Lin Sagovsky

Lin Sagovsky

Play4Real
London, United Kingdom
English

About Lin

I've been using my background as a professional actor, voiceover and writer for twenty-five years to facilitate learning and development in business in creative ways. Having trained to act at Manchester University and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, I studied for a Master’s degree in Playwriting in the USA. Alongside a career as an actor and voice artist, in the mid 1980s I began scripting corporate training and marketing films for organisations like Shell International, British Aerospace, Prudential, the Post Office, the Alzheimer’s Society and the Foreign Office. Over the years I've become increasingly passionate about taking drama beyond the walls of the theatre or recording studio to combine my skills in a spectrum of live business contexts: as a roleplayer and forum theatre performer, a writer and director of interactive plays, a facilitator of interpersonal skills workshops, a private coach in speaking with confidence (both on Zoom and in person), and a creative consultant. Often working in association with other arts-based training organisations, I've undertaken contracts for clients ranging from retail to blue chip companies; from local authorities to central government departments; and from small voluntary sector organisations to major financial services providers. I believe wholeheartedly in combining serious professionalism with sheer fun – as a creative structure in which people can learn new skills as well as find their own answers.

Expertise
Focus
CultureWellbeingDevelopment
Sessions
Interactive
Facilitation
Yes - Performing
Background
Corporate Experience
Significant
Past Clients
Many! Please see full Client List at www.play4real.co.uk
Certifications & Credentials
British Actors' Equity Public Liability to £10 million.
Availability
Schedule
Weekdays

Lin's Offerings

Workshop

How to Avoid Death-by-Powerpoint

Our focus here is on making Presentations memorable as well as effective.  We play with various ways of exchanging PowerPoint for the true power of participants’ own physical…
15 – 90 min4 – 30 ppl
Workshop

Finding Your Voice

The voice is a delicate instrument that reflects who we are and how we are. This session equips participants with some swift - and instantly effective - knowhow…
15 – 90 min6 – 20 ppl
Workshop

Tales for Tremendous Teams

Working in small teams, participants each have 10 minutes to rehearse their own take on a given ‘generic’ narrative (e.g.’Moon Landing’, ‘Prison Escape’, ‘Haunted House'), created using only…
60 – 90 min9 – 20 ppl
Workshop

Is It Just Me?

We work with a small group to look at a specific personal struggle each participant has with soft skills and behaviours: presentations, leadership presence, interpersonal communication, rapport-building and…
45 – 90 min2 – 4 ppl
Workshop

How Am I Coming Across?

Along with the different sessions outlined here, there are many other practical aspects of workplace interaction and communication with which we can help, such as: listening skills questioning…
30 – 90 min4 – 12 ppl
Workshop

Fun is a Serious Business

We can devise and deliver sessions based entirely around having fun through practical, interactive Theatre Games. We have an enormous virtual kitbag of these, and subliminally, they have…
30 – 90 min8 – 16 ppl
Workshop

The Play’s The Thing

For larger-scale projects run in partnership with Culture Vitale, we can research, write and deliver a piece of Forum Theatre. We get to know the specific 'soft skills'…
90 – 240 min12 – 200 ppl
Workshop

How to Handle Difficult Conversations

The stress of a difficult conversation often brings out default behaviours that can make things even worse. In this session, we work in a master-class style, in which…
50 – 90 min3 – 6 ppl
Workshop

Your Body Tells Your Story

Body language is far from a matter of ‘one size fits all’. Through a series of practical, playful exercises, we equip participants with greater insight into the nuances…
30 – 90 min6 – 20 ppl

Good to Know

Client Requirements
Yes - a suitably large, clear space (see attached doc). Sometimes a flipchart.
Additional Notes
Thank you so much for all the potential opportunity you're creating, and I'd love to become a Culturist!
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