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How a growing American audience affects the size and cost of performing arts spaces
These are terms describing the locations and directions in a theatre building; many come from the descriptions of stage action in the play text. They are most relevant to a proscenium theatre, but can apply to other theatre forms.
A theatre is not simply a space for looking at or listening to a performance. A successful theatre for live performance supports the emotional exchange between the performer and the audience, and between members of the audience.
The daily grind of any particular theatre consultant will, of course, depend on who she's working for and what sort of projects she's working on.
More is involved in designing a successful theatre than just providing good sightlines and acoustics. We've outlined what we see as four basic principles of good theatre design.