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- 22:56, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,536 N Learning to Say No Created page with "''The Love Parade disaster in Duisburg, Germany led to the deaths of 21 people. Many factors contributed to this tragedy, and the many other like it; how do technicians and ot..."
- 21:25, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,952 N Sharing Safe Practices Created page with "''Building a culture of safety requires a shared understanding of safe working practices. In the highly international theatre and live event industries, the ETTEC safety passp..."
- 21:21, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,637 N Its All Data Created page with "''Digital technologies have radically changed almost all human activities, including how theatre is made. Many production processes are greatly assisted by digital technologie..."
- 21:19, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,033 N Whats Ours Is Yours Created page with "The Canon project builds on previous research and resources relating to the history of technical theatre. More than that, it continues a significant tradition of sharing infor..."
- 21:16, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,355 N Virtual Stages Created page with "''With the rapid growth in the third decade of the 20th century of technologies for virtual (immersive) and augmented (hybrid) realities, theatre has available many new, virtu..."
- 21:13, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,835 N The Guggenheim Effect Created page with "''The Guggenheim Effect is named after the 1997 Guggenheim Museum, Bibao, Spain, where the museum helped transform the fortunes of the city. Prestigious performing arts centre..."
- 21:10, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,416 N Sonic Objects Created page with "''Since the beginning of recorded and mediated sound, attempts have been made to replicate hearing sound in 3D space. In the early 21st century, technologies based on sonic ob..."
- 21:08, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,288 N A Light-emitting World Created page with "''By the end of the 2010s, LED lighting was on the brink of taking over as the light source for stage lighting. This shift was controversial for some lighting professionals, b..."
- 21:03, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,352 N Every Surface is a Screen Created page with "''Since the start of the 21st century, projection and pixel mapping have developed as new ways to integrate video content into all kinds of live performances, from experimenta..."
- 21:00, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,053 N Six Degrees of Freedom Created page with "''In the early 21st century, stage automation made it possible to control large scenic elements in complex ways, and integrate their movement into elaborate performances with..."
- 20:59, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,800 N Zero Point Created page with "''The Zero Point is a reference point on the stage, from which measurements can be taken in a standard way. In a proscenium theatre, the zero point is usually the place where..."
- 20:58, 17 February 2023 diff hist +6,026 N A Matter of Principle Created page with "''The UK Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 has transformed the culture and practice of health and safety since its introduction, dramatically reducing the number of fata..."
- 20:57, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,354 N Shelter or Building Created page with "''Theatre artists work within organisations and buildings that are not always suited to their artistic purpose. Sometimes, they set up their own companies and find their own s..."
- 20:56, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,219 N The Prague Quadrennial Created page with "The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) started in 1967 and has been held every four years since. It is a key international event for professionals in the..."
- 20:54, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,020 N Theatre without Theatres Created page with "''20th century theatre makers have often sought to reform the spaces where theatre takes place, in some cases abandoning purpose-built theatres altogether. Instead, they have..."
- 20:53, 17 February 2023 diff hist -25 Any Theatre You Want
- 20:53, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,960 N Any Theatre You Want Created page with "''In the inter-war period, the theatrical avant-gardes felt the need for a theatre that would allow them to carry out their proposed innovations. The empty space, with only wa..."
- 20:51, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,955 N Power and Control Created page with "''On theatre and concert stages, good sound requires the ability to produce the required sound in the right place, under the control of the sound engineer. The fundamental met..."
- 20:50, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,075 N Changeable Everything Created page with "''Until the late 20th century, the colour, focus and other adjustable features of stage lights were almost always set manually, with only the brightness remote-controlled. In..."
- 20:48, 17 February 2023 diff hist +6,121 N A Life of Its Own Created page with "''Experimental performance-makers in the late 20th century responded to the advent of new media (television, video, computers, the internet) with many innovations in how they..."
- 20:46, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,842 N The Temporary Stage Created page with "''Entertainment rigging is used to create temporary stages, indoors and out. Truss systems and chain hoists support lighting and sound equipment for a wide variety of events,..."
- 20:44, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,678 N Sticking With It Created page with "''Gaffer is a very tough adhesive fabric tape with that can be removed without leaving a residue. Widely used in the theatre, live event, film and broadcast industries, it was..."
- 20:42, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,348 N Moral Safety Created page with "''‘Health and safety’ is generally taken to refer to physical safety. In various places at various times, the law has also sought to protect the public’s moral safety, a..."
- 20:41, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,133 N Theatres By Design Created page with "''The role of the theatre consultant emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, meeting the need for expertise both in the rapidly changing technologies of theatre production, and the in..."
- 20:35, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,901 N The Empty Space Created page with "''Peter Brook’s 1968 book, The Empty Space, describes four forms of theatre: deadly, holy, rough and immediate. These ideas have been foundational to how directors, actors,..."
- 20:33, 17 February 2023 diff hist +6,109 N Scenography as Dramaturgy Created page with "''In the post-war era, a generation of practitioners made use of all aspects of stage design – total scenography – to create theatre that promoted their artistic, philosop..."
- 20:30, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,930 N A Democratic Stage Created page with "''Responding to the rapid social and cultural changes of the 20th century, post-war theatres were often designed in a new spirit, intended to be democratic social meeting plac..."
- 20:28, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,867 N Sound on Cue Created page with "''In the 1950s, the new technologies of the panatrope and, later, the tape recorder, allowed pre-recorded sound to be replayed on cue, so establishing the creative potential f..."
- 20:26, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,158 N Dynamic Light Created page with "''Modern stage lighting is all about control: where and when do we want it, and what kind of light do we want? In the post-war period, as ambitions for lighting grew, the prec..."
- 20:24, 17 February 2023 diff hist -393 Architectures of Space and Image
- 20:20, 17 February 2023 diff hist +6,125 N Architectures of Space and Image Created page with "''Experimental performance-makers in the late 20th century responded to the advent of new media (television, video, computers, the internet) with many innovations in how they..."
- 19:53, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,772 N A Moving Experience Created page with "''Revolving stages are commonplace, but systems to rotate the audience are rare. The outdoor revolving theatre in the grounds of Český Krumlov Castle in the Czech Republic,..."
- 19:50, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,072 N Colour Music Created page with "''For centuries, people have dreamt of a kind of performance that uses light and colour in the way music uses sound. Many attempts have been made, including one by the theatre..."
- 19:46, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,927 N Working Together Created page with "''Since the early 20th century, national and international standards organisations have existed to create technical and safety standards ensuring our equipment works as we exp..."
- 19:43, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,994 N Women Take the Back Stage Created page with "''In the early and middle years of the 20th century, women began to take on roles previously barred to them. The male-dominated world of theatre, as with all of society, began..."
- 19:36, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,189 N New Purpose New Techniques Created page with "''In the inter-war period in Germany, the director Erwin Piscator developed a new theatrical form, ‘epic theatre’, aiming to spread his socialist political message. He emp..."
- 19:33, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,638 N Theatre as Art Art as Theatre Created page with "''The Triadic Ballet, created by Oskar Schlemmer, became the most widely performed avant-garde artistic dance of its time. While the ballet toured between 1921 and 1929, it he..."
- 19:31, 17 February 2023 diff hist +4,979 N Utopias of the Imagination Created page with "''The Total Theatre was designed by Erwin Piscator and Walter Gropius. This immersive theatre concept aimed to abolish the separation between actors and audience, challenging..." current
- 19:24, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,546 N Filling the Space Created page with "''Public address systems emerged in the inter-war period, using technologies developed for other purposes. Gradually, the ‘PA’ developed to the point all members of the au..." current
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- 19:17, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,249 N Painting with Light Created page with "''In the inter-war period, increasingly powerful electric lamps enabled the first spotlights, creating focused beams of light. A new lighting style emerged, based on large num..." current
- 19:16, 17 February 2023 diff hist 0 N File:IO2 C.07 02 Drury Lane Lighting Rig (c) Alan Siggers.jpg
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- 19:10, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,318 N Writing with Shadows Created page with "''The introduction of the ellipsoidal reflector spot in the mid 1930s made the gobo possible – a metal pattern that creates textured light in a simple form of projection. Si..." current
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- 19:02, 17 February 2023 diff hist +5,202 N Stage Engineering Codified Created page with "''In 1929, the year of a global financial crisis, the stage technician Friedrich Kranich published a book that for the first time systematically presented stage technology, it..." current
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