benefit performance
Philanthropic theatrical event
A benefit performance is a concert, play, or other entertainment event where proceeds go to a charitable cause or to help a specific person in need.
The term often shortens to simply benefit: a benefit for earthquake relief, They're holding a benefit for the family who lost their home in the fire.
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- good causeCharitable aim deserving support
- galaFestive formal occasion
- black tieFormal evening dress code
- red carpetCeremonial welcome flooring
fundraiser · concert · telethon · auction · silent auction · donation · ticket sales · tickets · sold out show · stage · curtain · curtain call · applause · encore · proceeds · cause · nonprofit · tribute
- theater eventsopening night, closing night, premiere, world premiere, curtain call
- Victorian TheatreHenrik Ibsen, proscenium, Oscar Wilde, footlights, backstage
- British TheatreWest End, Macbeth, Globe, King Lear, pantomime
- theater historyGreek tragedy, vaudeville, William Shakespeare, Drury Lane, Christopher Marlowe
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