touring company

American  

[toor-ing kuhm-puh-nee] / ˈtʊər ɪŋ ˌkʌm pə ni /

noun

1. 1. a cast of stage actors taking a popular show on the road, sometimes replacing certain actors with local ones as they travel from city to city.

      He’s part of the touring company of Rent, which features two members of the original Broadway cast.

   2. a popular stage production performed by a traveling cast of actors.

      While in Cleveland we attended the touring company of Les Misérables.

2. a company whose business is planning, arranging, and conducting sightseeing trips for groups of tourists.

   Our first night in Albania was a walking tour with our tour guide and the owner of the touring company.

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Etymology

Origin of touring company

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The next day, we rented electric bikes from Sol Rides, an electric bike touring company on the eastern edge of Hood River.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023

Hall's play was then chosen for the venture, and the concept has now been picked up by UK touring company Headlong for a series of performances around England.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023

In 1967, she sang a single outdoor performance of another Verdi opera, “I Vespri Siciliani,” with the Met touring company in Newport, R.I.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2023

Her agent asked her to audition for the touring company of August Wilson’s “Seven Guitars,” for the role of the strong-willed and guarded Vera, who must decide if she can trust her cheating ex-boyfriend again.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2022

"I've heard it said that's why Will Kempe left the company. They say he made off with the book of As You Like It, and sold it to a touring company in Leicester."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood