Theatre spaces
Types of theater spaces
Proscenium •Thrust stage• Theatre in the Round •Black Box Theater
Proscenium
•Theater space whose primary feature is a large frame or arch(called the proscenium arch even though it is frequently nota rounded archway at all),which is located at or near the front of the stage.
•The audience directly faces the stage, which is typically raised several feet above front row audience level• Originally Roman Theater
Thrust stage
•Popular in the WestThrust Stage
•Also known as platform stage or open stage
•Extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area by its upstage end.
• Many of the works of Shakespeare were first performed on the thrust stage of the Globe Theater and lend themselves to such a stage design in modern times as well.
Theatre in the Round
•Also known as arena theatre
.•Any theatre space in which the audience surrounds the stage area.
•In 1947,Margo Jones established America's first professional theatre-in-the-round company
•Theatre-in-the-round was common in ancient theatre, particularly that of Greece and Rome but was not widely explored again until the latter half of the 20th century; it has continued as a creative alternative to the more common
Black Box Theater
•Also known as experimentaltheatre. •Recent. Consisting of a simple ,somewhat unadorned performance space, usually a large square room with black walls and a flat floor.• The concept of a building designed for flexible staging techniques can be attributed to Swiss designer
Adolph Appia circa 1921, and instigated a half century of innovations in the relationship between audience and performers.
Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames that was destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and then demolished in 1644. The modern reconstruction is an academic approximation based on available evidence
Proscenium •Thrust stage• Theatre in the Round •Black Box Theater
Proscenium
•Theater space whose primary feature is a large frame or arch(called the proscenium arch even though it is frequently nota rounded archway at all),which is located at or near the front of the stage.
•The audience directly faces the stage, which is typically raised several feet above front row audience level• Originally Roman Theater
Thrust stage
•Popular in the WestThrust Stage
•Also known as platform stage or open stage
•Extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area by its upstage end.
• Many of the works of Shakespeare were first performed on the thrust stage of the Globe Theater and lend themselves to such a stage design in modern times as well.
Theatre in the Round
•Also known as arena theatre
.•Any theatre space in which the audience surrounds the stage area.
•In 1947,Margo Jones established America's first professional theatre-in-the-round company
•Theatre-in-the-round was common in ancient theatre, particularly that of Greece and Rome but was not widely explored again until the latter half of the 20th century; it has continued as a creative alternative to the more common
Black Box Theater
•Also known as experimentaltheatre. •Recent. Consisting of a simple ,somewhat unadorned performance space, usually a large square room with black walls and a flat floor.• The concept of a building designed for flexible staging techniques can be attributed to Swiss designer
Adolph Appia circa 1921, and instigated a half century of innovations in the relationship between audience and performers.
Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames that was destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and then demolished in 1644. The modern reconstruction is an academic approximation based on available evidence