Where therapy meets storytelling, science blends with art, and practical skills mingle with creativity & play!
Therapy with imagination!
Welcome to Thinker’s Theatre, a therapeutic and group-based experiential learning method for children and their grown-ups!
Through immersive scenarios and interactive games, Thinker’s Theatre offers a safe, dynamic, and supportive environment to inspire skills in solving problems, making decisions, understanding perspectives, cooperation, and friendship.
Thinker’s Theatre Method
Thinker’s Theatre is crafted with the family, educator, and clinician in mind, ready to be woven into the fabric of everyday life for children. Through curated explorations and playful scenarios, we transform ordinary spaces into extraordinary learning adventures. Thinker's Theatre is about creating connections and sparking creativity through a sequence of activities grounded in social-cognitive neuroscience. It's about setting the stage for unmasked expression and collaborative problem-solving, all guided by facilitators who adapt to the group's dynamic flow.
The Thinker’s Theatre method is designed for young people, with parents, educators, and supporters top of mind! This method is designed to be transferred home and launched into everyday settings, through a spark of curated exploration, playfully imagined scenes, and themed situations – loungerooms can become Enchanted Forests, kitchens can convert to a Martian’s Mathematical Lab, and classrooms can be crafted into multi-sensory puzzle palaces.
These interactive sessions are intended to transport groups into fictional places and imaginaria to engage and facilitate spontaneous interactions, unpredictable puzzle-solving, creative code-breaking, and caring communication. Within a stimulating and novel atmosphere, groups are seen to share stories and nudge narratives to safely explore their experience and adventures, with neurokin.
Empowering connections, inspired by evidence!
Bringing the invisible concepts of psychology to life through play and experiential learning, our mission transcends conventional boundaries, applying across theoretical and professional orientations and practice settings to provide an enriching experience for children, families, clinicians, and educators.
Group Adventures
Thinker’s Theatre offers group workshops for Children aged 4-6 years Wondernauts, 6-8 years PuzzlePals, 8-11 years NeuroNavigators!
Weekly-Style
Workshop series are offered and run for 60-minutes on a weekday afternoon for 8 weeks. Each group invites up to 8 children. Each workshop series starts with a parent-only information session (via videoconference), followed by the child workshop series, and the curtains draw with a parent feedback session (via videoconference)!
Workshop-Style
Workshops are offered as one-off 90-minute workshops held on a weekend. Thinker’s Theatre has been delivered to larger groups (for example, 20 children and their parents at adventure camp experiences). Or, smaller groups of students in learning environments, private family sessions at home, and friendship groups.
Family Adventures
With a focus on supporting parents in using an experiential & play-based method, strengthening relationships & connections, and offering parenting resources to continue the adventures at home.
At Thinker's Theatre, we understand the power of play. It's more than just fun—it's a catalyst for bonding, learning, and growing together. Our family-friendly activities and games are designed to spark imagination and foster development. With our guides, you can either follow a structured path or let spontaneity lead the way. In our creative realm, every interaction is an opportunity for discovery. Stay tuned for our upcoming free resources for parents and caregivers, tailored to enrich your family time with magic and growth.
Free parent & caregiver at home resources coming soon!
Learning Adventures
With a focus on supporting professionals in their role working with children, boosting engagement through play-based and experiential learning, and offering therapy & teaching resources to continue the adventures in professional settings.
Thinker's Theatre is where playful interactions shape minds—from the young explorers to the adolescent innovators. Our game-based learning methods cater to diverse learning styles and neurodiverse needs. Whether you seek structure or creative freedom, our guides support every unique 'aha' moment. We invite you to join us in nurturing spaces where imagination leads to discovery, and every activity is a step towards new horizons. Exciting resources for clinicians and educators are on the horizon, designed to inspire the next wave of thinkers.
Free Clinician & Educator resources coming soon!
Let’s explore together!
Through play-based and relational methods, Thinker’s Theatre sparks imagination ignites connections, and provides a safe and nurturing environment for growth.
Meet our crew
Sarah Mae Simcoe
Creative Director & Facilitator | Clinical Psychologist
BPsych(Hons), MClinPsych, PsyBA Supervisor
Dr. Matthew McKenzie
Creative & Research Consultant | Clinical Psychologist
BPsych (Hons), MSc (Dist.), PhD (Clinical Psychology), MAPS, FCCLP
Perri Wolf
Visual and Graphic Designer
B.Design
Willow
Creativity Coach
BPupTherapy (Hons)
Stef
Yoga & Mindfulness Yachtmaster | Yoga Teacher & Zenthai Therapist
Katryn van Rooyen
Co-Facilitator & Social Media Maestro
Join us at Thinker's Theatre, where your child's potential is nurtured and celebrated, and families come together to learn, grow, and connect!
Let’s connect!
Hours
Monday–Friday
9am–5pm
Let’s Talk!
(61) 0421 406 848
Email
thinkerstheatre.au@gmail.com
Websiste
www.thinkerstheatre.com.au
Postal
PO Box 555
Bulimba QLD 4171