This phrase, a title in a recent Sydney Morning Herald article, sums up a lot of what we at Playback Theatre believe in. That discomfort can bring its own delights and rewards…

‘In an age of predictability, we need to rediscover our inner child to fully enjoy life’s riches, writes… >> Continue Reading This Entry

Actions speak louder than words…
After our April show at The Newtown Theatre – Family Album – I pondered on how the performance encapsulated ‘actions speak louder than words’ – although we also used words of course! There was expressiveness, physical imagery, relationship and greek chorus – providing a wealth… >> Continue Reading This Entry

We recently performed for an organisation who needed to get their staff more connected and engaged with the company’s KPI’s. You might not think that theatre and KPI’s are natural partners – and I must say we weren’t too sure either – but there was great value in taking the… >> Continue Reading This Entry

We live within a storytelling culture, constantly we hear stories, ever since we were kids from parents, grandparents, school, books, tv, movies newspapers, internet. These stories can shock us, confuse us, they can move us, they can enlighten us and they connect and define us within our culture and cultures… >> Continue Reading This Entry

So we have been busy rehearsing and doing shows, at The Newtown Theatre, organising new shows at conferences and training events and revisiting/reworking the ways in which we perform the stories we have heard.
Whenever we listen to your story each performer must consider the essence to the story. Since… >> Continue Reading This Entry

Welcome to the Playback Theatre Sydney blog, this is our first of many dialogues on our work with Playback Theatre here in Sydney.
For those that don’t know Playback Theatre rather than go into a long winded description I thought I would write some descriptive words to pique your interest;… >> Continue Reading This Entry