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 with out sound
A rehearsal with out any alcohol
A technical rehearsal without performers
Q 2. How long before the start of a show is the Five Minute Call?
Two Minutes
Five Minutes
Fifteen Minutes
Ten Minutes
Q 3. What would be referred to as cans?
Hairspray
Something your soup comes in
Part of the ensemble girls’ anatomy
Headphones
Q 4. If an actor is said to have 'corpsed' they have...
Forgotten their lines
Burst into laughter
Frozen with stage fright
Previously played a dead character
Q 5. In a theatre, what is know as the Rag?
The towel a performer keeps on the side of the stage
The stage curtain
The newspaper with reviews of the show
The red carpet at opening night
Q 6. Where is Prompt Side in a theatre?
Where the professional line prompter sits
The stage management office
Stage left
Stage right
Q 7. An actor is said to be 'Off Book' if they...
Are being paid cash in hand
Improvising instead of following the script
Know their lines with out looking at a script
Are drunk. "Wow James was totally off book at the pub last night".
Q 8. What is a Sitzprobe?
A debrief conducted after the final performance of a show
Part of the audition process
An early rehearsal used to probe into the situations explored in the show
A rehearsal with the orchestra and performers specifically focussed on the music
Q 9. What is a Triple Threat?
A performer who can Act, Sing and Dance
A rare disease that only affects singers
A day with three performances
A theatrical device used to confuse the audience, particularly in a thriller
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?
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
Everybody finds whistling annoying!
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
Into the mouth of the wolf
Chookas
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 is left on stage turned on when the theatre is dark
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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