first-nighter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who regularly attends the opening nights of plays or other theatrical productions

   The veteran first-nighter had seen every major West End opening that season.

Formed from first night, 'the opening performance of a production,' + the agent suffix -er. The term often implies a habitual attendee who follows theatrical premieres as a social or professional routine.

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