Question 1 of 5
What makes a theatre performance live?
Answer & explanation
Performers and an audience share an event as it happens
Live theatre brings performers and an audience into the same unfolding event; it can still be scripted or sung.
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Music & Performing Arts
Step behind the curtain for a quick introduction to live performance. These questions explore costume, stage directions, backstage spaces, and the sound of a percussion instrument.
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Question 2 of 5
Which designer plans clothing as part of a production’s visual language?
Answer & explanation
Costume designer
Costume design helps communicate character and the visual world while meeting practical performance needs.
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Question 3 of 5
Which struck percussion instrument is not a drum?
Answer & explanation
Triangle
A triangle's metal body rings when struck, rather than a stretched drumhead.
Question 4 of 5
For an actor facing the audience, where is stage left?
Answer & explanation
To the actor’s left
Stage left is named from the performer’s viewpoint, so it is house right in an end-on theatre.
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Question 5 of 5
What are the wings of a stage?
Answer & explanation
Offstage areas at the sides
Wings are side spaces hidden from the audience where performers and scenery can wait.
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- Live performance and costume design
- A struck percussion instrument
- Stage left and the wings of a stage
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For questions about direction, first choose whose viewpoint you are using. For production roles and instruments, describe the task or action before choosing a name. Imagine the same scene from the performer’s and audience’s positions.
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