Welcome to The Rehearsal Room Consulting
Every great performance begins in a rehearsal — a space to explore, experiment and grow. Imagine if workplaces offered the same; places where people could play, pause, reflect and practice new ways of thinking and working before stepping into action.
At The Rehearsal Room Consulting, we imagine a world where workplaces nurture empathy, where awareness replaces judgment, dialogue replaces silence, curiosity sparks innovation and reflection fuels growth.
Step into The Rehearsal Room.
Who we are
The Rehearsal Room Consulting is a Learning & Development firm built on a simple belief that real transformation happens in practice. We create those spaces where teams can pause, play, reflect and safely try again.
Using applied theatre, storytelling and creative facilitation, we design immersive learning experiences that allow individuals and teams to experiment with new ways of thinking, communicating and leading before taking them into real-world situations.
We bridge the distance between awareness and action, intention and behaviour, purpose and performance, helping organizations turn insight into real, sustainable behaviour.
What we do
We bring Art-Based Facilitation into workplaces, classrooms and learning environments to create spaces where individuals and teams can explore, express and experiment with new ways of working.
Through dialogue, applied theatre and creative exploration, we help organizations build cultures of expression, acceptance and empathy. In our sessions, learning isn’t delivered; it’s discovered, practiced and embodied.
Every experience is an invitation to rehearse the change you aspire to create, both individually and collectively.
How we do it
We use the arts as a catalyst for deeper inquiry, inviting people to question assumptions, examine behaviours and explore new ways of working. Through Applied Theatre, Storytelling and Creative Facilitation, we create sessions where participants reflect, dialogue and act.
Our approach helps teams move from awareness to embodiment, so change isn’t just understood, but practiced in real time. Each session is a rehearsal: a space to experiment with possibilities, interrupt unhelpful patterns and practice more conscious ways of thinking, relating and leading.
- Reflect
- Dialogue
- Act
Why us
Change unfolds through moments of awareness, reflection and conscious choice. We create those moments.
We believe learning happens when people connect with their stories, emotions, strengths and untapped potential. Using art-based facilitation, we turn workplaces into spaces of exploration and discovery. Here, participants don’t just talk about collaboration, leadership or empathy; they practice it, feel it and live it.
When individuals grow in trust and collaboration, organizations grow in performance. They evolve into more agile, innovative and purpose-driven spaces where growth is not just an outcome, but a lived culture.
We imagine a world where workplaces nurture empathy, where awareness replaces judgment, dialogue replaces silence, curiosity sparks innovation and reflection fuels growth.
Meet the founder of The Rehearsal Room Consulting
Divya, Art Based Facilitator
Divya is a practicing Art Based Facilitator with expertise in Theatre for Learning & Development and Storytelling. She partners with participants to co-create desired outcomes and creates an environment for risk-taking in a safe, non-judgemental space.
She focuses on the process and the systems that lead to the goal, which means habit formation and culture change. She encourages participants to first acknowledge their struggles, then discover in themselves the power to create change. This helps recognise and overcome self-limiting beliefs and creates the ‘will’ to develop the ‘skill’.
Expertise
Theatre for Learning & Development, Storytelling and Creative Facilitation. Creating safe and non-judgemental spaces in teams and organisations; teamwork and leadership capabilities; building connections and collaboration; creating a climate of acceptance, empathy and compassion; change and conflict management; goal alignment, all through Art Based Facilitation.
Experience
Over 10 years leading training programmes with customised learning and development solutions, from fresh graduates and first-time managers to senior managers and business heads.
Workshops across these industries, and across MNCs, large Indian companies, mid-sized companies and promoter-driven SMEs:
- Information Technology
- Engineering
- Real Estate
- Manufacturing
- Financial Services
- Retail
- Energy Management
- Media
Workshops conducted
- Communication Skills
- Negotiation Skills
- Managerial & Leadership Skills
- Team Dynamics
- Conflict Management
- Empathy & Acceptance at Workplace
- Change Management
- Collaboration
- Goal Alignment
- Effective Feedback
- Campus to Corporate
- Effective Delegation
- First Time Managers
- Art of Storytelling
Background
HR experience at The Times of India, Mumbai and Star India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai. Started Aroha Consultants in 2011; Art Based Facilitation is conducted under the brand Pause & Play.
Guest lectures at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), SNDT Juhu and Fr. Agnel Business School, Mumbai. Co-authored and presented the paper ‘Uncovering the Entrepreneur’s World’ at NIESBUD, Delhi.
Education
BA Sociology, Mumbai University, India. Post-graduate degree in Human Resource Management (MA HRM), Middlesex University (Hendon Campus), London, UK.
Clientele
- Bosch
- Liberty Videocon General Insurance
- Schneider Electric
- Prestige Builders
- Murji Meghan
- V trans
- Mavenir Systems
- Shemaroo Entertainment
- Oracle
- Saurashtra Cement
- Fidelity
- Tubacex
- Hindustan Petroleum
Connect with us
Join us in creating workplaces where growth is lived, not instructed. Where learning is felt, not taught. And where change begins, one rehearsal at a time.
We invite individuals and teams to pause, reflect, and rehearse the change they wish to see.
So step into The Rehearsal Room.