theatre

plural theatres

1. AustraliaCanadaHong KongNew ZealandUKalternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of theater.

   But the picture was different elsewhere - Theatre Royal Windsor recorded full houses, although the managing director stated that the actors had trouble getting to and from the theatre.

   2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 31

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   Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.

   1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC

   City's players and supporters travelled from one end of the emotional scale to the other in those vital seconds, providing a truly remarkable piece of football theatre and the most dramatic conclusion to a season in Premier League history.

   2012 May 13, Phil McNulty, “Man City 3-2 QPR”, in BBC Sport

2. AustraliaCanadaNew ZealandSouth AsiacountablerareuncountableA cinema; movie theatre.