Addressing Sexual Harassment at Workplace

Playback has been a powerful tool to explore community sentiments and stories. For a gathering of people, it offers a means to connect emotionally through lived experiences and stories. It is for this reason that PT is being used heavily to work in corporate office environments. Areas like team-building, office hierarchies, etc. are often being brought to the fore. We've been using Playback in our workshops with Teamwork Arts. Pvt. Ltd., an arts-based company who lend us their workshop space. We started a Kreativ Adda series@Teamwork Arts where we bring Master Practitioners from a varying field of arts, working through painting, dance-movement, etc. and creating a safe space for expression. Playback Theatre has been a consistent presence in this exercise. We’ve gone on to explore deeper, more significant issues through Playback. Our first bite at this was to address ‘Sexual Harassment at Workspace’ as part of an awareness program at Teamwork Arts. The response was invigorating. Through this broad topic, we went moved into realizing genuine concerns around office hierarchy and finding ‘safe spaces’ for working employees. Most members in senior positions told us that this was an eye-opener for them, looking at the newer workforce through a more personal lens.