Interlude may refer to:

  • a short play or, in general, any representation between parts of a larger stage production
  • Entr'acte, a piece of music performed between acts of a theatrical production
  • a section in a movement of a musical piece, see: Bridge or Break
  • a piece of music composed of one or more movements, to be inserted between sections of another composition: see also intermezzo, and for the Baroque era, sinfonia

Music

Albums

  • Interlude (Billy Taylor album), 1961
  • Interlude (Toshiko Akiyoshi album), 1987
  • Interlude (Kool Moe Dee album), 1994
  • Interlude (EP), a 1999 EP by Iron Savior
  • Interlude (Saint Etienne album), 2001
  • Interlude (David Lyttle album), 2012
  • Interlude (Delain album), 2013
  • Interlude (Jamie Cullum album), 2014

Songs

Many albums contain songs titled "Interlude", or acted as an interlude. Notable songs are listed below.

  • "Interlude" (aka "A Night in Tunisia"), a 1942 composition by Dizzy Gillespie
  • "Interlude" (1957 song), a Skinner/Webster song recorded by the McGuire Sisters in 1957
  • "Interlude" (Timi Yuro song), 1968, later covered by Morrissey and Siouxsie in 1994
  • "A Thousand Miles" (originally "Interlude"), by Vanessa Carlton, 2002
  • "Repeat After Me (Interlude)", by the Weeknd, 2020
  • "Interlude" (J. Cole song), 2021

Films

  • Interlude (1946 film), Swedish film directed by Hasse Ekman and starring Viveca Lindfors and Erik Berglund
  • Interlude (1957 film) an American film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring June Allyson and Rossano Brazzi
  • Interlude (1968 film), a British film directed by Kevin Billington and starring Oskar Werner and Barbara Ferris

Other uses

  • Morality play, a modern critical term describing medieval and early Tudor theatrical entertainments that were known as "Interludes"
  • Interlude (visual novel), a 2003 anime and visual novel by Longshot
  • Interlude (painting), a 1963 painting by John Koch
  • Interlude, an interactive media production company, now known as Eko
  • Interlude (The Righteous Gemstones), an episode of the American television series The Righteous Gemstones

See also

  • Lude (disambiguation)
  • Inter (disambiguation)