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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

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This vicious circle sparks sequels and reboots, leaving little theatre space for "traditional art-house movies" like Saltburn, instead left to find an audience on streaming says media commentator Ian Whittaker.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024

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

She persuades her siblings to help but the little theatre group meets all sorts of disasters on the way.

From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2012

At the time of my visit, a company of very indifferent German actors were playing, two or three times a-week, in the little theatre.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various