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Entertainment vocabulary – phrases for leisure activities

Entertainment vocabulary includes all those words and phrases you need for going out and enjoying leisure activities. These words and phrases related to entertainment are vital for enjoying visits to a theatre, cinema, concert hall, nightclub or other place of entertainment. You might also need entertainment vocabulary to discuss going out or staying in and stating your preferences for what to do with friends or family for fun days and evenings out.

Places of entertainment theatre, playhouse, cinema, art gallery, museum, park, stadium, zoo, circus, concert hall, opera house, pub, bar, night club, disco, wine bar, cafe, bingo hall, snooker hall, bowling alley, leisure centre, arts centre, exhibition centre, theme park, festival, fairground

Leisure vocabulary walk, stroll, hike, bike ride, ice skating, swimming, horse riding, canoeing, shooting, playing golf, crazy golf, roller blading, skateboarding, (ten pin) bowling, lazer quest, listening to music, playing cards, going to the fair, going to a festival, going to see a live band, going to a gig (usually a small live music event with a band)

Nightclub vocabulary nightclub, bar, bouncer, doorman, cloakroom, DJ, live music, band, bartender, dance floor, podium (a raised platform often used by dancers in a nightclub)

Cinema vocabulary cinema, film, movie, popcorn, usher comedy, musical, thriller, crime, murder mystery, horror, documentary, romantic comedy, western, animation, cartoon

Theatre vocabulary theatre, usher, ticket office, box office programme dress circle, stalls, aisle, balcony, box, circle, row, seat, block performance, play, drama, comedy, tragedy pantomime / panto (a theatrical performance aimed at children, often based on a fairy tale or nursery rhyme story, featuring jokes and audience participation) set, stage, wings interval, matinee actor, stand-in, director, writer, rehearsals, script audience to perform to go on stage to applaud, to clap, to ask for an encore (expressions of approval) to boo, to hiss (expressions of disapproval,e.g. ‘the audience started booing’)

Hint: ‘to boo’ and ‘to hiss’ are expressions of disapproval often used by children attending a pantomime. They boo and hiss at the ‘baddies’ – the bad people in the play.