Playback Theatre is an interactive  form of theatre in which the audience members tell their own life stories and a group of actors along with one or more musicians enact them  on the spot spontaneously.

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This technique was developed in 1975 in New York by Jonathan Fox and Jo Salas in New York. inspired by the oral tradition of the Indo-American peoples, the Theater of the Spontaneous by Jacob Moreno (father´s Psychodrama) and the Theater of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal.

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Playback theatre is used in a range of contexts including public performances, community arts, social dialogue, peace building, conflict resolution, education, change management and celebrations.