Theatre is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live
performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a
real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often
a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience
through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. Acting
involves a broad range of skills, including a well-developed
imagination, emotional facility, physical expressivity, vocal
projection, clarity of speech, and the ability to interpret drama.
The main types of theatre are: