Playback Theatre Core Training
Autumn 2023
Run over 6 Wednesday evenings and 2 Saturdays we are offering a foundation in Playback Theatre performance and it’s underlying principles. The emphasis is on PLAY to FREE UP CREATIVE ALIVENESS.
We will use theatre, games and exercises to open our voices and bodies, to create a strong group connectedness and to learn to trust our spontaneous and creative impulses both individually and as a group.
Dates
Wednesdays: 7pm–10pm
13 & 27 September; 11 October; 8 & 22 November and 6 December
Saturdays: 9.30am–6pm
16 September and 14 October
Venue
Bogan House, Totnes TQ9 5NP
Cost
£320 / £290 concession
Max 18 participants. This course is suitable both for beginners and those with experience – all are welcome over 18 years.
Please contact Amanda Brown on 07875097209 or email admin@playbacktheatre-sw.co.uk for enquiries and to book a place.
Amanda and Alison offer clear foundations in the practise of Playback Theatre. Training courses have an emphasis on developing skills for spontaneity and physical expression. Central to the training is building group connection and improvising personal stories using the Playback Theatre forms. This offers the opportunity to develop integrity in performance and to strengthen trust in yourself and in your relationships with other group members. You will learn about story and how to create meaningful, artistic representations from the impressions and experiences offered by the “teller”. Courses are active and participatory. Lots of time is spent working and playing together.
Amanda and Alison are accredited Playback Theatre trainers. They offer training locally, nationally for the UK School of Playback Theatre and internationally. Amanda has a background in choreography and education. Alison has a background in counselling and theatre in education. Since 2001 they have established three performance companies: Mirror Mirror, Tarte Noire and a new local community company in Totnes, Devon.
