downstage

adv

1. Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
2. Towards a motion-picture or television camera.

adj

1. At the front of a stage.

noun

1. (uncountable)The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.

verb

1. (transitive)To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).