Playback Theatre is an original form of improvisational theatre in which audience or group members tell stories from their lives and watch them enacted on the spot. It was created by Jonathan Fox (USA) and the Original Playback Theatre Company in 1975. There are Playback Theatre ensembles in over 20 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia & the U.S.
Playback was nourished by the idea that ordinary people’s stories are worthy of exposure, to validate their voices and to emphasize the universality of the human experience. It is performed in a variety of contexts including theatres, schools, prisons, clinics, and at community events and conferences. A Playback Theatre performance begins by eliciting participant experiences which relate to the audience-community’s pressing issues or to an agreed upon theme of exploration.
The Nunavut Embrace Life Council brought Instructors Erin Brubacher and David Jan Jurasek to Iqaluit in order to deliver Playback Theatre workshops to groups of children and adults in the community.
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Grade 5 students at Nakasuk School in Iqaluit Nunavut share and perform eachothers stories during Playback Theatre workshop, November 2005
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TBA Playback for other playback projects in Canada
