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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pin rail

Performing arts; Theatre

A part of the fly-loft in some theatres in which belaying pins are inserted and to which hand worked lines from the scenery are run, controlled and tied off.

bard

Performing arts; Theatre

A person who composed and recited heroic or epic poems, often accompanied by lyre or harp. "The Bard" is now synonymous with William Shakespeare.

light plot

Performing arts; Theatre

A plan for the lighting of a play. A light plot consists of scale drawing of each electric with the instruments hung from each, and areas of the stage to be illuminated by each instrument. In ...

open stage

Performing arts; Theatre

A platform stage surrounded on three sides by the audience. Derives from the thrust stage of the Elizabethan theatre.

boat truck

Performing arts; Theatre

A platform, built on casters, that can be used to move set pieces and scenery on and off stage. A larger variant is called the wagon stage, and can be used to transport entire sets.

dramatist

Performing arts; Theatre

A playwright, or one who writes plays.

dance

Performing arts; Theatre

A precursor, if not the earliest form of theatre. Dance in primitive theatre has evolved into the choreography of Broadway musicals, ballet, and interpretative theatre.