What is performed in the theatre.

Play / production / performance

Play – пьеса – a story that is written to be performed by actors in a theatre

Production – постановка – that version of the play which the director creates for the presentation on the stage.

Performance – спектакль – a single enactment, an act of performing a play, a piece of music, etc. in the presence of the public.

Act – акт – one of the parts that a long play is divided into, which is further, subdivided into scenes.

Scene – сцена – a part of a play (an act) in which there is no change in time or place.

f.e. The play consists of three acts and five scenes.

To stage / to put on / to present / to direct / to do the play

To stage / to put on a play – ставить пьесу – to arrange and perform a play or show, especially one that needs a lot of planning and costs a lot of money, it is used with reference to the artistic side including the administrative and financial side.

 f.e. Michael staged several plays by young authors at this theatre.

      It costs a lot of money to put on a musical.

To present a play – to provide money and arrange for a play, show, etc. to be performed. It is used with reference to the company and the management.

 f.e. The National Theatre is presenting King Lear later this month.

To direct a play – to be in charge of a theatrical production, casting, rehearsing actors and ordering movements on the stage.

 f.e. Peter Hall directed the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

To produce a play – is wider in its application than to direct referring to the organization and/or financing of a production.

f.e. The Sovremennik company have always tend to produce modern plays.

To do a play – an informal verb meaning to arrange and perform a play, show or a concert.

 f.e. They've been doing The Merchant of Venice at the local theatre for two weeks.

Rehearsal – репетиция

Dress rehearsal – генеральная репетиция

Behind the scenes, behind the wings - за кулисами

First appearance – дебют

Matinée - утренний спектакль

First night / premiere – премьера

Curtain (rises up, falls) – занавес (поднимается опускается)

Lights (go down, go up) – свет (гаснет, зажигается)

Crowd scenes – массовые сцены

Curtain call – вызов актеров на сцену публикой (после спектакля)

Encore [a:ŋ'kɔ:] – вызов на бис

People watching the production

Spectator – зритель

Audience (AmE countable, BrE uncountable) – публика, зрительская аудитория

Public – публика

Theatre-goer / theatre-enthusiast / theatre lover – театрал

Critic – критик

 

Touring company – гастролирующая труппа

Summer tour – летние гастроли

 

To applaud – аплодировать

Applause – аплодисменты

Storm of applause – буря аплодисментов

To burst into applause – взорваться аплодисментами

To clap – хлопать

To be a success with the public – иметь успех у публики

To be a complete failure – полный провал

To be a hit of the season – 'гвоздь сезона'

To be a flop – провал, не оправдавший ожиданий

To have a successful run – иметь успешный прокат

To have a long run – (пьеса) долго идет

Theatrical season is in full swing. – Театральный сезон в полном разгаре.

 

People in the theatre – люди в театре

Company – труппа

Permanent staff – постоянная труппа

Actor / actress – актер / актриса

Honoured actor / actress of Russia – заслуженный артист(ка) России

People's actor / actress of Russia – народный артист(ка) России

Comedian – комик

Tragic actor – трагик

Extra – статист

Understudy – дублер

Conductor – дирижер

~'s baton – дирижерская палочка

Singer – певец / певица

Chorister, member of a choir, chorus – хорист

Ballet dancer – балерина / танцор

Corp-de-ballet – кордебалет 

Producer – режиссер  

Playwright / dramatist – драматург

Director – режиссер

Choreographer – хореограф, балетмейстер

Stage designer – сценограф, оформитель спектакля

Costume designer – художник по костюмам

Technical crew – обслуживающий персонал

Make-up man – гример

Stage-hand / scene shifter - рабочий сцены

Lighting man – осветитель

Prompter – суфлер

Usher – билетер

Attendant – служитель(ница), капельдинер

 

Make-up – грим

Wig – парик

Costume / theatrical dress – костюм

Tutu – балетная пачка

Ballet shoes – балетные туфли, пуанты

Music

Overture – Увертюра

Overture to an opera - Увертюра к опере

Nocturne – Ноктюрн

Sonata – Соната

To give a concert - Дать концерт

Aria from an opera - Ария из оперы

Symphony – Симфония  

Concerto – Концерт

 

Orchestra - оркестр

Symphonic orchestra – симфонический оркестр

Chamber orchestra – камерный оркестр

Jazz band – джазовый оркестр

Band – духовой оркестр

Conductor – дирижер

Conductor's stand – возвышение для дирижера

Conductor's baton – дирижерская палочка

Score – пюпитр для нот

Leader of an orchestra – Концертмейстер

Tune up – настраивать инструменты

Choir / chorus – хор

 

Musical instruments

Piano / pianoforte – фортепьяно

Grand piano – рояль

Organ – орган