Portals of change

Set up the 'portal'. Open the cardboard box or whatever you are using as the portal, and introduce the portal to the participants. Add a little drama or theatre to create the right atmosphere.

Explain what happens when you step through the portal. This will depend on the goals you have.

E.g.:

• Gender portal: boys become girls, girls become boys.
• Time portal: step into the middle-ages, or prehistoric times.
• Animal portal: become an animal of your choice.
• Disability portal: become blind, deaf, mute, disabled.
• Superpower portal: get a superpower of your choice.
• ...

Create roleplay situation for the participants to play.

E.g.:

• "Everybody steps through the gate and changes gender."
• "When you step through the gate, you travel through time to the prehistoric times.
• "Everybody steps through the gate and gets a new superpower."

Roleplay the new situations. Let the participants interact with each other in their new context for a few minutes.

Switch the gate, create a new portal and let the participants step through it again, repeating steps 3-5 as much as you want.

Reflect on the game. Ask the following questions:

• How was it to step through the portal?
• What happend to you?
• How did that make you feel?
• What did you like? What didn't you like?