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Word/Term Definition/Meaning

Set or setting The arrangement of scenery to provide a background or environment in
which the action of the play can develop.

Soundscape A collection of sounds to create a dramatic environment.

Spike Marking with tape on the stage or around the stage to show the correct
positions of set pieces, furniture, performers or other items which must be
in a specific position.

Stagecraft Creative use of performance space, set, costume, make-up, lighting.

Stagecraft Specialist skills that complement staging a performance.

Stage hand An individual who assists the stage manager.

Stage manager The individual responsible for the backstage operation of a production, that
is, placement of set, costumes, props, communication with cast and crew
on all issues and responsible for recording all business, cues and pauses in
the prompt book during rehearsals.

Stage right The right side of the stage as determined by actor standing in the centre
and facing the audience.

Stage left Left side of stage as determined by an actor standing in the centre and
facing the audience.

Strikes To take down or remove a set from the stage.

Stiles The vertical members of a flat.

Story The journey from beginning to end of an artistic work (dance/drama).

Style A distinctive way of expression; the creation of a technique of dance or
drama work that identifies a particular performer, choreographer, group or
period.

Technical Theatre The technical elements that go into making a production, for example,
costume, set, lighting and sound.

Text Text refers to poem, pictures/photographs, illustrations, videos and prose.

Throw-line Line for latching two flats together, side by side.

Thrust stage A stage that extends out into the auditorium so that the audience sits on
three sides of the actors.

Toggle bar Any supporting cross-piece of lumber of a flat, other than the top and
bottom rails.

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