The Centre for Playback Theatre has a comprehensive list of resources for all levels of playback interest.

Company Partnership Program of the Centre for Playback Theatre supports the ongoing professional development of playback theatre companies. Playback groups can receive the benefit of closer networking, cooperation, and supervision from Jonathan Fox, and reductions on CPT courses.

The International Playback Theatre Network is an association of people who have an interest in and practice playback across the world. Our News Journal INTERPLAY is published twice a year, and is available to anyone on the internet, hard copy is posted to members unless they opt to receive it on the internet. Everyone is welcome to join the IPTN as an Individual Member. There is also a category for Group Members, and one for Practitioner Members.

There is a website for the Playback Theatre community in the UK   www.playbacktheatre.co.uk

Conferences, Symposiums, and Gatherings:

Since 1990, there have been several International Playback Theatre Conferences.

The next one is scheduled to take place in Frankfurt, Germany in 2011.

The 2009 European Gathering took place at the end of August 2009 in Crimea, Russia.

The NEXT European Gathering will be hosted by Mirror Mirror, and take place in the United Kingdom in the summer of 2012.

The 2nd Asian Playback Gathering was hosted in Taipei, Taiwan, 5-10 August 2009.

The NEXT Asian Playback Gathering will be hosted by Encounter Playback Theatre in Hong Kong, pencilled in for 2012.

The Finnish Playback community meets annually during their Mid-Summer holidays – normally mid June.

The German-speaking Playback community meets annually at the end of November.

In 2010, the Swiss playback community hosts: 26-28 November at Winterthur, Switzerland.

Books Available from SPT (UK)

IMPROVISING REAL LIFE: Personal Story in Playback Theatre
by Jo Salas 1993     £16

(available in English, and in Chinese)

DO MY STORY, SING MY SONG: Music Therapy & Playback Theatre with Troubled Children by Jo Salas 2007     £16

HALF OF MY HEART/LA MITAD DI MI CORAZON: True stories told by immigrants in Dutchess County, New York/Historias veridicas contadas por immigrantes del contado de Dutchess, New York edited by Jo Salas & Leslie Gauna, with photos by Elissa I. Davidson 2007    £14

ACTS OF SERVICE: Spontaneity, Commitment Tradition in the Nonscripted Theatre by Jonathan Fox 1986     £20

GATHERING VOICES: Essays on Playback Theatre
Ed. by Jonathan Fox & Heinrich Dauber 1999    £19

CHORUS – Voices of the Playback Theatre Communities in Hong Kong, Macau & Mainland China
Ed. Janet Tam & Michele Chung 2005 (in Chinese & English)     £10

PLAYING THE OTHER: Dramatising Personal Narratives in Playback Theatre
by Nick Rowe 2007               £18.99

ZOOMY ZOOMY: improv games and exercises for groups by Hannah Fox 2010    £13

CREATIVE ADVANCES IN GROUPWORK:
Eds. Anna Chesner, Herb Hahn 2002               £18.99

DVDs Available from SPT (UK)

PERFORMING PLAYBACK THEATRE:
first training DVD for playback theatre, designed for new and experienced practitioners, trainers, and educators.     £35

FACE to FACE:
a film from Hong Kong (with English subtitles) on the subject of homosexuality, in which Playback Theatre was a vehicle for views and personal stories. (62 mins)     £5

Contact: ukplaybackschool@googlemail.com