downstage

/D AW1 N S T EY0 JH/
noun
  1. 1

    The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.

verb
  1. 1

    To restage (a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).

adjective
  1. 1

    At the front of a stage.

adverb
  1. 1

    Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.

  2. 2

    Towards a motion-picture or television camera.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/downstage