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Queens theatre - Glossary Category: Arts > theatre Date & country: 11/10/2007, UK Words: 312

Tumbler
Batten on roller fixed to the bottom edge of a cloth, about which the cloth can be rolled upwards when not in use.

Unit Set
A set that can serve as several different settings by changing only one or two set pieces, or by adding different set dressing.

Upstage
The portions of the stage furthest from the audience. (To move upstage means to move away from the audience

Variable Lens Profile Spot
A profile with two lenses whose movement in relation to one another enables changing the beam spread and focus.

Wagon (Truck)
Low trolley, either running in tracks or free moving, on which scenery etc. can be mounted.

Wash Light
Light used to give a general illumination of the stage; quite often a specific colour is used in a wash.

Winch
Mechanism, either hand operated or motorised, for opening or closing curtains etc.

Wing
Two or three flats hinged together and used at the side of the stage to mask offstage space.

Wings
Offstage spaces to left and right of the acting area.

Wingset (Backcloth-And-Wing Set)
Setting comprising backcloth (or cyclorama) and pairs of wings with borders above. Sometimes cut cloths are used in the place of wings and borders (e.g. a woodland scene).

Work Lights
Lights used for general illumination of the stage when not in performance.

Working Drawings
Drawings to scale that give the specifics of both set and prop construction.