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Scenic devices - set dressing and special effects

There are several other scenic devices that can be incorporated into a set design:

  • - smaller items that add details to a set, such as , to help establish setting and era
  • entrances and exits - a set designer might include doors or performers may enter from the wing space or even enter or exit from
  • floors - sets usually incorporate a floor that is fixed to the stage
  • pyrotechnics (pyro) - the use of fireworks within theatre to create effects, eg explosions
  • hydraulics - machinery used in large-scale productions to move set, usually up and down
  • smoke - used to create dramatic effects and created with a or a
  • - a moving platform on which a piece of scenery is built to facilitate scene changing
  • revolve - a turntable built into the stage floor on which scenery can be set and then turned
  • flying - involves a manual or electric system that lifts performers off the stage, allowing for stunts and aerial sequences
Image gallerySkip image gallerySlide 1 of 3, A woman in an elaborate and illuminated period dress stands on stage beneath several exploding firework pyrotechnics., Pyrotechnics on stage during Marie-Antoinette, Group F