street theatre
Public plaza drama
Street theatre is live dramatic performance in outdoor public spaces—parks, plazas, sidewalks—rather than conventional venues.
It ranges from scripted plays to improvised spectacle, often interactive and free to passersby.
The term sometimes describes political demonstrations staged for dramatic effect: The protest was pure street theatre, designed for the cameras.
- mimeWordless expressive performer
- living statuePerson posing as sculpture
- human statuePerson posing motionlessly as art
- clowningPlayful comic behavior
- painted facesCosmetically decorated visages
crowd · audience participation · agitprop · guerrilla art · busker · passing the hat · improvisation · comedic sketches · urban folklore · puppetry · flash mob · stilts · mask · community rituals · folk traditions · interactive storytelling · political satire · open air performance
- world theatrekabuki, noh, Peking opera, bunraku, Chinese opera
- political theatreagitprop, political satire, political drama, political allegory, documentary drama
- World Theaterkabuki, Beijing opera, Peking opera, bunraku, Greek tragedy
- performanceballet, acting, circus, concert, musicals
- Indian Performancekathak, mudras, classical drama, folk theater, court dance
- alternative theatreexperimental drama, site-specific, Edinburgh Fringe, devising, ensemble work
street theatreopera house
Venue for staged singing
concert hall · amphitheatre · West End theatre · black box theatre · playhouse
street theatrehigh culture
Society's esteemed artistic traditions
legitimate theatre · Broadway · West End · Royal Shakespeare Company · repertory theatre