Staging

refers to the use of space between actors and how that use of space communicates their relationship to the audience

• Upstage left

• Down stage

• Proxemics

• Centre stage

The audience are around the whole stage

• End on stage

• Thrust stage

• Theatre in a round

• Platform

The audience are places at three sides of the stage

• Traverse stage

• End on stage

• Centre stage

• Thrust stage

Downstage is...

• right next to the audience

• at the back of the stage

• offstage

• in the sky

The audience are only directly in front of the stage.

• In a round

• Thrust stage

• Traverse stage

• End on

The audience are placed on either side of the stage.

• Thrust stage

• Traverse stage

• End on

• In a round