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Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms Welcome to the Biggest Technical Theatre Glossary on the Web, now in its 14th year! OVER 1630 TERMS NOW LISTED, AND MORE ADDED REGULARLY! You can use any of the four methods below to find definitions.

1) WORD SEARCH	(hint - use a single word rather than a phrase)

2) BROWSE BY LETTER

3) RANDOM WORD FINDER

4) CATEGORY SEARCH

This glossary listing is based in the UK. I have included US terms where known. Please contact me with additions and translations ! © Jon Primrose / Lightheart Design 1997-2011 Please also check the main Theatrecrafts.com website for hundreds of links and resources in all areas of technical theatre
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Thanks also to the authors of the following, for referring their readers to this site: Actor's Guide to the Internet - Rob Kozlowski, Essential Guide to Stage Management, Lighting and Sound - Scott Palmer

Other Glossaries:
French Technical Theatre Terms
See also the ABTT/OISTAT publication"New Theatre Words" which translates into most European languages plus Russian, Japanese and Korean.