Stage. Proscenium Stage. Proscenium Arch >Picture frame for stage Audience in front of stage opening Traditional curtains >Main ‘Grand’ Drape

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Theatre Building Details

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  1. Theatre Building Details Types of Stages and Apparatus

  2. Three Main types of Stage configurations

  3. 1. Proscenium Stage

  4. Proscenium Stage • Proscenium Arch >Picture frame for stage • Audience in front of stage opening • Traditional curtains >Main ‘Grand’ Drape >Legs, Borders, Travelers

  5. STAGE WINGS: the spaces on either side of the stage

  6. Legs, Borders, Travelers

  7. CURTAINS: GRAND DRAPE:

  8. TRAVELLER: usually located Center Stage and Upstage

  9. Stage Apparatus > Counterweight System > Fly Rail/ Deck >Arbor > Cyclorama >Border >Legs >Travelers >Main ‘Grand’ Drape >Batten >Fire Curtain >Proscenium Arch >Wings >Apron >Traps >1st & 2nd & 3rd Electrics

  10. 2. Thrust Stage

  11. Thrust Stage • Audience on 3 sides • Stage may have a proscenium arch • Aisles used by actors

  12. 3. Arena Stage

  13. Arena Stage“Theatre in the Round” • Audience on 4 sides • Aisles used by actors • Scenery minimum

  14. Black Box • A black box theater consists of a simple, somewhat unadorned performance space, usually a large square room with black walls and a flat floor • Flexible seating

  15. Found space theatre • A stage can also be improvised where ever a suitable space can be found. • Examples may include staging a performance in a non traditional space such as a basement of a building, a side of a hill or, in the case of a busking troupe, the street.

  16. Section of a Proscenium Theatre • Fly Space • Back Wall • Stage Floor • Proscenium Arch • Apron • Orchestra Pit • Orchestra Seats • Mezzanine J) Upper Balcony K) Lobby

  17. Types of Theatre Stages The End! 

  18. Theatre Types – Review???

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