At the heart of Playback Theatre beats the story. The Centre for Playback Theatre nurtures this unique form of story-based improvisation, offering training, research, project development, and administrative tasks to a worldwide network of teachers, companies and affiliate schools.

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Dear Playback community,

Our annual Leadership course is held in a different country each year.
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Over the years, the Leadership course has travelled to Brazil, Canada, England, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, and the US. Each time, the Centre collaborates with a local Playback host to create a meaningful journey for our graduates.

We are planning to organise the next Leadership class in the summer of 2027, and we invite you to host Leadership 2027 with us.

Playback Theatre Leadership 2026 - Italy

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The Centre for Playback Theatre promotes Playback Theatre throughout the world.   

The CPT offers Leadership training and selected advanced training internationally, provides administrative support to the network of Affiliated Schools of Playback Theatre, certifies Accredited Trainers, and partners with the Playback Community at large in developing ethical and artistic guideposts for the work.

The Centre was launched in 2006, an outgrowth of the original School of Playback Theatre, which had been offering comprehensive training in Playback Theatre since 1993.

A nonprofit 501(C)3 corporation, the CPT is committed to combating injustice based on race, gender, sexual orientation, economic status, disability, and religion.

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