( BrE ) ( AmE theater ) noun
1 where you go to see plays, etc. ⇨ See also ↑ cinema
ADJECTIVE
▪ large
▪ little , small
▪ 500-seat , etc.
▪ crowded , packed
▪
The ~ was packed for the opening night.
▪ community , local , provincial ( esp. BrE ), regional
▪ off-Broadway , West End (= central London)
▪ open-air
▪ purpose-built ( BrE )
▪
The city's first purpose-built ~ is nearing completion.
▪ puppet
▪
The pier has a unique little puppet ~.
▪ movie ( AmE )
▪
The documentary opens tomorrow in movie ~s nationwide.
▪ drive-in ( AmE )
▪ darkened ( AmE )
▪ art-house ( AmE )
▪ home ( AmE )
VERB + THEATRE/THEATER
▪ go to , visit
▪
I haven't been to the ~ for a long time.
▪ enter , leave
THEATRE/THEATER + NOUN
▪ seat , ticket
▪ design , production
▪ audience
▪ manager , owner
▪ scene
▪
the Toronto ~ scene
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
We were at the ~ last night.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
There's a bar in the ~.
2 drama
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , great
▪
He writes the sort of dialogue that makes good ~.
▪
Under her direction, this difficult material is turned into great ~.
▪ live
▪ commercial , professional
▪ amateur ( esp. BrE )
▪ fringe ( BrE ), repertory
▪
There was some good fringe ~ at the festival.
▪ classical , contemporary , experimental , modern , popular
▪ dance
▪ music , musical
▪ street
▪
We saw some good street ~ while we were in Paris.
▪ children's , community , youth ( esp. BrE )
▪ Elizabethan , Jacobean , etc.
▪ political ( figurative )
▪
His speech was a great piece of political ~.
… OF THEATRE/THEATER
▪ piece
VERB + THEATRE/THEATER
▪ study
▪
He is studying Greek ~.
THEATRE/THEATER + NOUN
▪ studies
▪ critic
▪ piece ( esp. BrE )
▪
an hour-long ~ piece
3 work of acting in/producing plays
VERB + THEATRE/THEATER
▪ be in , work in
▪ go into
▪
He wants to go into the ~ when he finishes university.
THEATRE/THEATER + NOUN
▪ director , impresario ( esp. BrE ), producer
▪ company , group , troupe
4 ( BrE ) in a hospital
ADJECTIVE
▪ operating
VERB + THEATRE
▪ take to
▪
He's already been taken to ~ for the operation.
THEATRE + NOUN
▪ nurse , sister
▪ staff
PREPOSITION
▪ in (the) ~
▪
She was in the operating ~ for two hours.