Learning Intentions In this section you will … ✓ Identify the different parts of a theatre. ✓ Explore the skills involved in stagecraft.
LITERACY Stagecraft
DEFINITION Stagecraft is the skill of writing and staging plays. Director is the person who is in charge of a film or play and tells the actors how to play their parts.
BEING CREATIVE MANAGING INFORMATION AND THINKING
Work in pairs and discuss the following.
MANAGING MYSELF
WORKING WITH OTHERS
n Have you attended a live theatre performance? If so, what was your experience?
NUMERACY 14
n Even if you haven’t been to a live theatre performance yet, identify three possible differences in the experience of going to see a live theatre performance and going to see a film in the cinema.
STAYING WELL
n Compare your answers across the class.
The general term covering the skills used by a director and their team is stagecraft. Just as a poet or novelist has artistic techniques to present a story, so too do the playwright and director. Each of these techniques and tools is designed to have an impact on the experience of watching a performance, on what the audience can see and hear.
