Editing Theatre-in-the-round (section)

==In popular culture==
*In the novel ''[[The Prestige]]'' by [[Christopher Priest (novelist)|Christopher Priest]], the magician Rupert Angier courts controversy by writing that stage magic should be performed "in the round" rather than in theatres with a [[proscenium]] arch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Prestige plot summary |url=https://www.bookstldr.com/book/the_prestige |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Books tldr |language=en}}</ref>
*The English progressive rock band [[Yes (band)|Yes]] were the first rock-era group to perform in-the-round during their 1978–79 [[Tormato]] tour. The band also performed using a round, rotating stage during portions of their [[Drama (Yes album)|Drama]] and [[Union (Yes album)|Union]] tours in 1980 and 1991, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Easleapublished |first=Daryl |date=2025-04-29 |title=“The revolving stage was great fun, especially when it broke down and we got the audience to push it”: If anything mostly worked out during Yes’ Union era, it was the accompanying tour |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/yes-union-tour |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Louder |language=en}}</ref>
*The second tour of the global country-pop superstar [[Shania Twain]], the [[Up! Tour]] (2003/04), had a stage configuration in the style of in-the-round. The tour was one of the most successful tours of 2004, and served to promote the RIAA diamond certified album, "Up!" (2002).
*British rock band [[Def Leppard]] played in-the-round for several tours in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their 1989 live [[VHS]] release was entitled ''[[Live: In the Round, in Your Face]]''. "In-the-round is an incredibly, insanely aerobic kind of thing…" remarked singer [[Joe Elliott]], who gave up drinking on the ''[[Hysteria (Def Leppard album)|Hysteria]]'' tour to cope with the physical demands. "You can't stand still; you've got to keep moving. The [other members of the band] had identical microphones on either side of the stage, so they could stand still for a little bit. I had to keep moving."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Mick|last=[[Mick Wall|Wall]]|title=A wild ride over stony ground|magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]|date=May 2018|issue=248|page=36}}</ref>
*To evoke a three-ring circus, American singer [[Britney Spears]] used an in-the-round setting for her 2009 ''[[The Circus Starring Britney Spears]]'' tour.
*Stand-up comedians have performed specials in-the-round, such as ''[[Dane Cook: Vicious Circle]]'' and [[Louis C.K.]]'s ''Oh My God''.
* [[The Spice Girls]] used a circular, in-the-round stage for their [[Christmas in Spiceworld]] tour in 1999.
* [[U2]]'s [[U2 360° Tour|360° Tour]] used a very large circular stage.
* The [[Dixie Chicks]]' [[Top of the World Tour]] used a circular stage, except in venues where it was an end stage.
* [[Metallica]] have used a rectangular, diamond or oval-shaped stage in the center of the arena, beginning with their 1991 [[Wherever We May Roam Tour]]. On different tours, they have included an area within the stage, called "the snake pit", where audience members can watch the show. Their [[2012 European Black Album Tour]] used this format.<ref>{{cite web |title=News &#124; The Snake Pit Returns!! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/jan/08/in-the-round-theatre-three-musketeers-new-vic-newcastle-under-lyme |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110051252/https://www.metallica.com/news/20120420-news.asp |archive-date=10 November 2013 |access-date=20 June 2014 |publisher=Metallica.com}}</ref>
* In the musical ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]'' Max Bialystock remarks that he invented "theater in the square".
* [[Roger Waters]]' 2022 [[This Is Not a Drill]] tour is performed in-the-round with a large cross-shaped stage. Hanging overhead is a cross-shaped video screen arrangement that matches the shape of the stage.
* For the 2024-2025 [[Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour]] by [[Billie Eilish]], Eilish is performing on a large rectangular in-the-round stage.