''For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation)

Theatre or theater (Greek "theatron", "θέατρον") is the branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. In addition to the standard narrative dialogue style, theatre takes such forms as opera, ballet, mime, kabuki, classical Indian dance, Chinese opera, mummers' plays, and pantomime.

Overview of theatre

---

"Drama" (literally translated, Action, from a verbal root meaning "I do") is that branch of theatre in which speech, either from written text (plays), or improvised is paramount. "Musical theatre" is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance routines, and spoken dialogue. However, theatre is more than just what one sees on stage. Theatre involves an entire world behind the scenes that creates the costumes, sets and lighting to make the overall effect interesting. There is a particularly long tradition of political theatre, intended to educate audiences on contemporary issues and encourage social change. Various creeds, Catholicism for instance, have built upon the entertainment value of theatre and created (for example) passion plays, mystery plays and morality plays.

There is an enormous variety of philosophies, artistic processes, and theatrical approaches to creating plays and drama. Some are connected to political or spiritual ideologies, and some are based on purely "artistic" concerns. Some processes focus on a story, some on theatre as an event, some on theatre as a catalyst for social change. According to Aristotle's seminal theatrical critique Poetics, there are six elements necessary for theatre. They are Plot, Character, Idea, Language, Song, and Spectacle. The 17th-century Spanish writer Lope de Vega wrote that for theatre one needs "three boards, two actors, and one passion". Others notable for their contribution to theatrical philosophy are Konstantin Stanislavski, Antonin Artaud, Bertolt Brecht, Orson Welles, Peter Brook, Jerzy Grotowski.

More on [ Theatre ]

Theaters - Twitter Search

Waiting for chipmunk movie with the princess. /via @MrsCaffeinated // want me to knock morse code love notes on wall between our theaters?
RickCaffeinated (Rick Stilwell) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:10:01 -0000
Waiting for chipmunk movie with the princess. /via @MrsCaffeinated // want me to knock morse code love notes on wall between our theaters?
@navart http://www.samsung.com/mx/consumer/tv-audio-video/audio-systems/home-theaters/HT-BD1250T/XAX/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail
argelz (Argel) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:05:59 -0000
@navart http://www.samsung.com/mx/consumer/tv-audio-video/audio-systems/home-theaters/HT-BD1250T/XAX/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail
On our way home from Avatar 8D that'ss 2 times, lets see how many more times I see it before it's out of theaters 8D
Kyonkitchi761 (Rebecca Elliott) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:59:41 -0000
On our way home from Avatar 8D that'ss 2 times, lets see how many more times I see it before it's out of theaters 8D
RT @EuroTeknoBoy DJ in at The Living Room Theaters tonight come down and dance! http://schmap.it/Wgsac6
PortlandToday (Portland Events) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:53:40 -0000
RT @EuroTeknoBoy DJ in at The Living Room Theaters tonight come down and dance! http://schmap.it/Wgsac6
@svchick96 yeah i saw it its even scarier in theaters
ezhuerta (Elias Huerta) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:52:45 -0000
@svchick96 yeah i saw it its even scarier in theaters
Justin came from the theaters watched NEW MOON!!!! it was the coolest movie watched a hauting in cannetikin and beverlyhillschiuwa
Anisa1998 (Anisa ) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:52:28 -0000
Justin came from the theaters watched NEW MOON!!!! it was the coolest movie watched a hauting in cannetikin and beverlyhillschiuwa

Subscribe to Theaters RSS feed