guerrilla theater

noun

1. the presentation of short propaganda plays or skits, usually on sociopolitical themes, as war or repression, often on the streets or in other nontheater locations.

Word History and Origins

Origin of guerrilla theater¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

O'Keefe thinks it's a form of "guerrilla theater" and that journalists in America tend to do a lot of "stenography."

From The Daily Beast