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Understanding Theatre Building Details: Types of Stages and Apparatus

Learn about Proscenium, Thrust, and Arena stages, along with detailed stage configurations, curtains, wings, and stage apparatus like counterweight systems and fly rails. Discover various types of theatre spaces from black box to found space theatres.

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Understanding Theatre Building Details: Types of Stages and Apparatus

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  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 The End! 

  18. Theatre Types – Review???

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