Get Your Act Together

What is the name given to the person who writes the play?

• Performer

• Director

• Playwright

• Producer

What is a performer?

• A person who realises a role in performance in front of an audience

• The person in charge of the artistic elements of a production, who collaborates with designers and the technical team.

• The person who is in charge of set design.

• The person in charge of the front-of-house team

What is the name of the person who studies another actor's role so they can take over at short notice when needed?

• Theatre manager

• Producer

• Understudy

• Director

Who is in charge of all aspects of backstage, including the backstage crew, before, during and after a performance?

• Director

• Lighting designer

• Set designer

• Stage manager

Who is responsible for designing the lighting states and special lighting effects for a performance?

• Set designer

• Lighting designer

• Technician

• Director

Who is in charge of the artistic elements of the production, including the initial creative idea, will work with actors in rehearsal, collaborate with designers and technical team to realise this idea in performance?

• Producer

• Stage Manager

• Playwright

• Director

Who works backstage either setting up technical equipment such as microphones or rigging lights before a production or operating technical equipment during a performance?

• Technician

• Lighting Designer

• Sound Designer

• Theatre Manager

Who is the person who is responsible for and manages the front-of-house team who deal with the audience during the production (for example the box office manager, ushers and similar staff)?

• Director

• Producer

• Stage Manager

• Theatre Manager

Who designs the sound required for a performance? This may include underscoring, intro and outro music, as well as specific effects. The final design will result in a sound plot which is a list of the sounds required and their cues.

• Technician

• Sound Designer

• Set Designer

• Stage Manager

Who designs puppets for a performance?

• Set designer

• Stage Manager

• Technician

• Puppet Designer