Street theater in the space of modern culture

The article discusses street theatre as a cultural phenomenon. Examines the process of establishing street theatre as a new cultural form that integrates the cultural practices and values of modernity, which is reflected in the history of street theatre, the actual experiences of foreign and local street theatres. Modern street theatre along with his usual entertaining and educational (narrative) functions inherited from the folk theater, today also serves as social integration and communication. These functions are reflected in a special system of organizing and conducting street performances, which includes a deliberate choice of performance, organization of the activity of actors and audience, the choice of funding sources. Street theatre has the artistic specificity of directing, acting and all other relevant components of this kind of theatrical art.