What is Street theatre?
[[File:'Charlie Chaplin' impersonator on the river Thames walkway in London..JPG|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|[[Charlie Chaplin]] [[impersonator]] in [[London]]}}]] '''Street theatre''' is a form of [[theatre]] performed [[wikt:outdoors|outdoors]]. [[Actor]]s take their [[performance]]s to street corners, [[town square]]s, and [[market]]s.<ref>Ben Isacat, ''How to Do Animal Rights'' (Raleigh, NC: Lulu publishers, 2014), p. 164</ref> They work in public places putting on [[Play (theatre)|plays]]<ref>Tom Stern, ''Philosophy and Theatre: An Introduction'' (Oxford; New York: Routledge, 2014), p. 3</ref> Generally they perform without a [[wikt:pay|pay]]ing [[audience]] but depend on [[money]] dropped in a [[hat]]. Street theatre ranges from individual performances to acting [[company|companies]]. In [[wikt:Guerrilla|Guerrilla]] theatre the actors are usually not [[professional]]s.<ref name=Cody569>''The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama'', Volume 1, eds. Gabrielle H. Cody; Evert Sprinchorn (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007), p. 569</ref> They often take on [[social]] and [[political]] issues. Street theatre uses a minimum of props, [[costume]]s and sets. They often have no microphones. This means the actors have to be loud enough for the audience to hear them. It has different names in different places. In [[Singapore]] for [[example]] it is called street [[opera]].<ref>Tong Soon Lee, ''Chinese Street Opera in Singapore'' (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009), p. 1</ref> == References == {{commons}} {{reflist}} {{performing-arts-stub}} [[Category:Theater]]