Live entertainment
Wings
Offstage areas immediately beside the visible performance space where people and scenery wait or move.
Setup
- Wings require disciplined storage, masked sightlines, clear egress, quiet movement, cue lighting, and enough room for safe entrances, exits, and scene changes.
Venue contexts
- Theatre, concerts, festivals, broadcast, and corporate events, as applicable
Signal flow
- Confirm the source, patch, transport, control, and destination for the system involved.
In practice
Wings require disciplined storage, masked sightlines, clear egress, quiet movement, cue lighting, and enough room for safe entrances, exits, and scene changes.
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Sources
- Published Technical Standards — Entertainment Services and Technology Association
- E-learning glossary — ScreenSkills