Theatre (disambiguation)

Theatre or theater refers to representational performing arts, and semantically related to a stage.

It may also refer to:


 * Theater (structure), a building with a stage and audience seating for performances
 * Movie theater, a building used to show films to an audience
 * Theatrical troupe, a group of actors or acting company

Popular culture

 * Theatre (band), a mathcore band from South Africa
 * Theatre (album), a 1983 album by George Gruntz
 * "The Theatre", a song by the Pet Shop Boys on the 1993 album Very
 * "Theater" (song), the German entry to the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest
 * Theatre (novel), a 1937 novel by W. Somerset Maugham
 * Theatre (film), a 1928 German silent film

Other uses

 * Theater (Metro Rail), a rail station in Buffalo, New York
 * Theater (warfare), large geographic area where conflict occurs
 * Operating theater (or operating room), a room for carrying out surgical operations
 * Pejorative term, in the sense of "an act"(pretense): actions taken by an individual or authority to create the impression of doing something useful or valuable, while achieving little. For example:
 * Security Theater, actions carried out by an authority to give the public the impression of security while doing little or nothing to actually achieving it.
 * Hygiene Theater, the practice of taking hygiene measures that are intended to give the illusion of improved safety while doing little to actually reduce any risk.