Rachel Roberts

How to Play in Slow Time by Charlotte Farrell, Alexandra Tálamo, Bryoni Trezise, and Maria White
S1 · E9
Nov 25, 2025
13:24

Episode notes

In this episode performer, game designer and counsellor, Rachel Roberts, shares the importance of play to her theatre-making practice. She also explains how her counselling training helps her to create the critical distance audiences need to play joyfully, unrestrained, but also critically, in her games and performances.

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