What is the relationship between theatre and life?This short article tries to offer some, brief answers by pointing out a few characteristics of the theatre: (a) the main function of theatre and drama is to entertain, and then to teach-not the other way round; (b) performances in the theatre are not to ”reproduce” reality; and (c) in order to achieve better effects the artists may try to create the aesthetc distance through exaggeration, distortion, etc. In short, life is the root of good theatre, and good theatre may enrich our life.