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Stage machinery
The audience only sees part of the stage at a performance. The wings are masked by curtains or sets and the back curtain, or Cyclorama, hides an area for storing sets and props. The floor is often specifically built for the production and is usually constructed in sections which can be raised up to stage level and above. The floor may have tracks built into in it, to guide the trucks used during the production.
Stage machinery are devices which assist with theatrical effects. For example, the scene in ‘Billy Elliott’, where the miners descended into the mine, used a descending lift. Billy Elliott’s bed came up through the floor on an elevating platform.
Revolves, elevated work platforms, lifts
Traps, trucks, the stage floor
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