Role Play & Scenario Labs

Practise under pressure — so you can choose how you respond

A safe, demanding rehearsal space for high-stakes communication.

Role Play & Scenario Labs provide a structured, realistic environment where professionals can rehearse critical conversations, presentations, and interactions before they happen for real.

Using trained actors and theatre-based coaches, participants practise in situations that feel real enough to create pressure — but safe enough to experiment, adapt, and try again.

This is where insight becomes behavioural control.

What changes after the training

Participants learn how to:

  • Stay present and intentional under pressure
  • Recognise default behavioural patterns as they appear
  • Interrupt habits that undermine impact
  • Replace them with conscious, repeatable choices
  • Apply tools from influencing, presenting, and storytelling in real time
  • Enter real situations with greater confidence and readiness

The work is not about “doing well once” — it’s about being able to turn skills on when it matters.

How the labs work

The approach draws heavily on theatre and sports coaching principles: practise, adjust, repeat.

01 Realistic scenarios with trained actors

Actors play:

  • challenging personalities
  • high-stakes objectives
  • difficult dynamics
  • emotionally charged situations

Because the interaction is live, behavioural patterns emerge naturally — allowing real learning to take place.

02 Immediate feedback & second attempts

Unlike real life, participants are given something rare:
a second attempt.

After each run:

  • the interaction is analysed
  • behavioural choices are explored
  • alternative approaches are tested

Participants immediately re-enter the scenario and apply what they’ve learned.

03 Behavioural awareness & replacement

The focus is on:

  • noticing what happens in the body under pressure
  • understanding how behaviour drives thinking and response
  • consciously replacing old patterns with new physical and verbal choices

Over time, these choices become reliable and accessible.

Where this is most effective

Role Play & Scenario Labs are ideal for:

Difficult conversations

Influencing and negotiation scenarios

High-pressure meetings

Presentations with resistance or challenge

Leadership and stakeholder interactions

Preparing for situations where failure is costly

The labs can be run one-to-one or in small groups, depending on the context.

Confidence doesn’t come from knowing what to do

it comes from having practised doing it.

Format & timing

Highly flexible, depending on need:

online

2-hour online role-play sessions

In PERSon

Half-day or full-day in-person labs

online

Integrated into broader training or delivered as standalone interventions

The format is designed around real situations and real urgency.