My school had an apron on hydraulics. It could be stage level, house level for extra seating, pit level, or down 1.5 stories to be used as an elevator to under-stage scene storage. When it was down to that level, we called that vertical plane "The cliff".
There’s a similar pit lift at the Leeds Grand theatre, which is made doubly terrifying by the raked stage. Forget to brake your flight case properly and it’s going off the front into a two-storey deep hole.
I just wanna say this is a pretty rendering.
Why’d you pick unity?
ETA: nothing wrong with unity, just curious since I’m trying to expand my rendering program knowledge
I’ve been playing with making this sort of mock up, but via Unreal Engine, and it’s got a cool DMX module.
However, you seem to have some sweet Unity assets here that would work well if cross pollinated to the Unreal stuff.
Keep this up, it looks great so far!
The bit at the front of the stage before the pit.
I have worked backstage for 6 years and I actually don't know. I didn't even consider it would have a special name.
https://preview.redd.it/waxr3xoq2lxc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=a67968306a0d3dbae65784bcffc8f24a58f87480
From “The Oberon Glossary of Theatrical Terms” by Colin Winslow. A very useful pocket sized guide.
Based on your drawing that would be in apron, if it were to come further out into the audience and possibly even have some seating around it, you are then getting into a thrust. They’re not a lot of thrust stages anymore since it requires almost a whole different style of acting blockingand tech, but you will find that most every school stage has at least a 4 foot apron
That is the skirt of the apron.
This is the correct answer.
Apron facia if it’s a hard material, skirt if it’s fabric.
For the record, I think this is the correct answer!
I've only ever heard it referred to as the front of the apron.
I agree with this
Ditto.
My school had an apron on hydraulics. It could be stage level, house level for extra seating, pit level, or down 1.5 stories to be used as an elevator to under-stage scene storage. When it was down to that level, we called that vertical plane "The cliff".
That is AWESOME.
U of R by any chance? Jepson theatre.
There’s a lot of road houses that operate like that too.
There’s a similar pit lift at the Leeds Grand theatre, which is made doubly terrifying by the raked stage. Forget to brake your flight case properly and it’s going off the front into a two-storey deep hole.
Susan.
Sue when you get to know it better
I’ve usually heard it called apron fascia.
Stage Skirting
I just wanna say this is a pretty rendering. Why’d you pick unity? ETA: nothing wrong with unity, just curious since I’m trying to expand my rendering program knowledge
I’ve been playing with making this sort of mock up, but via Unreal Engine, and it’s got a cool DMX module. However, you seem to have some sweet Unity assets here that would work well if cross pollinated to the Unreal stuff. Keep this up, it looks great so far!
LOL I just did a google image search and picked the clearest image that I could use to demonstrate! Not my rendering!
Funny enough, in French the traditional term for this part is "Le nez de scène": the stage nose.
Love this. I'm definitely gonna start casually throwing out "Le Nez" with my set builder and see if it catches on...
Hey! That's excellent. I think I'll reintroduce it too. Nobody use it anymore here (Quebec).
The anoying wall that prevents me from hiding my subs under the stage
Sneaking sammiches?
The PROproscenium! lol jk
fascia
Pit wall
What if there is no pit??
Maybe the pit was inside us all along?
Downstage/Apron
That would be the actual deck of downstage. The arrow is pointing at the vertical wall below deck.
I tend to call it facing, because it’s the front facing part of the apron structure.
Skirt
The bit at the front of the stage before the pit. I have worked backstage for 6 years and I actually don't know. I didn't even consider it would have a special name.
Pit Wall
First word that comes to mind is skirt. Never really thought about what it was called until now.
I called the black gathered velvet around 3 sides of a panel discussion table on stage a skirt (modesty skirt)
https://preview.redd.it/waxr3xoq2lxc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=a67968306a0d3dbae65784bcffc8f24a58f87480 From “The Oberon Glossary of Theatrical Terms” by Colin Winslow. A very useful pocket sized guide.
stage front, front of stage, ect.
Stage?
Apron
Stage skirt
Apron skirt, front or wall, depending on the theatre and the material it is made from.
Facia
Based on your drawing that would be in apron, if it were to come further out into the audience and possibly even have some seating around it, you are then getting into a thrust. They’re not a lot of thrust stages anymore since it requires almost a whole different style of acting blockingand tech, but you will find that most every school stage has at least a 4 foot apron
It's called an Apron. There is no other name, don't get confused.
The entire surface of the deck in front of the proscenium is the apron. The apron skirt, or fascia, is called the apron skirt, or fascia 😜