theatre-in-the-round
Britishnoun
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a theatre with seats arranged around a central acting area
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drama written or designed for performance in such a theatre
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The “Hamlet” production is a fantastic set piece, with man-made sets and Shakespeare’s theatre-in-the-round filmed as accurately and affectionately as the nature that consumes so much of the film’s first two acts.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025
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 ● Mar. 5, 2019
Spades is the first of a four-part sequence of plays that Lepage is developing for a network of 13 theatre-in-the-round venues, from Canada to Croatia.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2012
A former cinema in Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, was converted into the Victoria theatre, the country's first permanent theatre-in-the-round, with 347 seats, for less than £5,000.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2010
In 1986, Peter masterminded the company's move to the 605-seat New Vic in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Europe's first purpose-built theatre-in-the-round and a characteristically visionary building designed to harmonise with its wildlife woodland setting.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2010
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