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 rehearsal with out any alcohol
A type of costume that draws sweat away from the skin
A technical rehearsal without performers
A technical rehearsal with out sound
Q 2. How long before the start of a show is the Five Minute Call?
Two Minutes
Ten Minutes
Five Minutes
Fifteen Minutes
Q 3. What would be referred to as cans?
Headphones
Part of the ensemble girls’ anatomy
Hairspray
Something your soup comes in
Q 4. If an actor is said to have 'corpsed' they have...
Previously played a dead character
Frozen with stage fright
Burst into laughter
Forgotten their lines
Q 5. In a theatre, what is know as the Rag?
The towel a performer keeps on the side of the stage
The red carpet at opening night
The stage curtain
The newspaper with reviews of the show
Q 6. Where is Prompt Side in a theatre?
Stage right
Where the professional line prompter sits
The stage management office
Stage left
Q 7. An actor is said to be 'Off Book' if they...
Improvising instead of following the script
Are drunk. "Wow James was totally off book at the pub last night".
Know their lines with out looking at a script
Are being paid cash in hand
Q 8. What is a Sitzprobe?
Part of the audition process
A rehearsal with the orchestra and performers specifically focussed on the music
An early rehearsal used to probe into the situations explored in the show
A debrief conducted after the final performance of a show
Q 9. What is a Triple Threat?
A performer who can Act, Sing and Dance
A day with three performances
A rare disease that only affects singers
A theatrical device used to confuse the audience, particularly in a thriller
Q 10. Which play is know at 'The Scottish Play'?
Macbeth
Train Spotting
King Lear
Hamlet
Q 11. It is bad luck to whistle in a theatre. Why?
Sopranos can become annoyed if they are not the highest sound in the building
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
Everybody finds whistling annoying!
Q 12. What is the traditional way of wishing an actor good luck in Australia?
Try not to stuff it up... this time!
Into the mouth of the wolf
Chookas
Break a leg
Q 13. What is a Ghost Light?
A light that is left on stage turned on when the theatre is dark
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
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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