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SAFTEY & SECURITY TERMS

Designed by the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) and Homeland Security and made exclusively available for the TheatreDNA app

GLOSSARY CATEGORIES

CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN

Construction and building terms commonly used by architects and contractors

STAGE DIRECTIONS & TERMS

Common directional terms used by everyone in the theatre and entertainment industries.

THEATRICAL EQUIPMENT

Curated listing of theatrical equipment including audio, rigging, staging and draperies.

FACILITY & STAGE ELEMENTS

Key venue features and components located in the backstage and front of house

THEATRE OPERATIONS

Global venue operation terms including departments, common practices and associations

THEATRICAL LIGHTING

List of various theatrical and entertainment lighting terms, including television fixtures.

SAFETY & SECURITY

Life safety and public security systems and terminology for day-to-day venue management

THEATRICAL DRAPERY

Listing of all the various types of draperies used for masking and production uses.

THEATRE SPACES

Listing of all the major performance venue types and their design features

AN APP BUILT FOR ALL

The app’s purpose is to help communication between architects, administrators, artists, contractors, and students in the theatre and entertainment worlds.