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
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18. Theatre Types – Review???