<P> Stagecraft overall has to address the various shortcomings of the stage's spatial and physical limitations . For example, the stage alone cannot be expected to provide wide and distant vistas, or vast spaces where armies gather or huge masses of people congregate . Natural phenomena such as thunderstorms or winds, that are often part of the drama, cannot be recreated in their original form . Furthermore, because of the distance involved, it is difficult for actors to portray the feelings, tensions and passions of their characters to the audience with much distinctiveness . </P> <P> It is for these reasons that special technologies and techniques have been developed from classical times onward to supplement and augment the effects that are to be realised . Technical specialists help to implement these techniques by providing expertise in various areas of the production . The stage manager and his team must ultimately draw all these separate techniques together to create an effective and successful stage production . </P> <Ul> <Li> Sets and sceneries have to be designed and created in the workshop . They include outdoor and indoor scenes, or special types of constructions, and must also usually achieve the appearance of depth and distance within the spatial limitations of the stage . </Li> <Li> Stage lighting has to be provided to set the moods and sensitivities of the play, and to permit the showing of the emotional charge in the face of the actors, possibly reinforcing the pallor or vividness of their faces . </Li> <Li> Costumes have to typify characters from the moment they appear on stage and signify the period or the social milieu in which the characters are to be seen . They can also indicate the characters' circumstances (whether they should appear rich or poor) or even whether they should be seen as comic or tragic personae . </Li> <Li> Sound effects have to convey natural phenomena, such as wind or storm . However, it is also their function to call forth moods and feelings the audience will recognise . </Li> <Li> Special effects have to deliver the imitations of physical actions on stage, such as explosions, fireworks, fog, or even earthquakes that are often part of the story . </Li> <Li> Rigging is an important aspect that is not often visible . All sound and lighting features and their cabling and wiring have to be held in a safe position, above both the stage and the auditorium, and therefore require specialist temporary and permanent fittings to be installed . </Li> <Li> The technical director, especially in larger theatres, has the responsibility of overseeing the rigging and construction of the stage scenery . He creates working drawings from the scenic designer's drawings in order to pass on the designs to the scene shop . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Sets and sceneries have to be designed and created in the workshop . They include outdoor and indoor scenes, or special types of constructions, and must also usually achieve the appearance of depth and distance within the spatial limitations of the stage . </Li>

Which form of performance does not gather its audience into a special place