Click here to apply! The deadline for applications is December 19th 2025.
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To be eligible for the Diploma, students must complete the Online Study Segment and the independent Study Project. There is more information on preparing to attend PT Leadership here.
2.5 hours by public transport or 40 min by car from Casselle Airport in Turin
Online Study
– March 13, 2026 (for 10 weeks)
Residential Course
Start: 2pm, May 31st, 2026
Ends: 1pm, June 12, 2026
The middle Friday and Saturday are rest days.
$3995.00 USD
The fee includes accommodation and most meals (deposit $1,500 by February 20, 2026)
The price includes shared rooms and bathrooms, upgrading options will be announced later, according to availability.
Limited Scholarships are available for students in need.
Click here to apply! The deadline for applications is December 19th 2025.
Playback Theatre Leadership is the culmination of the first 4 levels of the Centre’s Curriculum Pathway. Graduation from this class is compulsory for application as an Accredited Trainer in Playback.
The Playback Theatre Leadership course now includes a ten-week Online Study Segment taught by Jonathan Fox, taking place prior to the active intensive. This will begin March 13, 2026. Through online interaction and discussion, students will get to know each other while studying aspects of the work, including history of Playback Theatre and company life.
Students will gather in person for the two-week intensive taught by Hannah Fox and Eddie Yu. from May 31st to June 12, 2026 in Monferrato nel Cuore, a big house surrounded by an orchard, a park and an enchanted forest, in the Piedmont region of Italy, close to Turin one of the most beautiful and historic cities in Europe.
The group will also be supported by Michael Cheng, as the Online Support Teacher for 2026.
This advanced, comprehensive, in-depth course provides a chance for participants from different regions to share their Playback Theatre experience in an atmosphere of collegiality and commitment.
It will emphasize skill building, especially in conducting challenging situations. It will teach how to balance spontaneity, story, atmosphere, and guidance, to achieve effective Playback Theatre workshops and performances.
It will also confront the issues that face Playback leaders, such as company life, performance standards, and community relations. We will share the joys of our Playback journeys, and also study what happens when Playback goes wrong. The curriculum will include ethics as well as practical examples of Playback Theatre at work.
The course ends with a graduation ceremony, where students receive a Diploma. To be eligible for the Diploma, students must complete the Online Study Segment and the Independent Study Project which contains an Essay. There is more information here.
The Essay deadline is May 20 2026.
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Students are expected to have completed Level 3 of the curriculum (known as Practice, Advanced Skills, or Advanced Practice), as well as possessing at least 5 years’ active experience. Playback practitioners with at least 10 years’ active experience, will also be considered, with the recommendations of two senior practitioners (preferably Accredited Trainers).
The depth of the Leadership experience depends on having a diverse and balanced group. Thus, admission includes considerations of demographics and diversity, and is at the discretion of the staff.
There is information on our Course Sequence here.
The course will begin at 2pm on Sunday May 31st, 2025 and end at 1pm on Friday, June 12th, 2024.
The middle Friday and Saturday are rest days.
Teachers:
2-week residential: Hannah Fox and Eddie Yu
Online Study: Jonathan Fox
Online Support Teacher: Michael Cheng
Assistant Teacher:
2-week residential: TBC
Hannah, M.A., APTT, RYT 500, is an international Playback Theatre trainer, co-director of the New York School of Playback Theatre and founder of Pangea Playback Theatre (2020), an international multi-cultural online Playback Theatre company, and Big Apple Playback Theatre (2002). Hannah has a special interest in using dance and movement on the Playback stage, as well as using theatre and performance as a tool for promoting social justice. Hannah is the daughter of the founders of Playback Theatre, and author of Zoomy Zoomy: Improv Games and Exercises for Groups, in addition to numerous other scholarly publications about Playback Theatre. Hannah is a certified yoga teacher and positional therapist.
Eddie is an Accredited Playback Theatre Trainer, a guest trainer with SPT (Japan) since 2017, and Co-Director of SPT (Hong Kong) from 2017 to 2024. He has taught Playback Theatre internationally across multiple levels and contexts.
A member of Encounter Playback Theatre, which he co-founded in 2009 and co-artistic directed until 2024, and an Artist-in-Residence with True Heart Theatre. Eddie was previously a member of London Playback Theatre and True Heart Theatre from 2006 to 2009.
Trained in Social Work, Drama Therapy, Developmental Transformations, Psychodrama, Theatre of the Oppressed, and Creative Approaches to Supervision, Eddie works as a freelance psychotherapist, trainer, supervisor, and simultaneous interpreter. He is an honorary lecturer at The University and a consultant for a Hong Kong-based NGO.
Eddie works in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English.
Jonathan is the co-founder of Playback Theatre and director emeritus of the Centre for Playback Theatre. He was the artistic and executive director of the original Playback Theatre company from its inception in 1975. He is the co-author of Personal Stories in Public Spaces, the author of Beyond Theatre: a playback theatre memoir, Acts of Service: Spontaneity, Commitment, Tradition in the Nonscripted Theatre; the editor of The Essential Moreno: Writings on Spontaneity, Psychodrama and Group Method; and his new book Narrative Reticulation: The Power of Emergent Storytelling in Community will be published by Routledge in 2026. In 2008 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Kassel in Germany for artistic and scholarly achievement in theatre.
Michael is an applied drama practitioner and educator. As an Accredited Playback Theatre Trainer (APTT), he has taught internationally across all levels and supported practitioner development through workshops, trainings, and community-based projects.
Michael served as Artistic Director of Tapestry Playback Theatre for 14 years and is a founding member of two other Playback Theatre groups in Singapore, contributing to the growth of the local Playback community. He is also the Principal Trainer at the SDEA – CET School of Playback Theatre.
His applied drama/theatre practice includes working with people with disabilities, seniors, youth-at-risk, and community workers, integrating Playback Theatre with a range of participatory theatre and arts-based approaches to foster dialogue, reflection, connection, and social change. Michael earned his Master’s in Arts Pedagogy and Practice from Goldsmiths, University of London, graduating with Distinction.
Support Staff
Leadership Communications Manager & Onsite CPT Liaison: Bea Somogyi
Financial Assistant: Sheila Donio
Country Host Team: Devrim Nicoló Turletti and Roberta Roberto
