Playback theatre - a tool for trainers
Imagine this: The venue : Acclaimed painter, MF Husain’s, bungalow in Bangalore, India. A beautiful large space with an inbuilt stage and surrounded by works of art that transform the space from the ordinary to the magical. The actors : The Tangents – the only all-women Playback theatre group in India The audience : 40 women from different walks of life – professionals toiling in the corporate world, doctors, engineers, race car drivers, artists, home makers, mothers and mothers-to-be, wives, sisters, teachers, friends… The subject of the play : Audience life stories – celebrating women The performance : The performance takes place in 3 segments. Fluids, stories and conflicts. Fluids are basically a dynamic tableau of audience responses enacted by the actors. Let me give you an example: The conductor (who is effectively a ‘sutradhar’) leads the audience to the theme of say – being a woman in the corporate environment and what the frustrations they feel at times. Wo