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little theatre

British  

noun

  1. theatre experimental or avant-garde drama, usually amateur, originating from a theatrical movement of the 1920s

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Having seen little theatre in Cape Town, Sher could now watch the greats: John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2021

I’d decided to make Chester my final destination on a little theatre tour through western Massachusetts last month.

From The New Yorker Sep. 17, 2018

Still, his language is often beautiful: “How helpless desire is outside its little theatre of heat.”

From Economist Jan. 21, 2016

One of my mates was in a little theatre group.

From The Guardian Jan. 16, 2011

Immediately on her arrival she received an urgent visit from Giovanni Gallo, the director of the little theatre of "St Jean Chrysostôme."

From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling

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