transitive verb. 1 : to adapt to the theater : dramatize. 2 : to display in showy fashion.

What does a theatrical person mean?

If something happens on a stage, you can describe it as theatrical. ... An actor who works on Broadway rather than in Hollywood is theatrical, and a play can be described as a theatrical production. If it happens in a theater, or is related to theater, it's theatrical.

What does theatricality mean in art?

In other words, theatricality is the non-textual elements of a theatrical play, that often become more important than the external language –even more so in performance art, where the text is not always present. Theatricality includes performativity, but goes beyond it.