Make a Machine
35–45 minGroups of 6–8 build a human “machine” — one repeated move and sound each — until the whole room is connected and running.
6–8 per machine
A snapshot of what a Tamasha room actually does — built and performed live, never off a slide. Each workshop is assembled from these, tuned to your brief.
3 exercises
Groups of 6–8 build a human “machine” — one repeated move and sound each — until the whole room is connected and running.
Pairs move as one: one leads, one mirrors — then the hardest mode, where no one leads and the pair still moves together.
A short scene played at high vs low status — then, on a signal, the two switch and the room reads the shift.
4 exercises
A workplace scene keeps failing because no one owns it — until the audience shouts “freeze,” steps in, and changes the ending.
Six groups, six principles, six 90-second scenes — each staging its principle as the only thing between success and failure.
Each group writes a scene seed, passes it on, and devises someone else's — they don't own it, but they make it work.
A story built live, one speaker at a time, with a new constraint thrown in every 30 seconds — accept it and build forward.
2 exercises
Pairs trade 90-second personal stories; the listener just listens, then reflects one sentence back to the room.
Pairs freeze a picture on a prompt, unfreeze into a 60-second scene, then re-pair and do it again.
2 exercises
Three fast, funny timed challenges that mint the currency groups bid with at the Prop Auction.
Groups spend currency earned through the morning on a box of props — and everything they win must appear in their play.
5 exercises
A short, loud, physical street-theatre piece performed in the round — clarity over subtlety, rhythm over realism.
Characters, a clear conflict, a turn, a resolution — the classic scene, played with dialogue and props.
The group becomes puppeteer-narrators, telling a story with Hot Wheels and Lego on a tabletop stage.
Voice only: the group writes, records and plays back a scene while the room listens with eyes closed.
Pick a song, choreograph 60 seconds, perform it — serious, satirical, or shamelessly silly.
2 exercises
The whole cohort freezes one image of “us, six months from now,” then moves to answer reflection questions.
Everyone writes the one ownership act they commit to this month — collected, anonymised, shared with leadership as signals.