“The Safety Culture Team thank you and your team for the excellent training sessions you have provided.

The response to the sessions has been very positive. The way you and your team can react to the changing mood of the audience and keep them engaged was exceptional. Some “prisoners” from the course commented to me that the training was better than they had expected and thought it was a worthwhile course.

I am looking forward to working with you again in April.

Thanks for an excellent service”

John Crowl
Reward & Recognition Manager; Safety Culture Improvement Team
Babcock International Group- Marine Division

“Theatre Learning has recently provided a programme of half day interactive workshops on Diversity for Exeter City Council which was rolled out to its entire staff.

The format of the workshops was one which used actors to portray workplace scenarios that focused on some of the problems that arise when Diversity issues are not properly managed.

This format is far better than standard role play sessions in that the message is put over in an effective way by the actors and delegates are actively encouraged to take part in the programme from the safety of their seats.

This type of training is very powerful in getting the message across to staff and far outstrips the standard tutor-led classroom sessions in terms of the quality of outcomes. Theatre Learning consistently provide an excellent product at a very reasonable cost and I am happy to recommend them to any other organisation.”

Ian Walker; Learning & Development Manager
Exeter City Council

"Theatre Learning delivers events that are really engaging and make people think about the issues presented in a different way to a more traditional style learning event. What they do is always very well received by our employees and I would recommend using them to anyone"

Chantal Young; Senior HR Consultant - Strategy (E&OD); HR Service
Bath & North East Somerset Council

Theatre Learning provides Diversity and Customer Services Training for the Learning & Development Partnership. Joe and his team are highly professional and they provide an innovative approach to training which has received excellent feedback from staff.

Debbie Hutchings; Learning & Development Manager
Teignbridge District Council

“Babcock Marine & Technology in Plymouth have worked with Theatre Learning over a number of years where we have worked in partnership to provide a variety of programmes from Equality & Diversity to Customer Service. We are continuously impressed with the way Joe and his team quickly understand our requirements and respond with an accurate portrayal of our needs in an imaginative and effective format. Nearly all of our 4,000 employees have attended at least one of the programmes run by the team, and the response from all participants has been extremely positive and enthusiastic - a very effective mechanism of training and learning by a professional group.”

Helen Penberthy; Submarine HR Manager - Marine and Technology Division
Babcock International Group

“Theatre learning have been working in partnership with the Equalities and Diversity group at Bath and North East Somerset Council to deliver equality and diversity training. They have designed and delivered interventions to a number of our staff from Chief Executive, Elected Members, Heads of Service and to frontline staff.

They have had the capacity to deliver to large and small audiences in a number of locations for us. The standard of acting is very good and very convincing and the reviews from our learners have been excellent.

They have scripted specific scenarios at our request and worked with managers to ensure the objectives for the session met learning needs (attitudinal, behavioural, appropriate language etc). All staff have responded that Joe is an excellent facilitator and is very adept at managing difficult and aggressive audiences.

The company has been excellent value for money for us, we are continuing to commission them, and I do not hesitate to recommend them.”

Samantha Jones; Policy and Partnerships
Bath & North East Somerset Council

Equalities and Diversity training is not the most popular course and traditional delivery tends to put our councillors off. Theatre Learning's approach is innovative and thought provoking and really brings to life some of the issues which worry Councillors but which they feel they cannot bring up. The brilliantly acted scenarios made participants think deeply about attitudes and behaviours and the affect
language and inappropriate actions can have on minority groups.

Most equalities course can only look at behaviours. Theatre Learnings' approach tackles attitudes very quickly and effectively.

Linda James; HR consultant (councillor development)
South Gloucestershire Council

 “The use of actors brought the subject to life, it was insightful and thought provoking!”

“It was informative in a funny way – a whole new way of learning”

“The red card scenarios brought about good audience participation and interaction”

“I was unaware that a third person could bring a complaint – what’s seen as acceptable may not be to another.”

“Much better than death by PowerPoint”

Senior Naval Officer - Ministry of Defence 

“I found it very easy to work with the theatrelearning team, you simply outline your requirements, then they take it away, do all the hard work, creating scenes which have a humorous way of hitting home the message and transferring the learning!!

Tania Milburn - Ministry of Defence