- theatre
- (BrE) (AmE theater) noun1 where you go to see plays, etc. ⇨ See also ↑cinemaADJECTIVE▪ large▪ little, small▪ 500-seat, etc.▪ crowded, packed▪
The theatre 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 theatre is nearing completion.
▪ puppet▪The pier has a unique little puppet theatre.
▪ movie (AmE)▪The documentary opens tomorrow in movie theatres nationwide.
▪ drive-in (AmE)▪ darkened (AmE)▪ art-house (AmE)▪ home (AmE)VERB + THEATRE/THEATER▪ go to, visit▪I haven't been to the theatre for a long time.
▪ enter, leaveTHEATRE/THEATER + NOUN▪ seat, ticket▪ design, production▪ audience▪ manager, owner▪ scene▪the Toronto theatre scene
PREPOSITION▪ at a/the theatre▪We were at the theatre last night.
▪ in a/the theatre▪There's a bar in the theatre.
2 dramaADJECTIVE▪ good, great▪He writes the sort of dialogue that makes good theatre.
▪Under her direction, this difficult material is turned into great theatre.
▪ live▪ commercial, professional▪ amateur (esp. BrE)▪ fringe (BrE), repertory▪There was some good fringe theatre at the festival.
▪ classical, contemporary, experimental, modern, popular▪ dance▪ music, musical▪ street▪We saw some good street theatre while we were in Paris.
▪ children's, community, youth (esp. BrE)▪ Elizabethan, Jacobean, etc.▪ political (figurative)▪His speech was a great piece of political theatre.
… OF THEATRE/THEATER▪ pieceVERB + THEATRE/THEATER▪ study▪He is studying Greek theatre.
THEATRE/THEATER + NOUN▪ studies▪ critic▪ piece (esp. BrE)▪an hour-long theatre piece
3 work of acting in/producing playsVERB + THEATRE/THEATER▪ be in, work in▪ go into▪He wants to go into the theatre when he finishes university.
THEATRE/THEATER + NOUN▪ director, impresario (esp. BrE), producer▪ company, group, troupe4 (BrE) in a hospitalADJECTIVE▪ operatingVERB + THEATRE▪ take to▪He's already been taken to theatre for the operation.
THEATRE + NOUN▪ nurse, sister▪ staffPREPOSITION▪ in (the) theatre▪She was in the operating theatre for two hours.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
