When deciding to stage a play one of the most crucial decisions is where you should stage it.

Whenever attending a play, it's not simply the actors on stage that contribute to the performance and also the unique feeling that is made. Every element, regardless of how little, plays a part in making a visit to the theatre as special as possible for individuals in the audience. The music is essential, as are the props and scenery, but even things that aren't particular to the specific play are essential. A play in a proscenium arch theatre can provide the added grandeur and spectacle that a show deserves. These theatres have an architectural frame surrounding the stage, providing visible beauty to increase the emotions created on the stage. These theatres are popular with theatre producers, such as Bruno Wang, not only due to the arches, but simply because they usually have a viewable orchestra pit and a stage that stretches into the audience. These elements combine to create a memorable interactive experience that may keep audiences wanting more.

A trend that is increasing in the world of cinema is that of the 4D cinema, where unique effects are added to engage the viewers with the movie, such as splashing water on to the audience throughout a scene with rain. This desire to relate with the natural elements while taking in a show is nothing new and it in fact stretches back thousands of years. Plays were mostly carried out in open-air theatres until fairly recently when indoor theatres became normal. Open-air theatres have not yet died out, with theatre producers like Neil Constable staging plays throughout much of the year. All plays can be performed in these venues, but they work better for staging older traditional theatre pieces, in order that audiences can more accurately have the feeling that they are transporting themselves back in time.

As the most successful theatre producers like Sonia Friedman will know, the largest shows need the greatest stages. Sometimes a play can be so sought after it needs to be accessible, with the most amount of individuals feasible per performance. These typically take the form of arena theatres, which are big venues with the audience on all sides. They are able to host many types of stage performance and are particularly popular theatres when large-scale productions go on the road, so that as many individuals at an area can see the play before it moves on to another town. This contrasts with plays which have a residency in one location, which have a tendency to not have as big of a focus on seating and instead view other factors like acoustics, because they know that attending the play is a less urgent matter than a tour production.