The Practitioners & Tour of UCC at NUS

Thanks Daniel Loh for the amazing tour of NUS' super facility! We were wowed!

Besides Actor, Director and Playwright, who are the other players in the world of theatre?

Producer
The person ultimately in charge of a production. THE BOSS. Often the person who raises/provides the money, and wields day-to-day financial control.

Stage manager/Production Stage Manager
The person, subordinate only to the DIRECTOR, in charge of everything that occurs on the stage. During rehearsals the stage manager is chief of all the crews who work on a production, and assistant to the director in matters affecting entrances, exits and cues. During the run of the show, after the DIRECTOR’S job has been completed, the stage manager is in charge of every performance in every detail, from the way actors handle cues, to the timing of curtain openings and closings as well as curtain calls. “Calls the show”

Set/Scenic Designer
structural design of set + those who will execute the design and turn it into something real!

Set/Scene Dresser
Selects furniture and trim props for each scene of the play and designates their placement in the set.

PROPERTIES MASTER
The person or team responsible for providing and managing all the props throughout a production. Works from a prop list.

COSTUME DESIGNER,
Designs clothes and accessories to be worn by actors in a production.

COSTUME MASTER & CREW
Sees to the assembly or rental of costumes and accessories, helps with fittings, keeps care of, & helps in costume changes.

Make-up Artist & Crew
Designs and creates an appropriate face for and actors by applying make-up.

Stage Hands
Any person who works with scenery and furniture on the stage, setting up each scene, shifting from one scene to the next, etc.

House Manager
The person who manages all functions of the theatre building except those specifically concerned with the production itself.
Ushers, Ticket booth/sales, lighting in the hall, handling emergencies in the audience…
Publicity works with producer graphic artists & printers in the design, printing & distribution of publicity, tickets, and programs for the show.

Technical Director (Production Manager)
Oversees the behind the scenes technical preparation of the show. Often oversees the following technicians and directors.

Lighting Engineer
determines how each scene will be illuminated and specifies the type, power, color, and aiming of all the lighting instruments need to do the job. Writes out a lighting plot. Oversees the execution of hanging the lights and focusing the lights. Makes a light cue sheet/script, directs the operation of lighting changes for a show, (in motion pictures, this is call a Director of Photography)

Sound Engineers/Operators
Determine how actors will be heard, & oversees the production of sound FX and any other sound used in, before and after the show. Oversees the execution of designing and setting up the sound equipment and balancing the sound in the house from the control booth console. Makes a sound cue sheet/script.