Playback Theatre Talks

This episode of playback theatre talks is a special episode. 

This time I, Noa Leibu, will be interviewed by Chetnaa Mehrotra, a playbacker and a friend who has been on the podcast in the past.

This time, Chetnna and I will talk about Solo Playback Theatre, which is a playback Theatre practice with only one person who is acting.

I will share my experience practicing solo playback and I will answer the following questions-

What is Solo Playback Theatre and what is it like to practice playback without a troupe?
What are the benefits and what are the limitations of Solo Playback?
What led me to practice Solo Playback?
What does one need to take under consideration before practicing Solo Playback?

You can find out more about my work if you visit my website- story-lane.com or visit my YouTube channel- https://www.youtube.com/@story-laneplaybacktheatre1565

Please join us for another episode of playback theatre talks.

In this episode of playback theatre talks, I am talking with Tzveta about her experience organizing a playback theatre conference in a time of instability.

Tzveta and I also talked about crises, conflicts and leadership and about establishing and supporting a local playback community. Tzveta also told me what it's like to teach playback to her daughter.

Nonviolent Communication is a set of communication tools that priorities the quality of our relationships over being right or wrong or over winning or losing.

Please join us and learn about NVC and the connection of the method to playback theatre.

The current episode of Playback Theatre Talks is a part of a new series dedicated to playback companies from around the world.

In this episode I am talking with the members of Yonder- Roman Kandibur (Ukraine), Andrey Utenkov (Ukraine), Igor Lubitov (Russia) and Marat Mairovich (Israel).

For more details about Yonder, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/TAMplayback/

Hani Al Rstum is a Syrian playbacker, psychotherapist and activist that is living in Belgium.

In this special episode Hani will share with me his experience as a refugee and the role that playback theatre played in his life while he was living in exile.

The first part of the episode is dedicated to Hani's story as a refugee in Syria.

In the second part of our talk Hani and me will talk about playback theatre in conflict zones and about what should we keep in mind when doing playback theatre with refugees.

In the current episode of Playback Theatre Talks I am talking again with Jori Linnamäki (Jori Pitkänen).

Jori is a playback conductor and actor from Finland and he is also the former IPTN president. Jori just recently started his new (important) career as a father to a little baby girl :)

Stage for Everyone- Teaching Playback Theatre. Einat Mashaal Nitzan (Will be published later-on this year).

In the current episode of Playback Theatre Talks I am very honored to have Jo Salas, the co-founder of Playback Theatre. 

After More than 40 years, Jo is still fascinated by the magic of playback theatre.

Jo was the artistic director of Hudson River Playback Theatre, which she founded in 1990 and she has written extensively about Playback Theatre.

Jo and me will talk about Jo's and Jonathan Fox's new book "Personal Stories in Public Spaces: Essays on Playback Theatre by Its Founders" and we will focus on trauma stories in playback (we start to talk about trauma after 29 minutes).

Jo and I will try to answer the following questions

-In which way trauma stories are different from other kinds of stories?

-What is the difference between different kinds of trauma Stories?

-How should we, as playbackers, work with Trauma stories?

-How can we attend to the audience or to ourselves when hearing a traumatic story?

We will also talk about gender in playback theatre and Jo's experience being co-founder of playback theatre with Jonathan Fox.

Thank you for Joining us.

Will Chalmus, also known as Will C. is an adjunct professor at Brandeis, that founded several playback theatre companies and served on the board for the Center for Playback.

Will C. and I will talk about politics, identity and race in playback theatre.

Will C. and I also tried to answer the following questions:

-Should we as playbackers be political?

-Can we use playback as a political tool?

-How can we deal with racism, sexism etc., in the stories that we play and in our communities?

-What should we, as a community, do in order to be more inclusive?

Thanks for joining us!

In 1975 in the Hudson Valley of New York, a young man was asking a group of strangers to play back each others' stories for the first time. This man presented a group of strangers what later will be known as "Playback Theatre".

In this Episode of Playback Theatre Talks I am very honored to talk with the creator and co-founder of Playback Theatre, Jonathan Fox.

Jonathan and I will talk about Jonathan's personal journey, from his childhood to his life today as the creator of the Listening Hour.

Thank you for joining us!

In this special episode of Playback Theatre Talks I am joined with top playback leaders -  Aviva Apel-Rosentha (Israel ), Karina Bettina Gisler (Switzerland), Jori Linnamäki (Finland) and Michael Cheng (Singapore).

This is an open and honest talk about the struggles and the hardships that Aviva, Karin, Jori and Michael had to go through as leaders, as well as the solutions, the skills and the meaning they found in order to be able to lead their prospers groups and communities for many years.

Please join us as we conclude 2020 and discuss leadership in times of change.

As mentioned in the episode, here is a valuable quote one must keep in mind when practicing leadership- "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."  Reinhold Niebuhr

All  guests were on the first episodes of Playback Theatre Talks and you can listen to their individual interviews on the podcast:

You can find the full video recording of this talk  on YouTube-   https://youtu.be/-ZJ7bLUdf3o