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 technical rehearsal with out sound
A technical rehearsal without performers
A rehearsal with out any alcohol
A type of costume that draws sweat away from the skin
Q 2. How long before the start of a show is the Five Minute Call?
Ten Minutes
Five Minutes
Fifteen Minutes
Two Minutes
Q 3. What would be referred to as cans?
Hairspray
Headphones
Something your soup comes in
Part of the ensemble girls’ anatomy
Q 4. If an actor is said to have 'corpsed' they have...
Burst into laughter
Previously played a dead character
Frozen with stage fright
Forgotten their lines
Q 5. In a theatre, what is know as the Rag?
The towel a performer keeps on the side of the stage
The red carpet at opening night
The stage curtain
The newspaper with reviews of the show
Q 6. Where is Prompt Side in a theatre?
Stage left
The stage management office
Stage right
Where the professional line prompter sits
Q 7. An actor is said to be 'Off Book' if they...
Are drunk. "Wow James was totally off book at the pub last night".
Are being paid cash in hand
Know their lines with out looking at a script
Improvising instead of following the script
Q 8. What is a Sitzprobe?
A rehearsal with the orchestra and performers specifically focussed on the music
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
Q 9. What is a Triple Threat?
A day with three performances
A theatrical device used to confuse the audience, particularly in a thriller
A performer who can Act, Sing and Dance
A rare disease that only affects singers
Q 10. Which play is know at 'The Scottish Play'?
King Lear
Train Spotting
Macbeth
Hamlet
Q 11. It is bad luck to whistle in a theatre. Why?
The sound frequency travels a long way and can be heard clearly on stage
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
Everybody finds whistling annoying!
Q 12. What is the traditional way of wishing an actor good luck in Australia?
Into the mouth of the wolf
Try not to stuff it up... this time!
Chookas
Break a leg
Q 13. What is a Ghost Light?
A light that produces a large shadow behind an actor
A bright spotlight that makes an actor look ghostly white
A light that is left on stage turned on when the theatre is dark
The light that hangs above stage door
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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