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The stage and stage machinery - Coggle Diagram
The stage and stage machinery
Introduction
Section format
…and finally
Technology and people
Technological advance
Setting out the stage house
The proscenium and rear stage
The flytower grid
Flying systems
The flytower galleries
Stage level – how wide are the wings?
The stage floor and substage
Overstage machinery
Powered flying
Powered assistance to counterweight systems
Direct lift hoists
Control systems
Double purchase counterweights
Safety curtains, dividing shutters
Single purchase counterweights
Chain hoists
Hemp
Advance bars and other special rigging
Manual flying
Operating life expectancy
Stage machinery for the open stage
Overstage machinery
Setting out the understage areas
Setting out the overstage areas
Understage machinery
Understage machinery
The stage structure
Understage machinery
Revolves
Stage lifts
Wagons
Special purpose lifts
Traps
Building for future use
Sets and scenery
How might a set designer respond to a
proscenium house?
How might a designer respond to an
open stage?
Touring scenery to receiving houses
Introduction to the scenic materials and
effects that a designer might employ
The stage surface
Two-dimensional scenery
Cloths
Three-dimensional scenery
Drapery
Multi-dimensional scenery
Designing for a producing theatre