When you describe design ideas in the written exam, it's important you understand and can use these terms.
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thrust |
A thrust stage has audience on three sides but the back goes straight to backstage with no audience nearby.
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end |
An end on stage fills up one end of the space with the audience filling the rest.
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proscenium |
A proscenium arch stage is the traditional kind, with the audience at the front, curtains and an apron in front of the curtains.
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traverse |
A traverse stage fills the middle of the space from one end to the other, with the audience on either side.
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round |
Theatre in the round is where the stage is in the middle of the space, with the audience all around it.
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upstage |
Upstage is the part of the stage closest to the audience.
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downstage |
Downstage is the part of the stage furthest away from the audience.
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centre
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Centre stage is the middle of the stage.
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