Theatre (disambiguation)
# 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.
