It's a Shift Show is a piece of InterActive theatre for your workplace, conference or event with a twist… the audience can stop, change the action and try out new ideas and behaviours to improve the situations.
It’s a riot of good sense and scorching irreverence. You get to solve the problems your people face everyday in ways which are seriously effective and with a smile on your face.
The issues we show in the play are behavioural, layered and intimately connected to psychology and collective culture. They’re hard to solve individually but collectively… collectively we find a way through that works for the whole, for your culture and your people.
Because our FT-award-winning InterAct format harnesses collective intelligence and gets your people to find solutions that they own and are perfectly suited to your context.
Everyone has a piece of the puzzle. As they make their contributions and test them with the actors on stage… those solutions become visible to all and are built on. New ideas are formed, collective wisdom is established, tested, socialised and adopted… all at the same time.
It is simply the fastest and more enjoyable way to get your shifts together.
Most people’s interactions happen through a screen… that’s not connection - that’s transaction. Now more than ever, we need moments of meaning and connection. Moments that make us laugh, and grow. Moments that help us answer the question of our age “What is human value in the age of AI?”
It’s a Shift Show is for anyone in your organisation who delivers or is subject to change:Your whole population…. After work, at conferences, team events and end of year parties. Your leaders and managers, to deep dive and deep solve the issues which plague people daily.
We bring the show to your workplace. Your team brings the ideas - and changes what happens next.
Give your guests a show they help shape - with big laughs and ideas that last.
Turn your audience into the action. 90 minutes of comedy, collective intelligence and fresh thinking.
There are issues going on in all organisations that everyone knows is there but nobody is talking about openly. How do you solve them? And what’s the risk in not solving them?
Below are examples of scenarios you can choose from for your Shift Show.
Which are the ones you think are most relevant to your organisation now? Which ones would your people pick?
What if you could solve them in 90 minutes, generate adoption and have people feel like this was a perk and that you did it for their benefit?
Examples of scenarios you can choose from for your Shift Show:
The anatomy of ineffective meetings
We all know the ritual: crowded agendas, muted screens, and circular debates where the real decision is deferred to yet another follow-up. This scenario puts a mirror to our worst calendar habits, inviting the room to unpack why meetings drain so much momentum - and to explore live what it takes to reclaim 30% to 50% of our working week.
The human Reality of tech adoption
Between blind enthusiasm, silent resistance, and copy-pasting answers we cannot defend, the real barrier to AI is rarely the code - it is how we behave with it. Through sharp humour, this session investigates the unspoken anxieties of new tech adoption, challenging teams to explore where human accountability truly begins when the machine does the drafting.
Breaking Cross-Functional Silos
It is entirely possible for every department to hit its individual targets while the overall project falls flat. Stepping straight into the classic corporate blame game, this scenario examines the friction between competing territories-giving the audience a playful space to dismantle turf wars and test what happens when everyone takes responsibility for the whole picture.
Overwhelm & Prioritisation Trap
Relentless urgency, shifting goalposts, and the exhausting reflex to say yes to every incoming demand: cognitive overload has quietly become standard operating procedure. This sketch brings the daily chaos of conflicting priorities onto the stage, opening up an honest conversation about false emergencies, team boundaries, and the forgotten discipline of ruthless focus.
