The Performance Theatre

We do this by creating safe space for leaders across diverse sectors to learn, explore, reflect, and question accepted wisdom.

The Performance Theatre seeks participants from a wide range of backgrounds who are in positions to effect change. Held in a different location every year, and shaped by the host country’s context, culture and community, our immersive, two-day programmes help leaders, decision-makers and influencers tackle leadership challenges in new ways. We design experiences that emphasise interaction, exploration and brave conversations, to deliver new insights and unlock better growth for leaders, their organisations and the systems in which they operate.

Held over a weekend each June, The Performance Theatre is a world away from traditional conferences.

Our experience design emphasises interaction, exploration and brave conversations to deliver new insights and unlock better growth for leaders, their organisations and the systems in which they operate.

The Performance Theatre Foundation is a non-profit foundation headquartered in Oslo, Norway. It was founded in 2000 by Osvald Bjelland, Founder and President of Xynteo. Xynteo serves as the secretariat of The Performance Theatre and produces the annual theatre on the foundation’s behalf.

For further details and updates about The Performance Theatre, visit our website. 

Since 2000, The Performance Theatre has been bringing together leaders from business, policy, civil society and the arts to explore new ways of tackling our biggest leadership challenges. Conversation is at the core of our approach. Visit our webpage, The Conversation, for curated content from our community that embody the values and spirit of our work.