A Meditation On The Gold Of Playback Theatre

This book is more than an intellectual process; it is a meditation and a journey into the Gold fo Playback Theatre. By writing about basic values of Playback Theatre, the authors want to show their appreciation for ist original beauty and depth and the challenge to fulfill its vision. Their insights and thoughts remind the readers how special Playback Theatre is,
how it touches our heart and why it is so important
in todays world
Playback Theatre is a special form of improvisational theatre. Past, present and future are contained in the Here and Now of a performance. Human experiences, told as personal moments and stories by all kind of human beings in the audience, get visible in a variety of sceneries. The narratives are played back immediately and artistically as theatre pieces from the team on stage.

Autorentext

Annette Henne was born in Switzerland at the end of the Second World War. She is now retired and lives in Bali, Indonesia. As a child Annette loved to act out different characters and she was always an attentive listener to the experiences and stories of the people around her. Theatre and psychology naturally became part of her adult life and later she became a psychotherapist. In her practice, she was influenced by C.G. Jung's Analytical Psychology, J.L. Moreno's psychodrama, Native American teachings and Transpersonal Psychology. In 1986 Annette propitiously came upon Playback Theatre. It was like a magical door to an art form that offers the fascinating combination of playing, theatre, applied psychology and transpersonality that can be used to benefit humanity. She was the one who brought Playback Theatre to German speaking Europe.