Unlike musicians in other types of musical performances, the playback musician must have the capacity to attune to the teller and to fellow company members while structuring and shaping the playback ritual.

In the current episode of Playback Theatre Talks I had the pleasure of talking with the talented Ernie Gruner.

Ernie has been a playback theatre musician in Melbourne Playback Theatre Company since 1999.  In the last 30 years Ernie worked with a wide variety of musicians, bands and communities, and is regarded as Australia’s leading klezmer violinist.

Ernie and I will discuss the following questions-

What is the musician role in playback theatre?

How can a musician support a scene?

What skills and training should a PT musician have?

What can a playback group do if they don't have a musician but they still like to have music?

What are the best instruments for a playback performance?

How can we combine music when doing PT online?

Please join us for another playback theatre talk!