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Glossary of theatre terms
A
accepting
act
actor
actress
advance bar
amplifier
apron
aside
auditorium
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B
bar
barn doors
batten
blackout
blocking
boom
border
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C
chase
chorus
circle
compact disk (CD)
corpse
crossfade
cyc, cyclorama
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D
dark
dimmer
downstage
drying
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E
end stage
equalisation (EQ)
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F
fader
flat
floats
flood
follow spot
footlights
found space
fourth wall
Fresnel
front of house (FOH)
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G
gauze
gel
gobo
gods
groundrow
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H
heavens
hell
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I
improvisation
intelligent lighting
iris
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J
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K
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L
ladder
lamp
lantern
leg
light curtain
loudspeaker
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M
microphone
mute
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N
noise boys
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O
on the book
open white (O/W)
opposite prompt (OP)
orchestra
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P
pan
parcan
perches
prepared improvisation
producing theatre
profile
promenade
prompt
proscenium, proscenium arch
public address (PA)
pyrotechnics
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Q
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R
rake
receiving house
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S
scene
script
shutters
skene
soliloquy
sound reinforcement
spontaneous improvisation
stage left, stage right
stalls
state
status
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T
tab warmers
tableau curtains (tabs)
theatre-in-education (TIE)
theatre-in-the-round
theatron
thespian
thrust
tilt
tiring house
traverse
truck
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U
upstage
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V
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W
wigglies
wings
wipe
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X
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Y
young people's theatre (YPT)
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Z
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