Samal ajal on vaataja teadlik lavaruumist ning võimeline seda kogema: selle koloriiti, füüsilisi ja emotsionaalseid parameetreid (nt avarus, kõledus) jne.
The relationship between actors and spectators changes depending on the audience’s position: encircling the stage; standing; moving around three sides of a rectangular or square stage; sitting full frontal to the stage; separated from it by the footlights.