premiere

The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.

The first episode of a television show or a particular season of that show.

In a series of narrative works, the installment that is chronologically set first.

The leading woman of a group, especially in a theatrical cast.

Of a film or play, to play for the first time.

The new film premieres this weekend.

His two most recent films are last year's Greyhound, a Hanks-penned World War Two thriller in which he plays a naval commander, and now News of the World, a Western set in the years immediately following the close of the US Civil War, directed by Paul Greengrass, which is premiering around the world on Netflix tomorrow.

To present a film or play for the first time.

The local theatre will premiere its latest play this week.