stagecraft

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Performance and illusion are recurring themes: A woman is sawed in half in a depiction of classic stagecraft; elsewhere a juggler manipulates ovoids that each contain an everyday vignette.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Renowned for its star-studded line-ups and spectacular stagecraft, Tomorrowland's home edition in Belgium's Boom is a bucket list item for many hardcore ravers.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

But perhaps the most consequential gesture of his appearance came when Mamdani, whose mother is a celebrated filmmaker, showed off his command of stagecraft.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

They might not have achieved that goal - Coldplay have already set themselves a ridiculously high bar - but this was stadium stagecraft at its absolute finest.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

“It would be a fine bit of stagecraft if I’m ever called upon to play my own grandfather,” he joked.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood