OpenStages
is built using OpenGL technology for PC computers.
Fully operational working models of theatre stages & auditoria
Immediate creativity
Easy to make stage visualizations of play texts
Easy to use sound and lighting
Easy 3D construction
No steep learning curves
Facility to create a working model of your own studio or proscenium theatre
OpenStages is an interactive 3-D computer model of any theatre or performance space into which are placed the systems usually associated with performance; lights, sound, fly bars, revolves and trucks etc. It is possible to hang cloths on bars, position flats, floorcloths, rostrums and revolves on stage. There are building blocks of basic geometric shapes that can be resized and used as scenery and from a library it is possible to pull in custom made pieces of scenery. Period and modern actors can be costumed and blocked into scenes. All these elements can then be lit and manipulated in real time just as it would be possible with real scenery in a real theatrical space. For more detailed information go to OpenStages Help . To see examples of projects produced by openStages go to Examples.
| Download | The program is available as an installation executable and can be downloaded from here. The download file is 22 megabytes in size. Download now. Double-click on the downloaded zip file and expand to a temporary directory. open the directory and click on "setup" and the program will install to your directions. The installation file includes models of the Cochrane Theatre, the UCLA Little Theatre and The Other Place circa 1988. The project files include demonstrations of various aspects of scene changing. |
| Purchase | OpenStages is now free. It will continue to be developed as opensource software under the GNU licence. You are free to use it as an individual or as an organisation. |
| Version | The current version is 1.5.1.85, released on 27/04/08. |
| Support | Please contact support. Support is limited but enthusiastic. You are welcome to download the program and try it out. If you choose to buy it then it is assumed that you have no problems regarding your system hardware and the running of the program. |
| System requirements |
Multimedia PC with Windows
98, ME, 2000, XP or Vista operating system with DirectX
7.0a or later.. Pentium 350mHz or faster. 64 MB of
onboard RAM. 50 MB of available hard disk space. 3-D graphics
accelerator card compatible with OpenGL. Vista requires the
latest drivers from the display card manufacturers for OpenGL to be implemented.
DirectSound compatible sound card with speakers or headphones. |
| The Future |
Various ideas for teaching
packages are being explored. |