Five Great Stages
It is said that in the Kingdom there are but five stages that are truly auspicious. These are homes to the arts surpassing even the most opulent opera houses. These playhouses are famed and revered by the academy with great honor - so much so that they are considered as holy sites are to the church.
The bards who get to perform on these stages have truly earned their name, for not just anyone may be part of a performance here - even in the orchestral pit or as chorus. The five are spread throughout the land.
Breitenburg: Third Globe Theatre
The Third Globe Theater is a huge enclosed building, built to the specifications of the original Globe Theater. The theater is located on Fezziwig Lane next to the Juniper Bathhouse. Here the finest artists will sing and dance, plays and entire seasons of theater are performed. The theater is so revered that it has survived two fires of late, being rebuilt greater than before.
Cormick: Alluvium Colosseum
In the Italian Circle of Cormick sits the famous Alluvium Colosseum. A stone house with a removable roof, this mammoth building was constructed to serve as a gladiatorial arena on par with that of Rome. However, in time the brutality of combative life made it fall out of favor as an arena, and the Academy took control of it. Now the great arts are performed from within.
Nicholshire: Haring Stage
Notable in the Noble’s Quarter, the Haring Stage is a smaller stage than some of the others, but it is a destination for any important show or act. Built above the floor are a series of balconies floating in such a way as to provide the best possible seats for the nobles who wish to watch the arts and of course be seen at the events. Next to the Hall of Bells, this is the most likely spot to find Nicholshire nobility.
Maxwell's Hollow: The Playhouse
Simply known as the Playhouse, this cavernous wonder was discovered when the academy came to settle in to the Hollow. A natural cave of immense proportions, this stage has some of the most amazing acoustics in the world. Some say there are places wherein one could whisper one direction and have a single recipient hear the message across the hall. Truly magnificent to behold, the Playhouse is beyond grand, it is perfection.
Westershire: Grand Elsinore Stage
The newest of the grand stages, the Noble House of Elsinore in Westershire recently commissioned this phenomenon. While it is called stage, it is in reality 4 different stages. One grand auditorium for the greatest of shows, but with two smaller rooms for private shows and another midrange theater that is a truly unique piece of engineering skill. This third room is capable of being built with movable walls and doors, hidden areas for seating and viewing. The whole places is designed to be immersive so that the audience is in the show. The actors who put of events here are trained to act around the viewers in such as way as to interact without interaction.
