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Playback Theatre is an original form of
theatre based on improvisation and return, in
which the audience or group members tell
stories from their lives and watch them
enacted on the spot. Playback Theatre is used
in a broad range of settings and fields. Active
methods of leading groups Hints of
sociodrama and psychodrama techniques.
The origins of PBT Main characteristics of
PBT: spontaneity, creativity, artistic dignity,
social interaction Setting Main roles: teller,
performer/actor, conductor, musician,
audience Main expressive forms of PBT

Luigi Dotti “La forma della cura. Tecniche socio e psicodrammatiche nella formazione
degli operatori educativi e della cura” Franco
Angeli-Psicoterapie 2003.
Luigi Dotti “Storie di vita in scena. Il teatro di
improvvisazione al servizio del singolo, del
gruppo, della comunità” Ed. Ananke 2006

Teach through experience the main principles
and the main expressive forms of Playback
Theatre. Offer a tool of work applicable to
different and multiple group contexts, based
on spontaneity, creativity, relation, listening,
sharing and return, using the body, voice,
movement as communicative and artistic
tools.

Curiosity, willingness to listen to yourself and
others, to get involved, use your own body,
voice, movement, as comunicative and
artistic tools.

Active and experiential method

Students with physical disabilities, Learning
Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the
Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e
Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti,
consulting the University webpage:
https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-
students-physical-or-learning-disabilities
Students with disabilities, learning disabilities
or special education needs, once they have
contacted the University Staff, can refer to
the tutor in charge of the course to define the
examination modalities, concerning academic aspects

Oral and practical assessment

Playback Theatre is an original form of
theatre based on improvisation and return, in
which the audience or group members tell
stories from their lives and watch them
enacted on the spot. Playback Theatre is used
in a broad range of settings and fields. Main
characteristics of PBT: spontaneity, creativity,
artistic dignity, social interaction The creator
of PBT: Jonathan Fox The origins of PBT Empathetic listening, cooperation between
performers on the stage, the audience and
the teller Setting/ritual Stories Artistic factor
Lightness and depth Main roles: performer,
conductor, actor, musician, audience
Performance Laboratories Trasformative
processes Individual and community Main
expressive forms: stage presence, posture,
voice, movement, short forms (including
static or fluid sculptures, pairs, chorus),
stories, vignettes PBT and psichodrama:
analogies and differences Active methods of
leading groups Hints of sociodrama and
psychodrama tecniques.

Learning of main characteristics of Playback
Theatre Learning of main expressive forms Learning of main characteristics of Playback
Theatre Learning of main expressive forms