Invisible theatre is a form of theatrical performance that is enacted in a place where people would not normally expect to see one, for example in the street or in a shopping centre.
[1] Invisible theatre was developed in Buenos Aires as public and participatory action that avoided police authority.
The Brazilian Augusto Boal was in exile in Argentina from 1971 to 1976 and created his first invisible theatre experiment in collaboration with a group of actors.
In its early phase, invisible theatre aimed to raise public awareness of class differences and to provide a forum for articulating dissent.
[7] Boal states in Tecnicas latinoamericanas de teatro popular that invisible theater and happenings are distinct: "El teatro invisible no debe ser confundido con el happening, que es un hecho teatral insólito, caótico, en que todo puede ocurrir, anárquicamente."