What do people not understand about technical theatre?

There are many things that people do not understand about technical theatre due to the nature of its work and the fact that the things that they do are not appreciated until they are literally taken away from a performance. This essay will be a summary of what is often neglected by the naked eye.

Firstly, one of the most important things that people underestimate is the size of the backstage crew – a group which refers to all who work off-stage for a performance. For almost every single show in the world, the crew behind-the-scenes outnumber the actors because of the amount of work done for things to actually happen. Of course, actors are important, but several important personnel who work on other aspects of the show such as the lights and sound designers are often forgotten because their faces are never shown to their audiences. Tragic as it may seem that these key members of the show often go unappreciated, there are also some areas of interest that members of the public do not understand.

Another point that is left unknown to most is that backstage workers often earn more th...