theatrics

I am condemned to a theatrical destiny.

He had been around politicians for a long time, and he was prepared for some outburst.

It seems all spirits need theatrics, eh? Even Christ himself requires incense and holy water. We're a skeptical people. We need convincing.

It was definitely a rare situation where a career had started and ended simultaneously on a very high note.

For some, life may be a playground to undermine the brainwaves of others or simply a vainglorious game with an armory of theatrics, illustrating only bleak self-deception, haughty narcissism and dim deficiency in empathy. ("Another empty room")