Theatre is a form of art, but also a form of activism, giving voice to the voiceless and amplifying under-represented stories.
The beauty of theatre is not only in the words and the movement, but also in the silence and stillness it creates.
The magic of theatre is not just in the performers, but also in the audience, who bring their own experiences and perspectives to the story.
Theatre is not just a stage, but a mirror of life, reflecting the human experience in all its complexity.
The true power of theatre is not just in the stories it tells, but in the emotions it evokes and the empathy it inspires.
Theatre is not just about entertainment, it’s about connection, reflection and transformation.
Broadway’s mountain. Tough sledding on the way up – a toboggan on the way down.
– Walter Winchell
Chess and theatre often lead to madness.
– Arrabal
Of course we all come to the theatre with baggage. The baggage of our daily lives, the baggage of our problems, the baggage of our tragedies, the baggage of being tired. It doesn’t matter what age you are. But if our hearts get opened and released – well that is what theatre can do, and does sometimes, and everyone is thankful when that happens.
– Vanessa Redgrave
Theatre is a mirror, a sharp reflection of society.
– Yasmina Reza
The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.
– Oscar Wilde
The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.
– Robert Brustein
The more personal, the more universal.
– Gary Ballinger
Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.
– Greta Scacchi
Once you do a piece on the stage, you become that poem or you become that piece. That’s really who you are. I think that’s why some artists have stage names, you know- I don’t have a stage name, it’s pretty much just me.
– Clinton D. Powell
Family is the theatre of the spiritual drama, the place where things happen, especially the things that matter.
– G.K. Chesterton
I definitely think that theatre is something I’ll keep coming back to in my career for as long as I can. I also think theatre’s something you have to be very fit to do. I am fairly fit, but I don’t think I could do it all the time.
– Daniel Radcliffe
I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.
– Oscar Wilde
Acting is a sport. On stage you must be ready to move like a tennis player on his toes. Your concentration must be keen, your reflexes sharp; your body and mind are in top gear, the chase is on. Acting is energy. In the theatre people pay to see energy.
– Clive Swift
The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.
– Helen Hayes
I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theatre is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture.
– Laurence Olivier
The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film.
– Kim Cattrall
The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout.
– Robert Holman
All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That’s what makes theatre live. That’s why it persists.
– Stephen Sondheim
Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.
– Alan Rickman
The theatre is not the place for the musician. When the curtain is up the music interrupts the actor, and when it is down the music interrupts the audience.
– Arthur Sullivan
The theater is a great equalizer: it is the only place where the poor can look down on the rich.
– Will Rogers
The theatre is traditionally where people go to hear the truth.
– David Mamet
Nothing in theatre has any meaning before or after. Meaning is now.
– Peter Brook
Theatre is a weapon. For that reason it must be fought for.
– Augusto Boal