TASC Theatre Performance case studies
TASC Theatre Performance · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Theatre Performance (course code TTP315120) is a Tasmanian senior secondary course listed in the TASC course catalogue, and this page is an independent study guide for candidates preparing for its assessment. The credential is aimed at students who want to develop practical performance skills and the ability to realise a theatrical work from rehearsal through to an audience-facing outcome. The TASC Theatre Performance case studies are 5 cases and about 1,915 words.
1The Late Cue in the Warehouse
A touring company performs a 70-minute one-act in a converted warehouse with a low, exposed steel roof. The lighting operator, who has run the show twice, must trigger a 4-second blackout at the moment the lead drops a glass.
414 words, about 2 min2The Understudy's First Matinee
A regional theatre runs a musical with a cast of 14 and a 6-piece band. The lead has been out sick for three days; the understudy has rehearsed the role twice, once with the full company and once with a piano-only accompaniment.
395 words, about 2 min3The Festival Stage With No Wings
A theatre company is invited to a three-day outdoor festival. The stage is 8 metres wide and 5 metres deep, with no wings and no fly tower; the only offstage space is a 2-metre strip behind a back curtain.
374 words, about 2 min4The Sound That Ate the Voice
A 200-seat studio theatre stages a two-hander with no amplification budget. The room has a hard back wall and a low ceiling; the actors report that in the second half they cannot hear each other over the audience's reactions and their own exertion.
366 words, about 2 min5The Quick Change That Isn't
A dance-theatre piece has a 40-second quick change for the principal between two numbers. The change involves a full costume swap, a wig, and a prop handoff, and happens behind a 1.5-metre-wide screen at stage left.
366 words, about 2 min