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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

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"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.

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Wicked’s Highest Grossing – London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre | http://tinyurl.com/y8eat3p
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New Event: "tick, tick...BOOM" @ The Empire Theatre (Santa Ana, CA) http://bit.ly/8q3DZo
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VanSun-Theatre: On stage: Nicola Cavendish and Fiona Reid take a turn with a new play: Joanna Mc.. http://bit.ly/8mQiHG
Photo: New theatre door frame of Kristin Chenoweth for Promises, Promises. Hehe. http://tumblr.com/xga5ax0x5
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Photo: New theatre door frame of Kristin Chenoweth for Promises, Promises. Hehe. http://tumblr.com/xga5ax0x5
Just arrived: theatre lab. Biomuse Trio from Belfast. Midi ur mind, baby!
akinyc (Aki Veverkova) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:36:19 -0000
Just arrived: theatre lab. Biomuse Trio from Belfast. Midi ur mind, baby!
Some people are really fucking low. Especially to tell their friend that they can't do theatre if its "their thing". Bullshit.
katiejohnstone (Katie Johnstone) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:34:23 -0000
Some people are really fucking low. Especially to tell their friend that they can't do theatre if its "their thing". Bullshit.

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