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The First Generation Speaks

We are happy to share that the recording of the Oceania session from the “The First Generation Speaks” interview series is now live on YouTube. 🎥 This event featured:– Bev Hosking (New Zealand)– Persia Wildwood (Australia)– Moderated by Tzveta Baliyska– Organized by the Center for Playback Theatre (CPT)– Technical support by Beata Somogyi and Damiola Potiery The conversation offered deep reflections on the development of Playback Theatre in Australia and New Zealand. Bev and Persia spoke about their journeys, the evolution of the practice in…

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Applying to host the next IPTN Conference

Dear friends, Are you thinking of applying to be the next host for the 2027 IPTN conference? Applications close on 15th March, and the IPTN programmes committee invites you to join our information webinar to help ease any anxiety, answer your questions and assist you in understanding the process. Information webinar: Saturday 01 March 202509h00 (UTC) or 13h00 (UTC) Register for the informative webinar on the link below: //forms.gle/PLVEVzMVx5Qxtn2t6 Warmly, the IPTN Board

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New IPTN Journal issue is out!

Playback Theatre – there is method, there is madness. And when these two dance in sync, there is magic! Just as is the case with this next edition of the IPTN journal – //playbacktheatrenetwork.org/latest-edition/ – for which we, as co-editors, had to debate on a method, be consumed by the madness, and at the end of it all, be enamoured by the magic that unfolded through all the wonderful submissions from Playback Theatre practitioners across the…

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Statement about IPTN Conference

In 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.…

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New edition of the IPTN Journal

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…

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Playback in India for women and for youth of urban slums

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…