The action stops and the performers address the public provoking a discussion. There is one play where the performance stops to ask the audience what should happen next. Depending on the questions, the process can take up to an hour. Wan Smolbag in Port Vila has two full-time nurses to provide support. In the participatory drama workshops people aged 11 to 70 played drama games, engaged in role playing, worked on sketches and told stories, which formed the basis of the play they went on to perform.
Traditions can also be an obstacle, along with certain religious groups.
One of the challenges is to keep the work fresh and not to run the same plays for too long. The theatre group has found new and innovative ways of giving the same messages through different plays. The styles of the plays change to make the message seem new. Wan Smolbag keeps assessing the impact of their activities, trying to improve performances and content. Yet another challenge is to find enough funding to keep Wan Smolbag going.