street theater

noun

|Updated on: 26 Jun 2018

Definition of street theater

: drama dealing with controversial social and political issues that is usually performed outdoors

Recent Examples of street theater from the Web

Pauline, now known as Pomme (Apple), has become a singer involved in feminist street theater.

— New York Times, "‘One Sings, the Other Doesn’t’: Agnès Varda’s Polarizing Paean to Sisterhood," 30 May 2018
In 2013, with help from UNICEF, the state government launched a campaign using street theater, graffiti and notices distributed at markets to get the word out.

— Washington Post, "Millions of world’s children lack any record of their births," 16 Sep. 2017

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