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  2. Parts of a theatre - Wikipedia

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    These areas include dressing rooms, green rooms, offstage areas (i.e. wings), cross-overs, fly rails or linesets, dimmer rooms, shops and storage areas. Duke Ellington in the mirror of a dressing room at Paramount Theatre Manhattan (1946) Dressing rooms: Rooms where cast members apply wigs, make-up and change into costumes. Depending on the ...

  3. Paternoster Vents - Wikipedia

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    Each wing comprises 63 isosceles triangles of stainless steel about 6 mm (0.24 in) thick, assembled into a monocoque helical form that stands about 11 m (36 ft) high. The design was inspired by origami experiments from folding pieces of A4 paper. The outer surface was given a satin finish by shot blasting with glass beads.

  4. Theater drapes and stage curtains - Wikipedia

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    Legs masking the theater wings Theatre side and top curtains (black, beige, pink) (Albert Hall stage, Canberra) (2016) Legs are tall, narrow drapes hung parallel to the proscenium at the sides of the stage. They're used to frame the sides of the acting space as well as to mask the wings, where actors and set pieces may be preparing to enter the ...

  5. 11 Creative Spare Room Ideas, From a Home Library to a ... - AOL

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    Turn a spare room into a multi-purpose entertainment space that can accommodate everything from reading to a game of pool. In this large space, interior designer Kishani Perera wanted it to be ...

  6. Cyclorama (theater) - Wikipedia

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    In theater and film, a cyclorama (abbreviated cyc in the U.S., Canada, and the UK) is a large curtain or wall, often concave, positioned at the back of the apse. It often encircles or partially encloses the stage to form a background. The world "cyclorama" stems from the Greek words "kyklos", meaning circle, and "orama", meaning view.

  7. Wing (building) - Wikipedia

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    A wing is part of a building – or any feature of a building – that is subordinate to the main, central structure. [1] The individual wings may directly adjoin the main building or may be built separately and joined to it by a connecting structure such as a colonnade or pergola. New buildings may incorporate wings from the outset or these ...

  8. Fly system - Wikipedia

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    Fly loft of the Theater Bielefeld in Germany. A fly system, or theatrical rigging system, is a system of ropes, pulleys, counterweights and related devices within a theater that enables a stage crew to fly (hoist) quickly, quietly and safely components such as curtains, lights, scenery, stage effects and, sometimes, people.

  9. Angel musicians (National Gallery) - Wikipedia

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    The underlying design of each work indicates the use of two very different techniques, confirming that the works are indeed by two painters: for instance, the creator of the angel in green used a cartoon, a technical process in which the painter transfers his drawing onto the prepared support by pricking it with needles; as for the angel in red ...