Movement
How to Read Stage Pictures Through Position and Movement
Read a stage picture through spacing, facing and movement to notice how performers shape relationships and redirect…
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All pieces
Read Global Stage Review by subject. Each piece takes one performance choice and explains what it can do.
Stagecraft
A Bare Floor or a Built Setting?
Learn how to read a bare stage or detailed setting through movement, sound and changing objects, so you can follow the…
Stagecraft
Before the Black Box: A Short History of Flexible Theatre Space
Flexible theatre space grew from improvised rooms into adaptable studios and black boxes, giving artists practical…
Audience
The Naturalism Trap: Why Realistic Detail Is Not the Same as Truth
Realistic detail on stage can look convincing yet feel false. Learn how coherence, performance choices and audience…
Structure
A First-Time Play: What to Notice Between Scenes
Follow scene transitions in a first-time play by noticing what carries across, what is omitted and how the next scene…
Our point of view
Notice the choices, not just the effect
A performance is made through decisions about bodies, space, sound and time. Looking closely helps explain what those decisions do.