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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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Where The Wild Things Are (2009) Dir: Spike Jonze. First watch @ theatre. 3.5/4. Gandalfini's crying, squishy face makes me bawl my eyes out
Maniteeman (Matthew Hook) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:25:22 -0000
Where The Wild Things Are (2009) Dir: Spike Jonze. First watch @ theatre. 3.5/4. Gandalfini's crying, squishy face makes me bawl my eyes out
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Featured Job: Theatre/Scrub Nurse £30k to £33k - Herts http://bit.ly/6FcExl #Jobs
Catherine Zeta-Jones’ stage flash: Catherine Zeta-Jones flashed her breasts to theatre-goers last week. The Welsh... http://bit.ly/611Tq1
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Catherine Zeta-Jones’ stage flash: Catherine Zeta-Jones flashed her breasts to theatre-goers last week. The Welsh... http://bit.ly/611Tq1
@ItsK4rL4 I just saw Avatar. I didn't see it in an imax theatre but it was still very good and the colors and animals were awesome.
Newman218 (Newman) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:23:45 -0000
@ItsK4rL4 I just saw Avatar. I didn't see it in an imax theatre but it was still very good and the colors and animals were awesome.
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ahempell (ahempell) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:23:38 -0000
Raja Theatre http://flic.kr/p/7pP9EL
@yourmanuscript yep! Def my fav of the year and I did cry! The first time seeing it! Luckily that theatre wasn't very full...
suninhereyes (Amber ) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:23:35 -0000
@yourmanuscript yep! Def my fav of the year and I did cry! The first time seeing it! Luckily that theatre wasn't very full...

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