theatre

Everyday

1. A theatre is a building where people watch plays, musicals, dances or shows on a stage. tree →
2. Theatre is also the work of writing and acting in plays. tree →
3. A movie theater (USA) is a cinema. tree →
4. An operating theatre is a room in a hospital where doctors do operations. tree →

In the lessons

In school maths: seats in rows (rows × seats in a row), tickets sold, people watching a show, empty seats. In everyday life and drama: the school play, a pantomime at Christmas (UK), the stage, curtains, audience, actors. Phrases: «go to the theatre», «at the theatre», «theatre ticket», «front row».

Examples

• The theatre has 20 rows of 15 seats. tree →
• A ticket costs 8 dollars. tree →
• 300 people came to the theatre. tree →
• How many seats are empty? tree →
• We went to the theatre to see a pantomime. tree →
• The actors bowed and the theatre filled with clapping. tree →
• Our class put on a play in the school theatre. tree →
• The doctor took the patient into the operating theatre. tree →
• The theatre was his ideal world. tree →

Note

«Theatre» (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland), «theater» (USA). In the USA «movie theater» means cinema. Maths: seats in rows give multiplication; empty seats are total − taken. Trap: two shows means the seats count twice.