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The occasion when a woman goes to the theatre (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

event

'the occasion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a woman goes to the theatre' is the wordplay.
'a woman' becomes 'eve' (Eve is an example**).
'goes to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the theatre' becomes 'nt' (National Theatre).
'eve'+'nt'='EVENT'

'when' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for event that I've seen before include "long jump, say" , "Incident, occurrence" , "special occasion" , "celebration?" , "High jump, say" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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