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 type of costume that draws sweat away from the skin
A technical rehearsal without performers
A rehearsal with out any alcohol
A technical rehearsal with out sound
Fifteen Minutes
Five Minutes
Ten Minutes
Two Minutes
Something your soup comes in
Headphones
Hairspray
Part of the ensemble girls’ anatomy
Burst into laughter
Forgotten their lines
Frozen with stage fright
Previously played a dead character
The newspaper with reviews of the show
The stage curtain
The towel a performer keeps on the side of the stage
The red carpet at opening night
The stage management office
Stage right
Stage left
Where the professional line prompter sits
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
A rehearsal with the orchestra and performers specifically focussed on the music
Part of the audition process
A debrief conducted after the final performance of a show
An early rehearsal used to probe into the situations explored in the show
A theatrical device used to confuse the audience, particularly in a thriller
A rare disease that only affects singers
A performer who can Act, Sing and Dance
A day with three performances
Hamlet
Train Spotting
Macbeth
King Lear
Traditionally whistling was used as a signal to start a scene change
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
Everybody finds whistling annoying!
Break a leg
Chookas
Try not to stuff it up... this time!
Into the mouth of the wolf
A bright spotlight that makes an actor look ghostly white
The light that hangs above stage door
A light that produces a large shadow behind an actor
A light that is left on stage turned on when the theatre is dark
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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