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!
A technical rehearsal without performers
A type of costume that draws sweat away from the skin
A technical rehearsal with out sound
A rehearsal with out any alcohol
Two Minutes
Five Minutes
Ten Minutes
Fifteen Minutes
Headphones
Something your soup comes in
Hairspray
Part of the ensemble girls’ anatomy
Frozen with stage fright
Burst into laughter
Previously played a dead character
Forgotten their lines
The stage curtain
The newspaper with reviews of the show
The towel a performer keeps on the side of the stage
The red carpet at opening night
Stage left
Where the professional line prompter sits
Stage right
The stage management office
Improvising instead of following the script
Are drunk. "Wow James was totally off book at the pub last night".
Are being paid cash in hand
Know their lines with out looking at a script
An early rehearsal used to probe into the situations explored in the show
Part of the audition process
A debrief conducted after the final performance of a show
A rehearsal with the orchestra and performers specifically focussed on the music
A performer who can Act, Sing and Dance
A theatrical device used to confuse the audience, particularly in a thriller
A day with three performances
A rare disease that only affects singers
Train Spotting
Macbeth
Hamlet
King Lear
Sopranos can become annoyed if they are not the highest sound in the building
Everybody finds whistling annoying!
Traditionally whistling was used as a signal to start a scene change
The sound frequency travels a long way and can be heard clearly on stage
Into the mouth of the wolf
Break a leg
Chookas
Try not to stuff it up... this time!
A light that is left on stage turned on when the theatre is dark
A light that produces a large shadow behind an actor
The light that hangs above stage door
A bright spotlight that makes an actor look ghostly white
Congratulations! You know your way around a theatre and would be more than comfortable propping up the bar at a Thirsty Thursdays.
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.
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!
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