Collocations for theatre - noun

large
little, small
500-seat, etc.
crowded, packed
The theatre was packed for the opening night.

community, local, provincial (esp. BrE), regional
off-Broadway, West End (= central London)
open-air
purpose-built (BrE)
The city's first purpose-built theatre is nearing completion.

puppet
The pier has a unique little puppet theatre.

movie (AmE)
The documentary opens tomorrow in movie theatres nationwide.

drive-in (AmE)
darkened (AmE)
art-house (AmE)
home (AmE)

go to, visit
I haven't been to the theatre for a long time.

enter, leave

seat, ticket
design, production
audience
manager, owner
scene
the Toronto theatre scene

at a/the theatre
We were at the theatre last night.

in a/the theatre
There's a bar in the theatre.

good, great
He writes the sort of dialogue that makes good theatre.
Under her direction, this difficult material is turned into great theatre.

live
commercial, professional
amateur (esp. BrE)
fringe (BrE), repertory
There was some good fringe theatre at the festival.

classical, contemporary, experimental, modern, popular
dance
music, musical
street
We saw some good street theatre while we were in Paris.

children's, community, youth (esp. BrE)
Elizabethan, Jacobean, etc.
political (figurative)
His speech was a great piece of political theatre.

piece

study
He is studying Greek theatre.

studies
critic
piece (esp. BrE)
an hour-long theatre piece

be in, work in
go into
He wants to go into the theatre when he finishes university.

director, impresario (esp. BrE), producer
company, group, troupe

operating

take to
He's already been taken to theatre for the operation.

nurse, sister
staff

in (the) theatre
She was in the operating theatre for two hours.