Attorney takes sheep to theatre (5)
I believe the answer is:
drama
'to theatre' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'attorney takes sheep' is the wordplay.
'attorney' becomes 'DA' (district attorney).
'takes' indicates putting letters inside.
'sheep' becomes 'ram' (male sheep).
'da' going around 'ram' is 'DRAMA'.
(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Play - excitement" , "Plays as branch of literature" , "Theatrical performance" , "Literary genre for the theatre" , "Series of events involving conflicting forces" .)