world premiere

noun

1. the first public performance of a play, motion picture, musical work, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of world premiere¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Rogue Machine Theatre’s world premiere production of “Adolescent Salvation” takes place in the bedroom of a withdrawn high school girl harboring a dangerous secret.

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We’re sitting down a few days after the movie’s world premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre, which came on the heels of another screening at the Directors Guild that had Steven Spielberg interviewing Anderson afterward.

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Also at the bottom of the poster, which has become a place for the festival to announce special engagements, is the world premiere of Anyma’s “Æden.”

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The exchange in question occurred at a press event with Edebiri, Roberts and Garfield at the Venice Film Festival, where their film “After the Hunt,” directed by Luca Guadagnino, made its world premiere.

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It is similar to the nonstop banter between their duo in “Poetic License,” which has its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival tonight.

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