theatrical performance
Drama on stage
A theatrical performance is a live presentation of drama, music, dance, or other entertainment before an audience—typically on a stage.
The term emphasizes the performative aspect: actors embodying roles, sets creating worlds, the ritual of curtain and applause.
We attended a theatrical performance of Hamlet at the local playhouse.
The phrase can also describe behavior that seems exaggerated or dramatic, as if staged for effect.
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- dramatic monologuePoem as character's speech
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
wit · storytelling · stagecraft · blocking · dress rehearsal · live performance · script · pantomime · actor · dialogue · musical theatre · director · opera · props · allegory · curtain call · take a bow · choreographer
- theaterplays, stage, play, onstage, acting
- Court Entertainmentjesters, jester, court jester, court fool, fools
- acting techniquesmethod acting, emotional expression, vocal projection, voice modulation, voice control
- Vietnamese artsfolk opera, court music, ho, vi, lacquerware
- Roman comedyRoman theatre
- processionsparade, procession, march, funeral procession, military parade
theatrical performancefilm
Movie or coating
movie · cinema · motion picture · television broadcast · radio play
theatrical performanceimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
open mic · jam session · documentary footage · street performance · rehearsal