Theatre Terminology 4 Flashcards

1

What is the Auditorium?

The place where people first enter the theatre
The place where the audience sit
A quick change room off stage
A room where the sound designer makes cues

2

How many minutes before curtain up is beginners.

5mins
3mins
10mins
1min

3

What is a Crash Box?

A box to drop light objects from above
Spare electrical circuits to be used in an emergency
Where actors keep their valuables
A box, dropped in the wing to make a large noise off stage.

4

What's this called?

Baton
French brace
Stick brace
Stage brace

5

What's this picture of?

Production Desk
Prompt Corner
Stage Door
Sound position

6

What's this?

Castor
Dolly
Skate
Wheel

7

What are these called?

House Tabs
Drapes
Reds
Curtain

8

What's this?

Cradle weight
Block
Long weight
Stage weight

9

What is a Cyclorama?

A series of operas or plays
Hydraulic Ram
A musical about bicycles
A back cloth that wraps round the set

10

Which flying system is this?

Nomad
Automated
Counterweight
Hemp

11

What arch is this?

Carvaggio arch
Portcullis
Tab arch
Proscenium arch

12

What is a Podger?

An electrical screw driver
Follow spot operator
A spanner and a poke tool
A rotund actor

13

What is the Pit?

Area to house the orchestra
The sides of the stalls
Area in the dock
Area where the creative team sit

14

What are legs used for?

Horizontal masking
Cabling up the sound position
Walking on
Vertical masking

15

What are Portals?

Padding for actors costumes
Payment for musicians for carrying their own instruments.
Usually solid, framed scenery consisting of sides and tops.
Port hole shaped windows on a set.

Theatre Terminology 4

Questions 15

Theatre Terminology 4

Questions 15