the wings; it's the areas in between the big black/navy blue curtains
The sides of a theater stage are called the wings; left wing and right wing as the performer sees them.
It is usually called the apron.
The apron Proscenium
proscenium
The word 'proscenium' is defined as "the part of a theatre stage in front of the curtain". It can also refer to the stage of an ancient theatre. With regard to playing spaces there are the following: proscenium: where the action is on a stage and the stage itself does not jut out into the audience or house space. thrust: the stage itself juts out into the house and the audience is on 3 sides - front, stage left and stage right. arena: theatre in the round where the audience is on all sides.
auditorium
The areas to the sides of a stage (that the audience cannot see) are called the wings.
They are called the wings.
THRUST STAGEIn theatre, a thrust stage (also known as a platform stage or open stage) is one that extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area by its upstage end.Many of the works of Shakespeare were first performed on the thrust stage of the Globe Theatre and lend themselves to such a stage design in modern times as well.
They all had audience on three sides. This kind of stage is called a "thrust stage" and has become increasingly popular in modern theatre design.
its called an arena stage or theatre in the round
The word 'proscenium' is defined as "the part of a theatre stage in front of the curtain". It can also refer to the stage of an ancient theatre. With regard to playing spaces there are the following: proscenium: where the action is on a stage and the stage itself does not jut out into the audience or house space. thrust: the stage itself juts out into the house and the audience is on 3 sides - front, stage left and stage right. arena: theatre in the round where the audience is on all sides.
auditorium
The areas to the sides of a stage (that the audience cannot see) are called the wings.
THRUST STAGEIn theatre, a thrust stage (also known as a platform stage or open stage) is one that extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area by its upstage end.Many of the works of Shakespeare were first performed on the thrust stage of the Globe Theatre and lend themselves to such a stage design in modern times as well.
They are called the wings.
The whole area is simply called "backstage." The sides, to be specific, are called the "wings."
Curtains
A Thrust Stage
An alternative arrangement of seating to the classic (end-on) arrangement, in which the audience are placed on two opposite sides of the stage. Other alternatives include theatre in the round, in which the audience are present on all four sides of the stage, and thrust in which the audience sit on three sides of the stage.
Because the front part of the stage, the proscenium, would 'thrust' out from the stage proper and into the audience space.