street theatre

British  

noun

1. dramatic entertainments performed esp in shopping precincts

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Example Sentences

The artist uses the Constitution of India and its articles promising equality as the backdrop to the goddess while local actors enact the gap between the promise of the Constitution and reality through street theatre.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

Many are embracing elements of dance, film, theatre and sculpture, even street theatre and rap music.

From Economist • Jun. 22, 2017

Sometime in the not-too-distant past, annihilation replaced street theatre and demonstrations as the central possibility of the enraged American imagination.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 8, 2016

The slapstick street theatre, which reached England via France, had stock improvised scenarios and stock characters, including an old man Pantalone, a naughty servant Arlecchino, a servant girl Columbine, and a clown or Pierrot character.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2016

The Bush street theatre was conducted for fifteen years by M. B. Leavitt.

From Fascinating San Francisco by Wood, Andrew Y.