Sensibility of Stage Design in related with different Performance; Opera, Musical, Play Observational, Qualitative Research; Case Study UK-London

ABSTRACT: Theatre performances still have many audiences to attract, which each one of these performances has been presenting for them on divers stages with different design concepts. The objects, which are given to the audience, are an overview of each particular performance, which is the “Stage Design” of those performances. Design of the stages with the performances, which are the actors‘ movements, together it makes the whole sensibility of the space. This research‘s aim is to investigate about the stage designs sensibility in related to different performances. The word “Sensibility” means “The ability to feel or perceive” (Houghton, 2000). In this case, the sensibility can be named as one of the human skills, which helps them to have better understanding of the physical or mental obsessions around them. This study is a qualitative observational research, which took place in London-UK, to get some information nearby differences and similarities, about diverse types of stages and altered performances. Observations were done from twenty different theatres, in three kinds of performances. So the methodology has been done step by step to figure out the main questions of this research which is; What is the sensibility of stage design in each of these particular theatre performances; Opera, musicals and plays? Keywords: Stage Design, Performances, Movement, Audience, Actor and Sensibility. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………