Vocabulary entertainment

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VOCABULARY ENTERTAINMENT
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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.
Museums and art gallery vocabulary
museum, art gallery, exhibition, exhibits, collection, photographs, audio-guide, guided tour
painting, drawing, sketch, sculpture, collage
artist, painter, sculptor
landscape, portrait, oil painting, watercolour, chalks
medieval, classical, renaissance, baroque, rococo, pre-raphaelite, impressionist, realist, surrealist, modernist, postmodernist, modern art, postmodern art, pop art
to exhibit (to display art works, e.g. ‘the artist has already exhibited at the London Gallery’, ‘She will exhibit her new pieces this summer’)
Other artistic events 
ballet, opera, dance performance, exhibition, concert, film
Crafts vocabulary
Painting, knitting, sewing, crochet, drawing, sketching, carving, woodwork, metalwork, jewellery making, pottery, baking
Entertainment phrases you may want to use:
Arranging to go out
Shall we go out tonight?
Do you fancy going out?
Do you feel like going out tonight?
Shall we go clubbing at the weekend? (‘clubbing’ mean as going to a nightclub)
I fancy going dancing tonight
What’s on at the cinema?
Is there anything good on?
Do you want to get a bite to eat?
What can we do for a cheap night out?
Shall we go down the local? (the ‘local’ means your local pub, the nearest pub to where you live)
Let’s go for a walk / bike ride
Let’s go to the art gallery / museum
Why don’t we try that new restaurant?
Let’s go ice skating / ten pin bowling
Do you want to go to the football?

Ten pin bowling alley – Image source

Planning to stay in
I don’t want to go out drinking tonight
I’m too tired to go out this evening, let’s stay in
Let’s just get a take-away
Let’s just chill tonight and we can go out tomorrow
I fancy just relaxing on the sofa with a film
Do you feel like staying in tonight?
We can stay in and veg out (‘veg’ means relax and do nothing – like a vegetable!)
Why don’t we go back to yours and cook a meal?
Let’s go back to mine and watch a movie
Hint: ‘mine’ means ‘my house’ and ‘yours’ means ‘your house’
At the cinema or theatre
I’d like two tickets for Casino Royale, please
This film has just been released
Do I need to book?
This play has been running for a while now
I’ve reserved two tickets for …
Where do I collect my tickets from?
Could I reserve two tickets, please
Is there a discount for students / pensioners / children?
I’d like to sit near the front/back/in the middle, please
At a nightclub
Where is the cloakroom?
There is a long queue to get in
There is a long queue at the bar
It’s really loud in here
It’s dead in here (‘dead’ is slang for quiet)
The band is brilliant!
This place is rockin’! (‘rocking’ / ‘rockin” is slang for great)
Do you want a drink?
Do you want to dance?
At the theatre
I’d like to buy a programme, please
Did you enjoy the performance?
Shall we head back to our seats?
I’ve reserved tickets online / over the phone
Do you want a drink at the interval?
At an art gallery or museum
Is there an admission charge?
What time do you close?
Can I take photographs?
I’d like to take a guided tour
Where is the cloakroom?
General phrases you may see and hear at entertainments venues
Entertainment phrases you may hear
Have you reserved tickets?
Where would you like to sit?
Sorry, we are fully booked
Sorry, we have nothing left
You are seated in block E, row 10, seat 23
There will now be a 15 minute interval
Please take your seats for …
Would you like a programme?
Collect your tickets from the box office
Are you over eighteen?
Have you got any ID?
Can you leave your bags in the cloakroom, please
PG (‘parental guidance’ – a film classification, warning that the film might contain scenes unsuitable for young children)
Share your thoughts on entertainment vocabulary
Are there are phrases or words related to entertainment you are unsure about?
Can you think of other phrases that are useful at an entertainments venue?
What other entertainment vocabulary would you like to learn about? Do you want to learn vocabulary for other specific venues?
Can you think of more entertainment vocabulary for our guide?
Let us know your ideas and thoughts in the comments!
Many people take a break from their hectic schedule and go for a vacation, this makes them feel delightful and also help them to invigorate.
Many poets, writers, and painters travel to different places to capture some of the best things of nature and express them in the form of paintings or poems. People also travel for business purposes so as to expand and gain profit from their business. Students travel for educational purposes so everyone has a unique reason to travel. Therefore, travelling is an important part of human life and it instils knowledge and offers various benefits to mankind. It all begins and ends with money. Once you’ve set your mind to travelling for a year, or indefinitely, it’s high time to start saving up – unless, of course, you’ve already been doing that.
How much money do you need? That depends on the duration of your trip and what you want to do and see. It also depends on your preferred travelling style – is it backpacking, hitchhiking/using public transport and sleeping in hostels or do you feel more comfortable staying at boutique hotels and going on organised trips? The difference between the budgets of the above travelling styles can be quite significant.
Travelling plays an important part in making us feel relaxed and rejuvenated. It also brings positive changes in our life and keeps us alive and active. Travelling gives us practical experience of things we have studied in the books and surfed on the internet. So a person who does not travel at all does not find any meaning in the name of India Gate or Ganga River. However, if he has travelled to these places, he can truly relate everything he has studied and will always remember each and every detail of that place.
It also depends on whether you’re going to spend most of your trip in countries with a high economic standard (e.g. the USA, Australia, the Baltic states) where the prices are several times higher than the ones in Southeast Asia and some South American countries.
Once you’ve decided on which style of travelling you prefer and which countries/continent you’d like to visit, you can look up a lot of information online; it should be fairly obvious that one thousand euros per month should more than suffice for a low-budget backpacking in Southeast Asia.
Don’t forget to add the approximate price of the plane tickets, insurance, visas etc. to the amount of money you’ll be needing, though.
TIP: If you want to go really low-budget, there are many places around the world where you can volunteer (in exchange for food and accommodation), “look after” the house and pets, or find temporary work in the tourism or agricultural sector (hostels, cafés, fruit picking, helping out on an organic farm...). In such cases, you can set out with a minimum amount of money you’ve saved up, plus you’ll be having an unforgettable experience.
The last thing you want to experience during your trip around the world is to find out somewhere in the middle of your journey that your passport has expired. Therefore, it’s necessary to check your passports expiry date before travelling
Are you a student or have just finished studying? Then no problem there. However, if you already have job and want to go see the world for a year, then you’ll have to reach an agreement on how to proceed – applying for unpaid leave, putting the contract on hold or handing in resignation – these are just some of the most common options.
When you go on a trip for a whole year, it seems only logical to reduce the costs at home. If you live in a rented flat, you can simply move out, otherwise you should consider renting your flat or house for the time of your absence, or at least cut non-essential costs (e.g. TV and internet).
You can also cancel your mobile phone contract, since it’s more convenient to use foreign SIM cards abroad and you can still connect with your family and friends through Wi-Fi.
Generally, every country has its own currency and, with the exception of an “emergency stash” of a few hundred dollars, you shouldn’t take cash with you on your trip, but rather withdraw money at an ATM when necessary. It’s good to carry various credit and debit cards with you because it can happen that an ATM won’t accept all of them or an unpleasant incident may occur and you end up without one of your cards. And what if the impossible happens and you end up without all of your credit cards? Well, if you authorise your next of kin at home, they can access your bank account and transfer money to you through Western Union.