Staging

Aim of Task:
Let the whole class know about the different types of staging:

• Open end/end on, and the Proscenium Arch.
• Theatre in the round (also called arena)
• Thrust
• Traverse
• Arena/amphitheatre

Description of Task:
Steve told us to divide in different groups according to the topic we had researched. I had already researched Traverse. Then, each of the four of us had a number from one to four. In the end, we had four groups with one member of each different type of staging.

Reflection:
I found out that:

• Open end stage is the most common type of stage, with the audience in front of the actors.
• Theatre in the round/arena is the type of stage where the audience is in the four sides of the stage.
• The thrust stage was created to solve the problem of the arena lacking a backstage facility. It is very similar to the arena, but the audience is situated in only three sides of the stage, leaving one side for the stage.
• Amphitheatre is the type of staging that was used in Greece for gladiators, where the audience seats in some kind of stairs around the stage.
  

Conclusion:

Different kinds of staging can achieve different feelings of interaction to the audience. It is useful to know the characteristics of each arrangement to be able to choose the right one in a performance.