The Follies is a unique feature of ACBS conferences. Basically, it’s a cabaret show, filled with funny songs, sketches, stand-up comedy routines, humorous PowerPoint presentations, pre-made videos, etc. And of all of this funny and talented content is created by the conference delegates! Get your creative powers focused, anything you have seen in the ACT world that deserves to be made fun of is fair game! More detail below....
If you are attending the Buenos Aires World Conference you can join the Follies fun on Saturday 27 July at 8:30pm (doors open) 9:00 pm (start time). The 2024 Follies evening festivities will be located at Teatro Margarita Xirgu, Chacabuco 875, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
All registered conference attendees are welcome, don't forget to bring your name badge! Unfortunately, guest tickets have been sold out and we are unable to accommodate additional guests.
Immediately following the Follies we invite you to join us for a dance party in the same location! See you on the dance floor!
The Follies is a unique feature of ACBS conferences. Basically, it’s a cabaret show, filled with funny songs, sketches, stand-up comedy routines, humorous PowerPoint presentations, pre-made videos, etc. And of all of this funny and talented content is created by YOU: the conference delegates! There are very few rules regarding the Follies content:
• Firstly, it has to be brief (around 3 minutes is perfect. Longer, and the shepherd’s crook will be sweeping you off the stage!)
• Secondly, an aspect of ACT, Mindfulness, Behaviorism, therapy, RFT, CBS or any of the people you know in the ACT/CBS Community is fair game to be (gently and kindly) mocked.
• Thirdly, it has to be brief. Did we mention that?
The Follies actually comes from an important tradition: in the past ‘The Truth’ was what an authority deemed to be true. Then science came along, and people started to look to their direct observations to determine what was true. But of course, human beings love to categorize things in hierarchies, and began to automatically create hierarchies of people who could directly observe what was true and hence we have scientific authorities. The purpose of the Follies is to ensure that no idea, and no person in this community who has an idea, is immune to question, playfulness, and challenge. This event is open to BADGED conference attendees.