Theatre Basics

the flat wide part of the stage projecting into the audience.

• Proscenium

• Wing Space

• Front Stage

• Apron

The distance between the edge of the performance space that the audience can see, and the wall of the theatre.

• Apron

• Wing Space

• Control Booth

• Proscenium

Room at the rear of the auditorium (in a proscenium theatre) where lighting and sometimes sound is operated from.

• Tech Room

• Control Room

• The Sound Shack

• Wing Space

an arch framing the opening between the stage and the auditorium

• Proscenium Arch

• Playhouse Arch

• Apron

• The Wing

The main house tabs in a venue

• Full Curtain

• Grand Curtain

• House Curtain

• Apron

a rigging of rope lines, blocks (pulleys), counterweights and related devices within a theater

• Wings

• Apron

• Fly System

• Full Tabs

House Curtains

• Full Tabs

• Front Tabs

• Back Tabs

• Grand Tabs

The part of the theatre on which performances happen

• Wing

• Apron

• Stage

• Proscenium

The backstage entrance to the theatre

• Back Door

• Stage Hole

• Stage Door

• The portal

Part of the theatre front of house area where audience members can buy tickets.

• Control Room

• Ticket House

• Entrance Way

• Box Office