theatre-in-the-round

noun

1. a theatre with seats arranged around a central acting area
2. drama written or designed for performance in such a theatre

Example Sentences

The renowned Steppenwolf theatre in Chicago has broken ground on a $54m expansion that will include an “intimate” 400-seat theatre-in-the-round.

From The Guardian

In the magnificent “Bullfight, San Sebastian, 1929,” Albers presents three photographs arranged to create a swirling theatre-in-the-round view of the crowded arena stands, while a fourth image, arranged below, shows rows of cars in traffic shot from above—a deliberate comment on the encroaching mechanization of human experience.

From The New Yorker

The Stephen Joseph, which produces about 10 plays a year and was one of the first to champion theatre-in-the-round, has been the launch-pad for numerous stage and screen writers over the years such as Evans, Torben Betts and Robert Shearman.

From The Guardian

There is widespread enthusiasm for immersive, site-specific performance, as well as a revival of interest in older performance forms like theatre-in-the-round, traverse, promenade and street theatre.

From The Guardian

He pioneered theatre-in-the-round and, as the artistic director of the Victoria theatre in Stoke-on-Trent and then the New Vic in Newcastle-under-Lyme, installed a vibrant, creative hothouse in the industrial sprawl of the Potteries.

From The Guardian