In April, Playback Theatre Sydney worked with valued client Silver Chain. This longstanding organisation offers palliative care to those people who wish to remain in their own homes and keep their independence in sometimes challenging situations. Their personnel provide much needed humane and practical care for vulnerable, elderly or frail people, supporting them when…
Read MoreWe’re excited to announce that our March Show forms part of The Sydney Morning Herald’s Spectrum Now Festival. So come along on March 13 and enjoy a special evening of Real Sydney Stories! Also, read our March Newsletter here and find out more about our featured Playbacker, Up Close & Personal with…
Read MoreWhat’s your Playback story? In the 90s, as an engineering student in Greece, (in an engineering-only university) theatre was as far away on the horizon as it can be. In spite of this, a friend and fellow student, started being involved with theatre. This demystified theatre and made it more accessible to my mind….
Read MoreWelcome to 2016 everyone, hope you had a good break over January and got along to some Sydney Festival events. Often a Sydney Staycation in January is just blissful – the roads are as empty as late last century, so it’s a quick trip to the beach, and the Sydney Festival offers a smorgasbord of…
Read MoreWhat’s your Playback story? It starts with people really, and puppets. Despite having studied and worked in theatre for over 10 years, I had only a background knowledge of Playback. One windy day, while working on a children’s piece, a dear friend and fellow improviser recommended me to Wellington Playback Theatre (the Kiwi Wellington…
Read MoreSydney School of Playback’s 8 week course – Express Yourself – will give you the tools to speak up and express yourself as you’d like. With small class sizes of 8-10 participants, you’ll discover new ways of listening, moving, performing and connecting – as well as creating basic Playback Theatre forms. You’ll learn how to use…
Read MoreOne of Playback Theatre Sydney’s regular clients, Silver Chain, established in 1894, is a national Palliative Care service assisting people who wish to die at home. A Playback Trainer’s Eye Witness Account We’d arrived in Campbelltown, during one of Sydney’s recent heatwaves, to run a workshop with a new intake of 20 nurses…
Read MoreImprovisation Game – Tree Apple Worm – Fun for All! Here’s a fun improv exercise we do at rehearsals, for you to try at home over Summer. ‘Tree Apple Worm’ celebrates creativity, spontaneity, ensemble work, saying ‘Yes!’ – and generates a lot of laughter – perfect Christmas fare! How it Works: Get the…
Read More1. Where and when did you first come across Playback Theatre Sydney? While I was studying drama at The Drama Action Centre (DAC) in Leichhardt in the eighties. The school was run by Bridget Brandon and Francis Batten in a lovely theatre space in the grounds of historic Callan Park – when some parts of it still…
Read MorePlayback’s Performance @ A Mad Hatter’s Tea Party – An Eye Witness Account We [the Playback Team] arrived at the Auburn Community Centre to find a Mad Hatters Morning Tea in progress, a crowd of people in colourful hats, and lots of discussion going on. In each of the Centre’s rooms we saw people…
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