We went to the ES and HS theatres and compared the two together to see the differences. Here are some of the places that I found really cool or interesting.

This was the Orchestra pit in the basement under the ES theatre. It was a slow lift that would go from downstairs to the stage. I thought this was really cool because if there is a band under, but we don’t want the audience to see the orchestra, then they can play under here so the sound can transfer to the audience. We also went on the ride in the pit, the process was slow but I thought it was quite interesting and I would like to see a performance that uses this sometime in the future. I am also interested in live bands because I think that the sound quality is much better than the background music and makes the performance more lively.

This is the board room in the HS theatre to control the sound and lighting on stage. I think this is really cool because I think that sound and lighting is the most important part of the performance that makes the stage look more lively and interesting. I think that the board room is the core part of a performance because it has so much control over the stage. We saw how the different buttons on the devices work to make what we see onstage.

This was my favorite part of the tour because I love high places. This is the highest place in the entire school above all the flys and cyclorama where there are a lot of metal cables around. They control the curtains and different props can be connected to the wires to create movement on the stage. I think this area is very cool because you can look down between the cracks on the floor where you can see the stage and the audience.

This is the spotlight in the HS theatre. There are two big spotlights that can be pointed towards the stage. We went into the spotlight room and played with he spotlight with different colors. I think that this is very interesting because spotlight creates so much focus on something onstage. It is a very important part of many performances because it grabs the audiences attention on one thing specifically. We learned how to change the colors on the spotlight and took turns to try it.