Theatre

Theatre

Terms of or in relation to a collaborative form of fine art which uses live performances to express fictional or non-fictional stories to an audience in a particular place.

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Improvisation

Performing arts; Theatre

A situation in which the actors are provided with background on the setting and characters and then spontaneously invent dialogue and action.

Quick-change room

Performing arts; Theatre

A small room or enclosure just offstage where actors can make a quick costume change required by having to reappear on stage in a very short time.

Act

Performing arts; Theatre

A unit or division of a play, each of which is composed of one or more scenes. Originally, Greek plays were continuous and the introduction of divisions was a later development. Plays today may ...

Boom

Performing arts; Theatre

A vertical pipe with a heavy base to which lighting instruments may be attached.

Equity

Performing arts; Theatre

Actors' Associations. Trade unions formed to oversee and regulate the pay and conditions of those working in the theatre. In the U.S., American Actors' Equity, formed in 1913, deals only with the ...

Shutters

Performing arts; Theatre

Adjustable flaps on a lighting instrument such as a barn door. Ellipsoidal lighting instruments use metal shutters which slide in and out between the focal point inside the instrument and the ...

A standard interior set consisting of three walls, with the fourth wall removed so the audience can observe the action. The side walls are often set at an angle sloping outward at the downstage end ...