We had the girl that was singing walk on slowly from the back to the front of the stage. ... We made it so that the light only shines at the front of the stage. ... She then walks from the back to the front of the stage into the while singing. ... Most of the groups chose to have a Proscenium Arch Staging where the audience sits in front of the stage in straight rows. ... We chose to have a Thrust Staging where the stage is rectangular and the audience surrounds the stage on three sides. ...

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The "Black Box" theatre stage was very conductive to a personal, intimate feeling given from the players to the audience and even vice-versa. It was a modified thrust stage, only seated about fifty people, and was very, very dark in comparison to a large theatre setting. ... For instance, the designer might want the stage at the front and the audience to be looking through a "4th" wall. ... A thrust stage has an equal amount of audience on the left, right and center of the stage, letting more people be closer to the stage. A multifocus stage has different areas for the actors to perform. ...

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The directing, there isn't much that the director does that the audience can see during the show but she did a good job because all the sound affects and everything seemed to go ok with the actors getting on and off stage. ... Set design, there weren't a lot of props there was the stage that they painted green. ... There was also a tree on the left side of the stage that looked good only it the top half of the tree was cut off and it seemed like they could have had more of the tree because it was still about 10 feet from the ceiling. ... They had a wheel with colors in it that the...

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The stage was set up like a proscenium theatre where the audience seating is directly in front on the stage. As we sat down I noticed the spectacle that made up the stage scenery, and it was very simple with three wooden frames painted in turquoise with engraved faces on them that looked as if they were screaming. ...

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The space was a well-constructed thrust stage however, the stage was not raised off the ground and the seats appeared to be mobile which lead to the belief that this is an Environmental Theater. As for the layout of the stage, there was a couch and a table in center stage for the first two acts, a door to the unseen outside front of the house upstage right, there were two large double doors upstage center leading to the backyard garden, and a raised floor upstage left containing a piano, a bookcase and a door leading to the home library. Stage left there was a half spiral staircase that lead u...

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The Romans kept much of the same feel as the Greek theatres but only used half of a circle for their orchestra and had a small stage area. ... An aside is when the character breaks the front wall and talks directly to the audience without the other character's knowledge. ...

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As the play was a hybrid between Brechtian and naturalistic, the play world is symbolised and reminded by the actors that the play world was just a stage. ... " As early as scene 1, the atmosphere and tone of the play has already been casted as from the moment Spokes comes on stage in 'One Man, Two Guvnors', and, attempting to throw a peanut into his mouth, collides with a comfy chair, executing a perfect 180-degree fall, it's clear that you can call him the show's star clown without fear of contradiction. ... This not only added versatility to the actors but also re...

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This seat was perfect to view the play from because there were not any big heads or different obscenities in front of me to block my view of the stage The three most captivating aspects of the play was the brilliant light design, costumes, and music. ... Even though he used dull lighting to light up the stage you could still see all the characters actions and facial expressions clearly. ...

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Moreover, Restoration Theatre allowed females to act on stage for the first time and it was the first indoor theatre of the century. ... Restoration Theatre was the first theatre to accept female actors to act on stage. ... They were the most expensive area, costing $200-$300 (Australian dollars) and is on stage. ... A few pairs of wings that fronted the shutters were painted on both sides of the shutter' to give the impression of perspective and receding ness. ... For example, in Act 3, scene 2, "Pinchwife: Pshaw, a mask makes people but more inquisitive, and is ridiculous a ...

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New variations of Roman and Greek stage machinery were used as well. ... Italian stage machinery developed into elaborate objects. ... To this day, the proscenium arch is one of the most commonly used stage designs. ... Theatre critic Michael Radcliffe said the show was "beyond question the most beautiful spectacle on the West End stage.... I know what it's like to fall and get hurt in front of 2000 people. ...

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While "Dream" (my adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream") was poorly staged, shabbily designed, and narratively messy, the production achieved something I have yet to achieve again. ... The Limelight is essentially a gutted out Gothic style church, and we used its architecture to our advantage, allowing the action to spill off the multi-leveled stage on which bands and DJ's normally performed, into, around, and above the enormous dance-floor upon which the audience was seated. ... The net result was that the sexual aspect of the play's narrative was situated front and center,...

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