exercise · all tools

I like your hat

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readinessany
Disclosure · what is sharednone

Two polite characters who dislike each other meet somewhere ordinary and are too well-mannered to say so. At intervals the scene freezes and one of them steps out to tell the audience what they are actually thinking. The gap between the two — 'I like your hat' against what they really think of it — is the exercise.

Practical

Time
20+ min
Group
4 · pairs, small-group
Settings
in-person
Mechanisms
perspective-taking, creative-expression
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