Communication

The Unplanned Moment

September 5, 2016

stay mindful, don’t freak out!   Did you know that improvisation isn’t about comedy, it’s about reacting – being focused and present in the moment at a very high level. And did you know that people worldwide are partnering with improvisational performers to learn the skills to enable them to be more flexible, and develop…

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Truth & Disclosure – Daring to Connect

September 5, 2016

open disclosure as best practice    Last month some of our players participated in a role play. Role plays are a slight departure from our usual work, as instead of recreating an audience member’s story onstage, we are given a character and a situation which we then realize, for a particular scene or designated outcome….

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The Unplanned Moment

September 5, 2016

Did you know that improvisation isn’t about comedy, it’s about reacting – being focused and present in the moment at a very high level. And did you know that people worldwide are partnering with improvisational performers to learn the skills to enable them to be more flexible, and develop an authentic response to adapt to…

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Truth & Disclosure

September 5, 2016

Last month some of our players participated in a role play. Role plays are a slight departure from our usual work, as instead of recreating an audience member’s story onstage, we are given a character and a situation which we then realize, for a particular scene or designated outcome. It’s a story, but with potentially…

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How to create Authentic Dialogue – insights into Sustainable Culture

May 31, 2016

  Regular readers may recall that we presented a workshop in mid 2015 at the International Playback conference in Montreal.  Today, we’d like to present the main takeaway from our workshop, Sustaining Company Life, in the hope that you’ll take our insights in your organisations, to create authentic dialogue, build a strong culture and enhance…

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Shoo Fing Pow!

November 17, 2015

SHOO FING POW! Theatre exercises and games are the perfect way to coordinate and energise a team that has to step into the present and work together. We love Shoo Fing Pow! and play this game before rehearsals to help us get more present and better connected to each other, as well as more connected…

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Cultural Intelligence & Diversity in Action

October 15, 2015

How do you teach an organisation to not just engage with the theory of Cultural Intelligence and Diversity but also demonstrate how it works in practice? Well Playback Theatre Sydney believes it’s by incorporating personal story-telling and theatre into theory education as done recently with Sydney’s Liverpool Council.   The Council had been developing their…

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Gothic Games with Werewolf!

October 15, 2015

The team that plays together stays together. Cliché’d but true, as cliches often are 🙂   Our weekly rehearsal exercises keep us communicating, improvising and enjoying being part of an open, creative and positive ensemble. Our favourite exercise at present is Werewolf, ideal for 10-20 people, and it’s a game of bluff and bluster, second-guessings,…

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Leadership Communication

September 10, 2015

Sometimes it’s the juxtapositions in life that get things moving, and this was the case when Playback Theatre Sydney (PTS) worked with a well-known global brand recently. HR had organised their Leadership Team Development Day, and wanted to shake things up a bit – so they invited Playback Theatre to run an interactive story session…

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Newsletter August 2015

August 10, 2015

CLICK HERE FOR ENTIRE AUGUST NEWSLETTER   OR read top 3 stories below (no images or right column)   1. Creating Conversations: Acceptance & New Thinking   Playback within Organisations: Earlier this month, a Local Government Council in Sydney assembled Community Service Providers – those affected by 2016 funding cuts – to learn what was planned and…

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