We strive to create a space where all voices are heard and believe that this leads to understanding, unification, and social change.
are an organization that uses playback theater and other creative formats to address societal issues, organization improvement and personal growth
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What we do
- Play performances
- Organise workshops & programs for different tasks
- Form like-minded community and develop international partnerships
- Support immigrant integration with creative and social methodologies
What is Playback Theater
Playback Theatre is a form of improvisational theatre where audience members share their personal stories and actors play them back on stage.
"We are playing your stories back to you."
Playback Theatre is often referred to as social theater because it promotes open communication, fosters mutual understanding and compassion. Thanks to that, the Founders of Playback Theatre were nominated for an alternative Nobel Prize in 2013 and recognized for Courage and Social Transformation.
Like traditional theatre, it allows the audience to immerse themselves into performance magic, experience emotions and existential themes, achieve catharsis.
"We are playing your stories back to you."
Playback Theatre is often referred to as social theater because it promotes open communication, fosters mutual understanding and compassion. Thanks to that, the Founders of Playback Theatre were nominated for an alternative Nobel Prize in 2013 and recognized for Courage and Social Transformation.
Like traditional theatre, it allows the audience to immerse themselves into performance magic, experience emotions and existential themes, achieve catharsis.
Platforma Linii — Creating a safe space for stories to be heard
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How it works?
We invite audience to share personal stories by creating a safe space
We create the theme
We acting it back by theater and musical improvisation
- Conductor sets the atmosphere, encouraging sharing.
- Performers, musicians, and lighting director bring stories to life.
Performance starts with short forms, exploring emotions and small memories, then moves to long stories. - Usually, 4-6 short forms precede 5-6 long stories, offering varied perspectives.
As a result, the audience moves to the empathy level. It helps building connection, healing and uniting society.
Playback Theatre can contribute towards
Social Impact
The method is widely used to interact with different communities including refugees, victims of wars and natural disasters, during political conflicts, as well as for educational purposes. It raises socially significant topics and facilitates their discussion.
It helps to get away from stereotypes, better understand people who face social problems and understand what we can do with that for our future.
It helps to get away from stereotypes, better understand people who face social problems and understand what we can do with that for our future.
Personal Growth
Playback Theatre helps to express and understand different feelings by bringing them onto the stage. This method allows you to address topics of concern, share your experiences with others, hear and be heard.
In addition, this method is widely used to teach and develop empathy, flexibility, emotional intelligence, listening and public speaking skills.
In addition, this method is widely used to teach and develop empathy, flexibility, emotional intelligence, listening and public speaking skills.
Organization Improvement
Playback Theatre is widely used to address organization issues. By sharing personal stories, hearing the stories of others and getting feedback on them, organizations go through change more easily, unite around common goals and values.
We have played more than 500 performances worldwide and staged international collaborations building the community (including more than 50 performances and training programs in Germany).
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Why Us
Experience
Expertise
Our performers are experts in different fields — theatre, psychology, management, business training and coaching, social work, activism, as well as other artistic activities.
We truly understand the context we work with.
We truly understand the context we work with.
Quality
We work under regular supervision of IPTN (International Playback Theatre Network).
Our performances meet the quality standards and ethics of the Playback Theatre method.
Our performances meet the quality standards and ethics of the Playback Theatre method.
Flexibility
We play in 4 languages.
Different communities and organizations have already collaborated with us.
We are sure that we can find the best format for you and adapt to your needs.
Different communities and organizations have already collaborated with us.
We are sure that we can find the best format for you and adapt to your needs.
Performances
- 1-2 hoursDuration
- 4-5 actorsOne conductor and a musician/s
- 10-100Number of spectators
Consider a playback performance if you want to:
Build a shared understanding of a challenging topic
diversity and inclusion; difficulties of integration
diversity and inclusion; difficulties of integration
Liven up your event
opening, closing of a conference; summing up the results of the year in the organization
opening, closing of a conference; summing up the results of the year in the organization
Promote emotionally safe work environment
prevent burnout; support people during difficult times
prevent burnout; support people during difficult times
Tackle difficult conversations
relations between conflicting groups; building social dialog
relations between conflicting groups; building social dialog
Where we can perform:
Conferences, seminars
Strategic sessions
Events to implement changes
Team building activities
Educational programs
Diversity & inclusion activities
Workshops
- 2 hours–2 daysDuration
- 5–40Number of participants
By learning elements of improvisation, participants develop different competencies or dive deeply into a chosen topic.
Competencies that can be developed:
flexibility and adaptability,
spontaneity and creativity
spontaneity and creativity
empathy,
emotional intelligence
emotional intelligence
teamwork,
personal responsibility
personal responsibility
leadership skills
active citizenship,
ability to reflect
ability to reflect
Long-term programs
- From 12 hoursDuration
- 5–35Group size
Long term programs can last from a few weeks up to a year depending on the chosen topic and goal. We use Playback Theatre, improvisation, storytelling etc. for group work.
It is an efficient tool to address multidimensional and complex challenges, such as:
Adapting to change
Creating shared identity
Strengthening working relationships
Resolving conflicts
Team building and developing teamwork skills
Developing and internalizing mission and values
For more details, contact us
- We will contact you within 2 working days and negotiate all details
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We are proud to work with
Formed in 1990, the International Playback Theatre Network (IPTN) is a global association of Playback Theatre practitioners, students, and supporters engaged in collective learning about our shared art form.
BVRE — the Union of Parents of post-Soviet migrants to Germany, was founded in 2010, brings together over 55 NGOs. Focused on education and culture, the collective goal is to ensure equal opportunities for education and active participation in public life for individuals of all ages, irrespective of their social status, religious beliefs, or ethnic background.
The Club Dialog was founded in 1988 in Berlin to promote social dialog between the Russian-speaking and local populations in Berlin, as well as the integration of Russian-speaking immigrants. Over the course of two decades, the Club Dialogue has succeeded in creating a structure that allows for integration and cultural work in different languages and for all generations.
The non-profit district initiative, founded in Berlin-Karlshorst at the end of 2013, implements numerous local projects and helps to organize international events — from district festivals to transnational BarCamps for academics and active citizens. The focus is always on social engagement, self-development and communication between different groups of people, regardless of background and political preferences.
forumZFD supports people in violent conflicts on their path to peace. Founded in 1996 in response to the Balkan wars, the organization has since been committed to overcoming war and violence. Today, forumZFD works with peace and conflict consultants in Germany and 12 other countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Additionally, forumZFD actively promotes civil peace policies through campaigns, lobbying, and public relations work.
The venues in Berlin where we held performances:
From listening comes knowledge, from knowledge comes care, from care comes change
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Team
- Anastasia VorobyevaPerformer, conductor, trainer
President of IPTN - Yuliia TerentievaPerformer, conductor, trainer
- Dennis FastMusician
- Ekaterina IamaevaPerformer, Producer
- Elena FominaPerformer
- Alona KhlystikPerformer, conductor, trainer
- Katrina MenshikovaPerformer
- Maria BuianovaPerformer
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By telling and listening to stories we can't change the past, but we can learn from them in order to make different choices in the future
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