Playback theatre is an original form of improvisational theatre in which audience members tell stories from their lives and watch them enacted on the spot. Founded in 1975, playback theatre is practiced in hundreds of locations and contexts around the world.
The School of Playback Theatre (UK), in association with the Centre for Playback Theatre (USA), offers a comprehensive training for all levels of experience. These range from Core Training for newcomers, to a variety of Selected Topics, and then to the ten-day advanced-level Playback Theatre Practice, which precedes the three-week Leadership Course with Jonathan Fox (the founder and artistic director of the original Playback Theatre company).
Training in Playback Theatre can also be custom- designed for specific communities and contexts. These can be sessions introducing playback, or a series of workshops towards launching a playback theatre company, followed by supervision and mentoring.