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Stage Left Right Audience Crosswalk Tool

Map performer-facing-audience stage left/right to the facing-stage audience perspective.

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Description

Map stageSide left to audienceSide right, right to left, and center to center.

Stage layouts use dimensions, orientation labels, and clearance conventions. Stage-left and audience-left differ by viewpoint; a geometric calculation must state its perspective and length basis.

Map stageSide left to audienceSide right, right to left, and center to center.

When to use this tool

Use Stage Left Right Audience Crosswalk when you need one stage-layout component or orientation label from supplied dimensions.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter stageSide. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read audienceSide. Use the output convention below.

Map stageSide left to audienceSide right, right to left, and center to center.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
stageSideStage SideRequired. Text; one of "left", "right", "center"; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
audienceSideAudience SideRequired. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "stageSide": "left"
  },
  "output": {
    "audienceSide": "right"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • This assumes performers face the audience and viewers face the stage; arbitrary venue orientation or camera mirroring is not inferred.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Check the physical layout, access, and production requirements at the venue before installation or performance.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: performing-arts/stage-left-right-audience-crosswalk — tool.io

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