WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING AT
"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow." - Robert H. Goddard
Here are some examples of Play4Real's past projects:
| PROJECT |
FORMAT |
LEARNING AIMS |
| Working in Partnership |
Forum Theatre |
employee problem-solving
TU and HR collaboration
'inform, consult, negotiate' |
| Playing with Presence |
2-day group workshops |
'step up' to consultancy-level partnership with client company directors |
Arts Associateship
in association with The Map Consortium |
group workshops and ‘fly-on-the-wall’ observations |
leadership
management style
teamwork |
‘Top Dogs’ culture change
(in association with The Map Consortium) |
month-long companywide interactions |
the meaning of competitiveness |
‘Making the Most of Meetings’
(in association with Ci: Creative intelligence)
|
2-day group workshops |
understanding meetings behaviours
effective chairing |
| Part of large-scale conference, awayday programme, or light-hearted evening event |
short 'taster' workshops |
personal impact
speaking with confidence
taking your space
unlocking creativity
|
| ‘Theatre – the Space to Play “What If…?”’ |
weekend residential course |
creative problem-solving |
| Roleplays |
recruitment assessment centre |
ability to work in partnership with external stakeholders |
| 1:1 Coaching |
customised sessions |
personal impact
public speaking
presentation skills
confident interaction in the workplace
|
If you’d like to see an example of our Forum Theatre work, below you can download some extracts from
The House that Danny Built, a custom-written play commissioned by Arts & Business in association with St Andrews Knowledge Consortium.
Using the metaphor of a couple going through some difficulties in their marriage, the play explores the relationship between two companies working in partnership on a joint project. You’ll see it being performed in situ by professional actors, who then interact with the audience to draw out new insights about the characters’ behaviours and relationships.
Part 1: The Play (running time 5½ mins.): extracts from the play, professionally performed before an audience from both companies.
Part 2: Audience Interaction (running time 7 mins.): examples of audience comment and interaction with the actors in character. The actors then replay scenes, improvising around suggestions on ways of behaving differently.
Part 3: Key Learning (running time 1 min.): finally, the audience discuss what they've learned from the play.
To request the demo in hard copy, send an email to
info@play4real.co.uk, with your full name, company name, postal address and telephone number, and we’ll send you a free CD by snail mail.
