A receiving house is a theatre which does not produce its own repertoire but instead receives touring theatre companies, usually for a brief period such as three nights or a full week. The incoming company may receive a share of the box office takings or a minimum guaranteed payment. Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. ... Tour may refer to one of the following: Tourism; James Tour, Nanoscientist This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ... Guarantee (sometimes spelt guarantie or guaranty; an O. Fr. ...

West End Theatres in London and on Broadway are also receiving houses, as the venue solely provides facilities to the incoming show even though the production may stay for many years. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland . Along with New Yorks Broadway Theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of theatre in the... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Note on spelling: While most Americans use er (as per American spelling conventions), the majority of venues, performers and trade groups for live theatre use re. ...

Theatres which produce their own shows are known as producing houses, and some regional theatres will do both.