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Will I? Won’t I?
There’s a really cool performance piece that is a part of Playback Theatre. Two players physically enact an internal dilemma, or conflict. Naturally, it’s called Conflicts. It’s great fun to watch...
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Community building with Playback Theatre
We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own. Ben Sweetland My introduction to improvisation was via Playback Theatre. Playback is a form that uses real stories – moments...
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Playback Theatre Workshop
WooHoo! This is just the ticket. Melbourne Playback Theatre Company is offering a weekend intensive at the end of January. I wrote about Playback Theatre and community building here. I can’t think of a...
View ArticleSpace, but not the sort you think
Tonight I had space in my head – and it was such a joy. Usually, when I’m with a group I’m facilitating, so my head is full of all sorts of things: watching what’s going on, keeping track of the time,...
View ArticleCelebrating emotions
There seems to be way too few opportunities in my life to really, truly explore emotions – mine, and the those of others. Today in the Playback Theatre workshop I’m taking we moved on to ‘moments’. In...
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Living an improvised life
The third and final day of our Playback Theatre Summer Intensive Workshop presented by Melbourne Playback Theatre Company brought together a number of disparate threads – and brought to mind some of...
View ArticleDisruptive facilitation #5 – It’s just a silly game
For the past few days I’ve been facilitating a workshop with my friend Johnnie Moore. Apart from the obvious joys of co-facilitating, we’ve been drawing on our shared passion for improv and using a...
View ArticleStill learning about facilitation
Here’s what I learnt about facilitating thanks to Melbourne Playback Theatre Group‘s weekend workshop. You have to keep doing something long enough to notice what’s going on for you Taking an activity...
View ArticleFacilitating for engagement in isolated communities
There are ways to facilitate meetings and events of all sorts that encourage participation and engagement. This week, while working in Papua New Guinea and helping community leaders learn how to...
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