Forum Theatre
Forum theatre is a fun and effective form of role-play in which a group of delegates interact with two or more actors performing a sketch. We devise and produce forum theatre as a tool for use on training courses or as an issue raising device for conferences or other events.

Forum Theatre raises training issues in an entertaining and memorable form. The technique demonstrates the advantages of different approaches whilst engaging the audience, and encourages them to think about the training issue and input their ideas.

The actors present a short sketch illustrating a relevant training issue, for example "Managing Poor Performance". One actor plays an employee, the other a manager who is seeking to address a performance issue.

After a few minutes the action is stopped and the actor playing the manager turns to the delegates in the audience and asks for suggestions of how he/she might approach the situation differently.

Suggestions from the audience are taken back into the sketch and played out - stopping and starting the scene - to illustrate the benefits and pitfalls of the various approaches.

The sketch continues exploring various avenues and concludes when a model of best practice has been identified and vividly illustrated.