Listening Four Ways
What is it for?
A story-telling and listening activity that asks us to listen for different things.
Time & People
20 – 60 minutes
5 – 50 people
5 – 50 people
Materials
None
Source
Melbourne Playback Theatre


Description
Get people sitting in groups of 5. Ask them to choose who will be A,B,C,D and E
A will tell a short, true, personal story
B will listen for the story in three sentences C will listen for the essence of the story
D will listen for a metaphor or image
E will listen for what’s not said
A tells their story then each of the others takes turns to respond according to their listening task
Do one round then swap roles and do another round – try and have time for everyone to play each role
Ask the group to listen to the storyteller without interruption