Conflict Theatre offers faculty and staff the opportunity to explore and embrace conflict in the workplace using the tools of theatre.
Conflict Theatre for teams
Using forum theatre techniques, teams in the UBC workplace can practice key conflict engagement skills to help them develop better work environments.
These performances, workshops, and activities offer an embodied, experiential approach to learning that is unlike other available training or seminars.
Conflict Theatre activities offer a variety of benefits to teams, including:
- Strengthening empathy and understanding within conflict
- Fostering a curiosity-driven approach to conflict, rather than one that is confrontational, fearful, or defensive
- Gaining a better understanding of how conflict arises, what keeps it going, and how to help navigate conflict
- Encouraging self-reflection to better understand your own emotions, context, perspective and patterns during conflict
- Creating a sense of community and learn a shared language for handling conflict
Conflict Theatre options
To book a performance or skill development session, email the Conflict Theatre team. The team will first compare Conflict Theatre's offerings with a team's needs, helping a manager and team arrive at a workshop type and length best suited to the team's needs.
Who's behind it, and contact information
Conflict Theatre is a collaboration between UBC human resources, the equity and inclusion office, and the department of theatre and film. For more information about our individual professional development opportunities, email the Conflict Theatre team.