• Introduction
• Quick start for audience
• Quick start for players
• UpStage
• About the project
• Team
• Get Involved
• Technical information
• About this manual
• Audience
• The role of the Audience
• Join a live cyberformance
• Chat
• Player
• Becoming a player
• Manage your Profile
• Backstage
• Create your own Stage
• Manage your Stage
• Customise your Stage
• Manage your Stage: Media
• Manage your Stage: Chat and Replays
• Manage your Stage : Scenes
• Enter your Stage
• How does the audience see your stage?
• Invite audience
• Media management
• Media in UpStage
• The Studio
• Creating Graphics for UpStage
• Creating Audio for UpStage
• Upload Media
• Modify Media
• Assign Media to your Stage
• Delete Media
• Player : Live Stage
• Enter a live Stage
• Quick overview of tools
• Who is here?
• Chat with the Audience
• Player Chat
• Player: Live Stage Tools
• Audio tool
• Backdrop tool
• Avatar tool
• Avatar Speech and Voices
• Avatar Animation
• Props tool
• Stream tool
• Live Drawing tool
• Object Drawing tool
• Text tool
• Depth tool
• Curtain
• Scenes
• Stage Settings
• Clickable links on stage
• Streaming
• Introduction to streaming
• Sending a stream
• Assign a stream to a stage
• Recording and Statistics
• Statistics
• Chat logs
• Replays
• Screen Recordings
• Admin
• UpStage administration
• Customise your Foyer
• Appendices
• Glossary
• Troubleshooting

Becoming a Player

"Players" are those who create and present live performances on UpStage. To be a player, you must first create an account on an UpStage server. This might be the public UpStage, or you may be at a university, school or arts organization that has its own UpStage instance where you can create an account.

You will begin at the Foyer, which is the home page of an UpStage instance. As well as information and links to events, in the top right-hand corner are two buttons: "Login" and "Register".

Note that you only need to have an account if you wish to create and participate in performances as a player. Audience members do not need to log in.

Create an account

When you click on "Register" a pop-up window opens where you can enter your information to create an account. Your registration must be approved by an administrator of this UpStage instance before you are able to have player access to the Backstage and Live Stage parts of the platform.

To create your account:

1. Click on the "Register" button on the Foyer and fill out the form that appears.
2. Username: the user name you choose will be displayed in the chat and statistics, visible to both players and the audience.
3. Password: keep it safe.
4. First Name and Last Name: write your first and last name here
5. Email: enter your email address.
6. Terms of Service: you must agree to the Terms of Service in order to use the platform.
7. Click "Register" to complete your registration.

Note: your email address may be used by administrators to contact you about upcoming changes, scheduled maintenance, etc. It is also used in the event that you find yourself locked out of your account. If you are registering on the public UpStage, your information will never be shared with any third party or used for solicitation or advertising purposes.

If you are on a different UpStage instance to the public UpStage, the Terms of Service may have been adapted by the host organization; and the administrators of that UpStage instance are responsible for the security of your data.

Log In

Once your account has been approved by an admin, you can log in to the Backstage. Click on the Login button at the top right of the Foyer.

Enter the nickname you entered when registering and your password, and click on Login.

You will arrive at the Stages section of the Backstage. Please go to the next chapters for more information about the features of the Backstage.