International Playback Theatre NetworkIn only two days, we are about to begin the first International Playback Conference ever held on African soil. This is a landmark conference with a large number of majority-world participants, many of whom have never had the opportunity to attend a Playback conference before. This was made possible due to the untiring efforts of the organisational team – Tarryn, Mammatli, Kathy and Cherae – along with many others. We thank and celebrate you.…
We are very proud to announce the online publication of the latestedition of the IPTN Journal. Co-editors Radhika Jain and Steve Nashhave been working together for over a year to complete their first issue,which has ‘Diversity’ as its theme. It features contributions fromplaybackers in Hong Kong, Tasmania, India, United Kingdom, UnitedStates, Israel, Spain, South Africa, Portugal and Germany. They havealso started the important task of re-organising past issues of theJournal into a more accessible…
Upcoming on IPTN Program Schedule:Saturday, May 7th, 2022 – 3-4:15pm UTC Program: Playback in India for women and for youth of urban slums with Chetna Mehrotra Rangbhumi’s Playback Theatre performance wing “Ghumakkad Playback Theatre” explores the spaces of gender and power, and its intersectionality with socio-economic conditions. We explore the educational learning design choices of stakeholders (women and youth) in our Indian society. Through social public engagement, integrating Playback Theater with other Applied Theater…
Program: Online Playback Theater –about people leaving and returning to their homelands. Featuring a presentation about work with Greek expatriates around the world. From Playback Psi (Ψ) Theatre group Register for this program by clicking here After the recent financial crisis Greece once again experienced a mass exodus of young professionals that have found themselves seeking employment all over the world. This project identified the differences between older Greek migrants who immigrated (since at…
We are delighted to announce the next host of IPTN conference in South Africa.Get your bags ready for 2023 as we begin planning the process! The IPTN conference committee received a total of four applications. We worked together with external reviewers to present a diverse recommendation to the IPTN board. 12 members of the board voted and while all countries received votes, South Africa won the bid with the highest votes (58%). We look…
A message from Radhika Jain and Steve Nash:  We are delighted to take over as co-editors for the IPTN journal. We are excited about this opportunity to interact with you, and we cannot wait to hear from you. We are curious to hear about your practice, your experiments and innovations, and the wonderful experiences that you carry with you from the world of Playback Theatre. As co-editors our role will be to work with…
