Parts of a theatre

aural and visual signs in order to stimulate a set of desired audience responses. There are many different elements and principles of theatre that are the basic building blocks in which scene, costume and lighting designers create various images or patterns. The collaboration and the designers process is the need for collaboration between individually conceived parts to create a whole capable of eliciting desired responses and…

All the World’s a Stage The excited chatter of the audience to lowers as the lights dim until you are enveloped in quiet anticipation.The red velvet wall in front of you parts and as spotlights appear you are flying to Neverland or watching Hamilton and Aaron Burr duel. When the lights go up, a thunderous clapping breaks the silence. You have been given a glimpse into a world that is not yours, however, the characters on the stage feel more like family than your aunt that comes for…

Operating Theatre (OT) nurse. I was very anxious and nervous because of the impression that the operating theatre is a fast-paced and unique environment. OT nurses are highly skilled, competent, able to adapt to the different situations, able to think fast and work accurately, able to work with multidisciplinary team and have a very good interpersonal skills (Criscitelli, 2014). I even thought if I have the capability to work in theatre…

“ I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” (Oscar Wilde) Many people, much like Oscar Wilde, share the love of theatre. Theatre, or other play like performances, have been around since the beginning of time. They first evolved from simple storytelling, to huge productions, much like the Broadway Theatre. This form of entertainment first gain traction in popularity, in…

In today’s society, musical theatre takes a huge part in giving both entertainment and excitement to people as they give different experiences to the audience compared to when watching a film. Musical Theatre is a performance where there is a combination of acting, singing and dancing which allows people to adapt and re-create famous films or plays like “Les Misérables” through the creative combination of all three elements of musical theatre. Musical theatre has a very long history which means…

Over the centuries, theatre conventions evolved from the highly presentational performances of the Greeks to the extravagance of Elizabethan productions and eventually conglomerated to produce contemporary theatre. The University Playhouse’s performance of Acting: The First Six Lessons expressed this conglomeration of Greek and Elizabethan conventions through elements of presentational theatre, a non-localized set, and a supporting cast that functioned similar to a chorus or ensemble. This…

casting directors are to getting work in the theatre, film, and television business. Casting directors are the first “friend” you meet when an actor is looking for work, the casting directors are scouting for fresh new talent that they could cast in their upcoming projects that they are casting at the time. Usually, casting directors are hired by television studios, networks, production companies, and producers of Broadway shows to give actors for considering parts. For example, Daniel…

the most significant shift in the world was William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre. The first Globe Theatre was one of the first playhouses in London and viewing the shows there was past time for many of the people in England.The original Globe burned down and then was rebuilt. The second Globe Theatre was torn down as theatres were closed. The third Globe Theatre is the one currently standing. The third Globe Theatre was recreated by Sam Wanamaker, and the materials used were all based on…

Ever since grade nine, theatre has been a significant part of my life. The Mentor College Theatre Department has taught me very valuable life lessons over the past four years and has shaped me from the nervous grade nine, to the outgoing, and determined self-confident leader that I am today. In the start of grade nine, I only participated in the spring play, Metamorphoses. The play, was essentially a series of vignettes about Greek mythology. Although, I was only part of the cast for the…

notion on the subjectivity of memory. In the post World War II backdrop of trauma and disillusionment and equipped with the heritage of Freud’s psychoanalysis theory, the functioning of the memory became an important theme in theatre as well as in other arts. American theatre when compared to other art forms was slow to change and hand in hand with Kingsley Amis, Tennessee Williams embraced the post war genre of realism and horror. With Williams’ The Glass Menagerie a significant breakthrough…