What does "do theatre" mean?
"I am also very fond of Houston, where I grew up and did so much theatre".

In the above sentence, does the writer mean he went to the theatre to watch plays a lot or he played a part in the plays a lot?

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What does "do theatre" mean?
"I am also very fond of Houston, where I grew up and did so much theatre".

In the above sentence, does the writer mean he went to the theatre to watch plays a lot or he played a part in the plays a lot?

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I would say the author means he worked or did some acting in Houston, where he grew up.

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He meant he worked in theaters, he took part in theaters, he acted.

However, this is not a very unambiguous statement and avoid it in formal communication

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