# Intermission

An Intermission, also known as an interval in British and Indian English, is a break between parts of a performance or production, such as for a theatrical play, opera, concert, or film screening. It should not be confused with an entr'acte (French: "between acts"), which, in the 18th century, was a sung, danced, spoken, or musical performance that occurs between any two acts, that is unrelated to the main performance, and that thus in the world of opera and musical theater became an orchestral performance that spans an Intermission and leads, without a break, into the next act. Jean-François Marmontel and Denis Diderot both viewed the Intermission as a period in which the action did not in fact stop, but continued off-stage.