Chapter 7Space
Considerations Regarding Space
Space, for the designer, is both an abstract concept and a hard reality. It is the designer’s job to define the space in which the performer does his work.
The stage, regardless of its configuration, functions as an optical focal point, and creates the impression we are looking through this lens into a boundless space beyond. In fact, for most spectators, it is the apprehension of space that may be the most profound and powerful experience of live theatre although, admittedly, it is one that is most often felt subconsciously.1
The volume of space the designer begins with is full of possibilities.
Even the simplest defining of an area inside that space creates a focus, an island where the performer ...
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