What makes a theatre audience different than a film or television audience?

In live theatre, an invisible bond holds the actors and audience together. Actors on stage feel the audience's reactions, and consciously or unconsciously adjust the performance accordingly. Performers are always playing in relation to the audience, as its members laugh, cry, sigh, and breathe together. Unlike in film or television, in which the director and the editor preselect what they want the audience to see and from what perspective, at a theatrical event, individual audience members can choose their focus and control their personal experience of a performance. Theatre spectators see the entire playing space and can choose to look anywhere and where they choose to focus will affect their interpretation of a performance.