Stage and its equipment
Across
- 2. Place where audiences gather to watch a performance
- 4. Working platform above and to the side from which fly bars are operated
- 6. The arch framing the openning between the stage and auditorium
- 7. Area behind backdrop that crew can pass without being seen
- 8. Strip of fabric hung horizontally to mask or conceal technical equipment above the stage
- 9. Rotatable area of the stage, commonly located at the centre.
- 12. Space between the acting area and the sidewalls of the stage
- 14. To reduce and reshape the size of the openning in a proscenium arch
- 15. Area where performers perform and act
- 17. Strip of fabric hung vertically to conceal off-stage areas.
- 18. Removable smaller timber and canvas arch set upstage of brick proscenium, sometimes painted in same design as the set
Down
- 1. Aluminium/steel pipe approx 50mm
- 3. The type of curtain suspended from an overhead track that open from centre to each side
- 4. A fireproof curtain that can be drop downstage of the house curtain in case of fire
- 5. Hole cut in stage to allow access from below
- 7. White backdrop located furthest to stage
- 10. An area typically hidden from view where musicians perform
- 11. Main stage curtain between stage and auditorium
- 13. Indicates the limits of audience vision from extreme seats including side seats, front and back rows
- 16. Area that extends beyond the house curtains
- 19. Becomes solid/transparent under appropriate lighting
- 20. Structure at the top of the fly tower which supports pulleys for flying system