performing art theatre http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134522 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Theatre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre https://homosaurus.org/terms/theatre https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11635 PN2000-PN3299 A collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. Elements of art, such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. theatrical theatrical venue