- "Repertory" redirects here. For the set of works one is ready to perform or are typically performed, see repertoire.
A
repertory theatre (also called
repertory, rep or
stock) can be a Western
theatre or
opera production in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation or rotation. In the British system, however, it used to be that even quite small towns would support a rep and the resident company would present a different play every week, either a revival from the full range of classics or, if given the chance, a new play, once the rights had been released after a
West End or
Broadway run. However the companies were not known for trying out untried new work. The methods, now seldom seen, would be also used in the
United States,
Canada, and
Australia.
