theatremaker

English

Alternative forms

• theatermaker
• theatre-maker

Etymology

theatre +‎ maker

Noun

theatremaker (plural theatremakers)

1. A theatrical producer, director, writer or impresario
   • 2007, Greg Giesekam, Staging the Screen: The Use of Film and Video in Theatre:

     Since first attracting international attention with The Dragons' Trilogy (1985) and his solo show Vinci (1986, both with Théâtre Repère), Canadian theatremaker Robert Lepage has become a controversial figure in contemporary theatre, arousing vociferous support and vitriolic criticism in equal measure, hailed as a theatrical magician or condemned as a gadget-obsessed purveyor of empty spectacle.

   • 2015, Mark Fisher, How to Write About Theatre: A Manual for Critics, Students and Bloggers:

     That may be a difficult concept for a theatremaker to grasp, but all the unpaid bloggers who write reviews for the love of it demonstrate it to be the case.

   • 2013, Dan Rebellato, Modern British Playwriting: 2000-2009:

     The method came to prominence in 2003, when the young theatremaker Alecky Blythe's company Recorded Delivery opened a new verbatim piece featuring performers wearing headphones called Come Out Eli at the three-year-old Arcola theatre in Dalston.

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