- Actors may feel intimidated.
- Blocking can be challenging due to a lack of clear US/DS/SL/SR.
- Limited entrances and exits.
- Audience may feel distracted by each other.
- Performing to two sides may feel artificial for actors.
What is a limitation of traverse staging?
Traverse: Uncommon form of staging where, similar to that of a fashion parade, the audience sits on two sides of a long rectangular stage, facing each other. Traverse
staging allows for even the worst seats in the house to be relatively close to the stage
, but often there is an absence of wings for the performers.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a traverse stage?
- Pros: The audience on either side can clearly see work that happens at two sides. The audience can see each other, creating intimacy.
- Cons: The opposing sides of the audience might see two entirely different shows and sight lines are still an issue.
What is good about a traverse stage?
A ‘traverse stage’ is a form of theatrical (theatre stage] in which
the audience is predominantly on two sides of the stage, facing towards each other
. … An advantage of this style of staging is that it is intimate staging and allows the actors to use the audience for effect.
What are the disadvantages of an end on stage?
End-on Stage
Disadvantages: Designers cannot use backdrops as it would obscure the view of the audience.
Stage furniture has to be chosen carefully so that sightlines are not blocked
. Actors have to keep moving around so the audience do not miss important pieces of action.
What does a traverse stage look like?
A traverse stage is
long and narrow with the audience sitting on either side, like a catwalk
. As with theatre in the round, the audience can see each other, which helps to remind them that they are at the theatre and immerse them in the action on stage.
What is a end on stage?
End-on staging is very similar to proscenium arch, but without the arch frame around the stage space. Many black box studios are set up with end-on staging, meaning that
the stage space is on one side of the room and the audience sit on the opposite side
.
What are the advantages of using end on staging?
Pros:
The audience feel included and an intimate atmosphere is created
. Having one end which is visible to all provides a ‘back’ to the stage. Cons: Sight lines can still be an issue.
What are the disadvantage of acting?
Being an
actor
will take a toll financially. You will struggle to stay afloat and the career uncertainty can be too much for many
actors
. Being an
actor
can drain you. There’s the financial pressures, mentioned above, as well as the rejection, jealously and lack of work.
What is the most important advantage of the proscenium stage?
A proscenium arch creates a “window” around the scenery and performers. The advantages are that it
gives everyone in the audience a good view
because the performers need only focus on one direction rather than continually moving around the stage to give a good view from all sides.
Where might you see a traverse stage?
Theatre in the round can also be referred to as arena theatre.
A stage where the audience sits on two sides
is called a traverse stage. Again, this type of stage is good for creating an intimate atmosphere as the audience are close to the action.
What are the stage positions?
- Upstage: The area of the stage furthest from the audience.
- Downstage: The area of the stage closest to the audience.
- Stage Left: The area of the stage to the performer’s left, when facing downstage (i.e. towards the audience).
What is the most common type of stage?
The most common form found in the West is
the proscenium stage
. In this type, the audience is located on one side of the stage with the remaining sides hidden and used by the performers and technicians.
How many stage positions are there?
All nine positions on stage are from the perspective of the performer. When a performer is standing in the middle of the stage, their position is referred to as centre stage.
Which stage seats audience members on three sides?
In theatre,
a thrust stage (also known as a platform stage or open stage)
is one that extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area by its upstage end.
What is in the round stage?
Theatre-in-the-round, also spelled theater-in-the-round, also called arena stage, central stage, or island stage,
form of theatrical staging in which the acting area, which may be raised or at floor level, is completely surrounded by the audience
.
