Real and Present Theatre

17/10/2025

29/05/2025

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27/05/2025

'The experience of RAPT was unique & deeply connecting. I laughed. I cried. I was seen & heard'.
Claire, Old Trafford

July 21st. The Carlton Club, Carlton Road, Whalley Range 8pm. Share. Laugh. Cry. Feel. Come and let others Hear you.

07/03/2025

Thank you to the lovely audience of our show at The Carlton Club for their wonderful feedback!

11/02/2025

Next Monday

Real and Present Theatre, RaPT 🎭, join us at the Carlton Club on Monday the 17th to present a completely improvised show made up of your true stories! 🤩 The theme for the show will be: 'Places and faces: stories from the Carlton and beyond'. 👏

RaPT, based on playback theatre, uses a form of improvised psycho-dramatic theatre 💭 in which players listen to and replay true stories from the audience 💬. We aim to find the Extraordinary within the ordinary, and the Universal within the individual. We would love to hear your stories of people and places 🧍🏠, from the Carlton and beyond, as we come together in this vibrant and historic community building, to witness, explore and reimagine the stories, places and faces that bind us. 🙌

13/01/2025

Welcome to the page for RaPT, a small, Manchester-based improvising theatre company with roots in ‘Playback Theatre’.

We listen to and re-enact true personal stories invited from our audience.

13/01/2025