Quiz: How well do you know your theatre terminology?
Are you up with all the ‘theatrical lingo’?
Take our quiz to see how well you know your ghost light from your spot light and your chickens from your chookas.
Leave a comment to let us know how you go!
Q 1. What is a Dry Tech?
A type of costume that draws sweat away from the skin
A technical rehearsal without performers
A technical rehearsal with out sound
A rehearsal with out any alcohol
Q 2. How long before the start of a show is the Five Minute Call?
Fifteen Minutes
Five Minutes
Two Minutes
Ten Minutes
Q 3. What would be referred to as cans?
Something your soup comes in
Hairspray
Part of the ensemble girls’ anatomy
Headphones
Q 4. If an actor is said to have 'corpsed' they have...
Burst into laughter
Forgotten their lines
Frozen with stage fright
Previously played a dead character
Q 5. In a theatre, what is know as the Rag?
The newspaper with reviews of the show
The red carpet at opening night
The stage curtain
The towel a performer keeps on the side of the stage
Q 6. Where is Prompt Side in a theatre?
Stage left
Stage right
The stage management office
Where the professional line prompter sits
Q 7. An actor is said to be 'Off Book' if they...
Are being paid cash in hand
Are drunk. "Wow James was totally off book at the pub last night".
Know their lines with out looking at a script
Improvising instead of following the script
Q 8. What is a Sitzprobe?
An early rehearsal used to probe into the situations explored in the show
Part of the audition process
A rehearsal with the orchestra and performers specifically focussed on the music
A debrief conducted after the final performance of a show
Q 9. What is a Triple Threat?
A rare disease that only affects singers
A day with three performances
A theatrical device used to confuse the audience, particularly in a thriller
A performer who can Act, Sing and Dance
Q 10. Which play is know at 'The Scottish Play'?
Train Spotting
Hamlet
King Lear
Macbeth
Q 11. It is bad luck to whistle in a theatre. Why?
Everybody finds whistling annoying!
The sound frequency travels a long way and can be heard clearly on stage
Traditionally whistling was used as a signal to start a scene change
Sopranos can become annoyed if they are not the highest sound in the building
Q 12. What is the traditional way of wishing an actor good luck in Australia?
Try not to stuff it up... this time!
Break a leg
Chookas
Into the mouth of the wolf
Q 13. What is a Ghost Light?
The light that hangs above stage door
A bright spotlight that makes an actor look ghostly white
A light that produces a large shadow behind an actor
A light that is left on stage turned on when the theatre is dark
Theatrical Know-It-All
Congratulations! You know your way around a theatre and would be more than comfortable propping up the bar at a Thirsty Thursdays.
You're a Leading Player!
You've definitely stood at stage door to meet one of your favourite performers at least once and have belted out Nessun Dorma / recited Shakespeare to unsuspecting relatives / practiced your bevel at SOME point in your life.
I did a little theatre, once...
You did a musical once at uni, because you had a crush on that person you say next to in Stats and they were doing it.
They turned out to be way too theatrical!
Theatrical what?
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