Stage Terminology

Whilst this likely belongs to the Stage discipline, this has been put in the General category as it is useful to know for all departments.

Stage Directions

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Stage Types

Staging refers to where the audience are positioned relative to the performance area. There are four main types of staging, which will often be decided by the director or production team:

Staging Type	Description
End on	The most common type of staging, where the audience sit on one half of the room with the performers directly opposite. This is the only staging type we can do in the WAC theatre, and the most common to see in the studio.
Traverse	When audience are on two opposite sides of the stage (like a fashion runway/catwalk).
Thrust	Where the audience sits on three sides of the stage, looking in. Often done in the studio by adding two rows of chairs on steeldeck either side of the stage, with the bleachers out. Be careful doing shows in the thrust! Attention should be paid to sightlines and the actors' blocking.
Round	Where there is seating on all sides of the stage, with the audience looking in.