The areas to the sides of a stage (that the audience cannot see) are called the wings.
a stage with stairs on the sides
The whole area is simply called "backstage." The sides, to be specific, are called the "wings."
A Thrust Stage
On the sides
They are called the wings.
Stage Left, and Stage Right.
a stage with stairs on the sides
The whole area is simply called "backstage." The sides, to be specific, are called the "wings."
A Thrust Stage
On the sides
it is when the actors enter from the sides of the stage
They are called the wings.
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.
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.
thrust
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.