Clapping applause full#
While having the full technical team traipse on stage is still rare in the UK, it's increasingly common for actors to acknowledge and direct applause towards the sound and lighting operators and deputy stage manager, something which in the past tended only to occur in university or fringe theatre. Similarly, it seems right that Filter Theatre fully acknowledges its technicians, particularly as they often appear on stage. In a show such as this, where the design is an intrinsic and complex part of the action, it seemed completely appropriate. At the end of Robert Lepage's latest production at the Barbican, stage managers and technicians lined up with actors to bow together. After all, the ritual of the curtain call is already changing due to the growing presence of technology. Communal appreciation sometimes seems to have its own rulebook – and it isn't always easy to follow.Īs we strive to introduce new audiences into theatres and concert halls, maybe the old rules need shaking up. Applause comes in many forms, from rhythmic clapping in European theatres, to the bizarre first entrance clap in Broadway (presumably celebrating the stars' ability to breathe the same air as us mere mortals), to the extraordinary transformation of English men into bravo-braying imitation Italians at the end of opera.
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