stage time
Act's allotted duration
Stage time is the amount of time a performer spends actually performing before an audience, especially in stand-up comedy.
Comedians talk about needing stage time to develop material and timing: You can't get better without stage time.
The term emphasizes that practice alone isn't enough—performance skills require real audiences.
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
- microphoneAudio input device
- standupSolo comedic performance
- comedianProfessional humor performer
- performanceCarrying out a task
green room · set · audience · laughter · booking · gig · open mic · headliner · guest spot · heckler · routine · comedy club · applause · nerves · punchline · crowd · emcee · five minutes
- Concert Termsheadliner, opening act, headline act, main act, encore
- open micamateur night, comedy night, emcee, five minutes, mic stand
- open micsopen mic night, sign-up sheets, sign-up sheet, emcee, emcees
- Rallyingrally car, rally driver, pace notes, WRC, navigator
- showtimesshowtimes, showtime, matinee, evening show, opening night
- narrative timeflashback, flashforward, foreshadowing, pacing, chronology
stage timeprep time
Time before execution
run-through · dress rehearsal · tech rehearsal · rehearsal · warm-up
stage timeoffstage
Out of audience view
behind the scenes · backstage · in the wings · behind the curtain · downtime
stage timeobscurity
State of being unknown
anonymity · invisibility · downtime · waiting in the wings · sitting out
stage, time, stages, staged, staging, stager, times, timed, timing