exercise · all tools
Hot seating
Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharednone
One person sits as their character and answers questions in role — first from the facilitator, then from the watching group. They enter the space as the character and leave as the character. Questions move from the general to the specific: how the character feels about the others, what particular events did to them.
Hold with care
- One person is questioned alone in front of the group; the chair is exposed even though the answers are a character's
- Questions come from the audience as well as the facilitator, so what gets asked is not fully in the leader's hands
Practical
- Time
- 15 min
- Group
- 2–∞ · small-group, large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- perspective-taking, dialogic-encounter
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- resources.trinitycollege.com/hubfs/Trinity%20Drama%20Games%20… — Drama Games (Trinity College London), open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
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Origin
Trinity College London, 'as suggested by drama teachers' — Drama teaching
In this directory via Drama Games (Trinity College London)
status: checked · added 2026-08-31