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Title: Staging


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Staging
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A definition
  • Staging is the position of the acting area in
    relation to the audience.
  • The Acting area is the part of the available
    space occupied by the set and used by the actors
    when acting.

3
THRUST
  • The audience is on three sides and the stage has
    an area that protrudes forward.
  • Cumbernauld Theatre is an example of a thrust
    stage.

4
AVENUE
  • The audience sits on two sides of the acting
    area.
  • BlackWatch award winning drama by Gregory
    Burke was presented by the National Theatre of
    Scotland in avenue staging in a variety of venues
    including the Fruitmarket and SECC.

5
THEATRE IN THE ROUND
  • The audience sits on all four sides of the acting
    area.
  • The Circle studio at the Citizens theatre is an
    example of theatre in the round.

6
END ON
  • The audience is positioned in front of the acting
    area.
  • The Tron theatre is an example of end on staging.

7
PROMENADE
  • The action takes place in different areas and the
    audience move to follow it. Recently a play by
    David Leddy - Sub Rosa was staged as a
    promenade performance at the Citizens. The
    audience were taken all through the backstage
    area, corridors and rehearsal rooms as the action
    of the play unfolded.

8
PROSCENIUM ARCH
  • The audience is positioned in front of the stage
    and the stage is framed
  • Theatre Royal, Kings Theatre and Citizens all
    have proscenium arch stages.

9
Areas of the Stage
  • The acting area is divided into nine sections.
  • In this way actors/directors/stage managers/set
    designers, technicians etc. can identify the
    different parts of the acting space.

USR USC USL
CSR CS CSL
DSR DSC DSL
AUDIENCE
10
Upstage/Downstage
  • When theatres were first established in the 1500s
    the majority of the audiences had to stand.
    Stages were built on a rake which meant they
    sloped down towards the audience, so actors up at
    the back of the stage would not be masked by
    actors at the front.

upstage
downstage
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Audience
Upstage Right Upstage Centre Upstage Left
Centre Stage Right Centre Stage Centre Stage Left
Downstage Right Downstage Centre Downstage Left
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