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Runners,
a pair of curtains on a horizontal rail parting in the centre.
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C
D
E
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H
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Q
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T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
A
Acting Area
Aesthetic Distance
Apron
Auditorium
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B
Back Cloth
Back Drop
Back stage
Bar
Barrel
Batten
Black Leg
Border
Box Truss
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C
Centre Line
Centre Stage
CL
Cleats
Counterweights
Counter weight flying system
Curtain
Curtain Line
Cyclorama
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D
Dock
Dock Door(s)
Down Stage
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E
Elevator Stage
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F
False Proscenium
Fire Curtain
Flat
Floor Cloth
Flys
Fly Floor
Fly Gallery
Fly Loft
Fly Tower
Fog Machine
Forestage
French Brace
Front Cloth
Front of House
Front of House Lighting
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G
Grid
Groundrow
Groundrow Lights
Gudgeons
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H
House Curtain
House Lights
House Tabs
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I
Iron The
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L
Lamps: Source Four Zoom Profiles
Lamps: Strand 2.5kw fresnel HMI fixture
Lamps: Strand 5kw Tungsten Fresnel
Legs
Lifts
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M
Mise en Scene
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O
Off Stage
Onstage
OP
Opposite Prompt
Out Front
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P
Parterre
Prompt Corner
Prompt Side
Proscenium Arch
PS
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R
Rake
Rostrum
Runners
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S
Safety Curtain
Sand Bag
Scene Dock
Scene Dock Doors
Setting Line
Sightlines
Single Purchase counterweight
SL
Smoke Machine
SR
Stage Brace
Stage Door
Stage Left
Stage Right
Stage Screw
Stage Weight
Stock Scenery
Strop
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T
Tabs
Tab Track
Teaser
Thrust Stage
Traverse Tabs
Treads
Truck
Truss
Tungsten bulbed floodlight
Tungsten Mini Spotlights
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U
Upstage
US
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W
Weight Cradle
Wings
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