What are advantages and disadvantages of a proscenium stage?

Answer 1

Advantages

Everything is presented to the front so everything can be seen

Scenery can be changed quickly and the wings and levels used for special effects (levels especially horizontally which creates interesting staging)

actors and props can be concealed

an orchestra pit allows for live music without the orchestra to be seen

Disadvantages

The contact between the actors and the audience isn't very intimate

There is a fixed viewpoint which can create a 2D kind of effect

There is a limited amount of space and that means actors and scenery can become limited

Some seats (especially right at the front) are difficult to see the stage

Answer 2

Advantages:

1. The distance between actor-actress and audience may reduce.

2. The actor-actress could more interactions with the audience.

3. Opportunity to have options of audience participation.

4. Actor has to be strong enough to keep the audience to their performance.

5. Actor has to give focus to the all levels of audiences.

6. Costumes and light support becomes less important.

7. Contemporal issues become important to the audiences.

8. The reflections of the audiences are easily understood by the actors of the performances.

9. Sometimes, community people may take roles from the audience side.

10. Sometimes, various and different opinions may have collected about the issue of the performance as part of the reflections of the audiences.

11. Open air theater is cost effective.

12. It gives us opportunity to take experiment at every level of the theatre.

Disadvantages:

1. Sometimes, at the back-edge of the audience may not hear the full sound of the dialogue of the performance.

2. Over crowded may have cause the problem for the performance.

3. Sometimes audience may not satisfied with the performance of performers.

4. Sometimes actor-actress may feel uncomfortable at the open air theatre.

5. Sometimes, people may get negative impression with the performance.

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Answer 3

Advantages and disadvantages of arena stage

Answer 4

1.advantages are:

oral communication skills

creative problem solving abilties

motivation and committment

2.disadvantages are:

you may get stage fright

you may forget your lines

may lack in conciousness

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Answer 5

Advantages:

• members of the audience who are oppressed and who are effected by the issue of the play could be given an idea of how to stop the oppression.
• Members of the audience who perhaps oppress people themselves are shown how the oppressed feel and so understand the situation better.
• Forum theatre gives audiences a chance to interact with the play instead of simply sitting and watching.

Disadvantages:

• It would be difficult for the actors to improvise and think on their feet when another person comes in and changes the plotline.
• The people who come into the performance from the audience wouldn't be experienced actors and so the performance would be of poorer quality.
• Usually the actors wouldn't know the audience member and it is awkward to perform a play on the spot with someone you have never met.

Answer 6

The reason why a costume designer and a light designer should hold a meeting with regard to a production

Answer 7

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