Photo Review of Tapestry in 2012 (7)

As the year is drawing to an end, we thought we'd look back and celebrate the many moments of our 10th year! A great big thank you to all who have connected with us in ways big and small. We look forward to meeting old friends and new in 2013! 

Here are pictures from our performance with Encounter Playback Theatre (HK) at The Arts House on Oct 7th. 

Oct 7th - A special performance by members from Tapestry Playback Theatre (SG) and Encounter Playback Theatre (HK) at the Arts House!

It was a privilege to practise with our playback friends from Hong Kong before the show!

We had loads of fun and it was a great experience! 

A big thank you to The Arts House as well for hosting us! 

Beautiful stories and beautiful moments! 

Eddie, Artistic Director of Encounter, saying a few words. =) We look forward to more of such opportuniites to learn from our overseas friends!

Photo Review of Tapestry in 2012 (6)

 As the year is drawing to an end, we thought we'd look back and celebrate the many moments of our 10th year! A great big thank you to all who have connected with us in ways big and small. We look forward to meeting old friends and new in 2013! 

Here are pictures from Centre for Playback Theatre School Asia 2012 - Singapore from 28th Sept to 7th Oct.

From 28 September to 11 October in 2012 the Centre for Playback Theatre hosted its first multi-course training in Singapore. 

Over these 12 days we had three 4 day/4 night courses – Social Awareness with Pamela Freeman, The Art & the Heart of the Story with Aviva Apel-Rosenthal, Active Conducting with Kayo Munakata; and two 3 day/3 night courses – Models of PT in Schools with Kao Yu-chen, and Multicultural Multilingual PT with Veronica Needa.

49 participants from Australia, Bali, Bangladesh, mainland China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan attended.

Here's Jerry Berry from Tapestry dancing with Aviva Apel-Rosenthal from Israel. 

We connected with friends new and old. Here's Michael with participants from Singapore, Taiwan and China.

“The flow of learning was so well paced and organic, blended experience with what came with the participants. Specific learning to embrace truth…stay with it…let it guide the choices, and the details take care of themselves.”Laura Lane Chirnside Schuster (The Art & Heart of the Story)

“It was like a dream. In playback, dreams come true! This was a changing event for me. Thank you all and thanks for everything.” Reza Aziz (Social Awareness, The Art & Heart of the Story, Models of PT in Schools)



Tapestry Playback Theatre also put on an internal performance in ser the participants. The theme was If I Could.

It was an honour to perform in front of our friends from the playback world. And it was especially nerve-racking in some ways too.

Blessed Christmas and 2013 Sneak Peak!

Dear friends of Tapestry, 

we wish you a Blessed Christmas and an Awesome New Year in 2013! 

Thank you for your support in 2012. We couldn't have made it to our 10th anniversary without you. 

If you haven't done so, head over to our blog or our Facebook now for our ongoing photo review of 2012!

And as we usher in 2013, look out for updates of our upcoming shows! 

Here's a sneak peak! 

Feb 22nd - After 12 ~ A special intimate performance held at 12 midnight!

March 9th - Just Another Day ~ A collaboration with Think Centre at the Substation to commemorate World Day of Social Justice.

March 16th - Free Outdoor Community Performance at Toa Payoh Central Community Club

May 18th & 19th - Ticketed performance at Toa Payoh Central Community Club Mini-theatre

With so much lined up, we hope you continue to support us in 2013!

Photo Review of Tapestry in 2012 (5)

Here are photos from our show in September! The theme was If I Could.

As the year is drawing to an end, we thought we'd look back and celebrate the many moments of our 10th year! A great big thank you to all who have connected with us in ways big and small. We look forward to meeting old friends and new in 2013! 

In July 2012, we were fortunate to partner with Toa Payoh Central Community Club. They provided us with rehearsal and performance spaces. This continues into 2013!

Sept 1st and 2nd - Our second ticketed show of the year - If I Could.

It was also our first time performing in Toa Payoh Central Community Club Mini-theatre!

We had a great time with a wonderful theme!

Big thank you to Ler for the wonderful pictures!

Giving thanks and appreciating each other after each performance.

Photo Review of Tapestry in 2012 (4)

Photos from our 10th anniversary show in May! The theme was Till We Meet Again.

As the year is drawing to an end, we thought we'd look back and celebrate the many moments of our 10th year! A great big thank you to all who have connected with us in ways big and small. We look forward to meeting old friends and new in 2013! 

May 12th & 13th
- Tapestry's 10th Anniversary performances! We held 2 shows at SCWO at Waterloo Street.

We'd like to take the opportunity to thank all our fans and friends who have journeyed with us for the last 10 years.

Our newer members have steadily improved but they keep challenging themselves by taking up new roles! 

Kudos to the team! 

Photo Review of Tapestry in 2012 (3)

Welcome to part 3 of our photo review! 

As the year is drawing to an end, we thought we'd look back and celebrate the many moments of our 10th year! A great big thank you to all who have connected with us in ways big and small. We look forward to meeting old friends and new in 2013! 

March 15 - We performed at the Singapore American School for a group of students. No pictures available but here's one of us in practice from 2011! We reprised a theme from 2011 - Home is where the Heart is. — with Renee Chua,Anne Chua, Elaine Tham and Wendy Toh.

March 23 - Tapestry performed a show at TTSH Auditorium for social workers, patients, family of patients, doctors and nurses from TTSH.

Here's the team waiting backstage! It was great to perform for such a meaningful event. We loved the stories shared and we hoped we did them justice.

Have a Blessed New Year! Come back here again to see new photos!

Photo Review of Tapestry in 2012 (2)

Here's part 2 of our photo-review!

As the year is drawing to an end, we thought we'd look back and celebrate the many moments of our 10th year! A great big thank you to all who have connected with us in ways big and small. We look forward to meeting old friends and new in 2013! 

Have a Blessed New Year! Come back here again to see new photos!

In March, Tapestry held an experiential workshop over two and a half days.
Part of our mission is to train and support competent playbackers in Singapore.

We had participants from Korea, India, Malaysia and Singapore!

The wonderful thing about playback workshops is always the deep and meaningful connections we find with each other.

A big thank you to the trainers and the participants for a wonderful two and a half days of connecting and friendship. 

If you missed this workshop, don't worry! Let us know if you want to see us conducting more workshops!

Photo Review of Tapestry in 2012 (1)

As the year is drawing to an end, we thought we'd look back and celebrate the many moments of our 10th year! A great big thank you to all who have connected with us in ways big and small. We look forward to meeting old friends and new in 2013! Have a Blessed New Year! Come back here again to see new photos!

We held 6 Open Rehearsals throughout 2012. Were you at any of them?
Do look out for our next OR on the last Sat of Jan 2013! 

Open Rehearsal is a time for us to connect with our friends, fans and fellow playback enthusiasts. Anyone can come and play! 

Open Rehearsal is also a time for different members of Tapestry to build their skills in areas such as conducting, facilitating, acting and music.

Words from our Retreat (7)

This is the 7th in a series of poems/musings/prose/text, penned by our members during our retreat in November on the theme of Tapestry. This one is by Michael. 

Poem in Retreat 25th Nov 2012

It's an idea, a concept, a reality. 

It's a group, a team, a family.

It's a pain, a longing, and a joy.

It's a thorn in my soul 

It's a place in my heart.

Sometimes we fight,

sometimes we're tight.

Sometimes we're awesome,

sometimes tiresome.

Sometimes we tear,

sometimes we fear.

It's a thorn in my soul 

It's a place in my heart 

Words from our Retreat (6)

This is the 6th in a series of poems/musings/prose/text, penned by our members during our retreat in November on the theme of Tapestry. This one is by Laura. 

Tapestry breathes a dedicated vision

Extending Touchstones

Indulging levity

Exorcizing obstacles

Erase borders which inhibit discovery

As Playback Rainbows release Monsoons of tears,

tickles and trust.

Words from our Retreat (5)

This is the 5th in a series of poems/musings/prose/text, penned by our members during our retreat in November on the theme of Tapestry. This one is by Anne. 

Accumulative experiences

Relational blockages

Insightful journeys

We have come a long way,

We've only just begun.

Words from our Retreat 2012 (4)

This is the 4th in a series of poems/musings/prose/text, penned by our members during our retreat in November. The theme was Tapestry. This one is by Wendy. 

Look out for the rest coming up soon!

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by Wendy

Fragments of grey

rainbow awaits

Biting our fears

we thread the threads

Together we perfect the imperfect

Words from our Retreat 2012 (3)

This is the 3rd in a series of poems/musings/prose/text, created by our members during our retreat in November. This one is by Jerry.

Words from our Retreat 2012 (2)

We spent a little bit of time during our last retreat, to individually come up with a few words on our thoughts about Tapestry. Here's one from Elaine.

Look out for the rest coming up soon!

A Special Gift - Tapestry Playback Theatre

By: Elaine Tham

Playback can be a very special gift,

a very special gift it can be.

I found in it comfort;

I found in it a safe space;

I found in it a comfortable and authentic feeling.

Most importantly, it is my avenue for reflection.

Playback can be a very special gift,

but only when you are ready for it.

When you are ready and open to this special gift,

you would savour it slow.

Playback is indeed a very special gift.

Words from our Retreat 2012 (1)

We went into our annual retreat in Nov, to review the past year and plan for the coming year.

We spent a little bit of time to individually come up with a few words on our thoughts about Tapestry. Here's one from Ying. Look out for the rest coming up soon!

Tapestry and Me 2012

A team of characters put together

Funny, serious, through storms we weather

Privileged to have the opportunity

To be of service to community

So much to learn it's quite challenging

CPT workshops were enlightening

Trying my best to always be present

To make up for what I missed in absence

Tapestry's YouTube Channel

Dear friends, do check out video highlights from our shows at YouTube Channel!

You can also see more photos and videos on our Facebook page.

You'll see videos from our shows If I Could (Sept 2012), Till We Meet Again (May 2012) and Home is where the Heart is (Aug 2011).

Here are some screen grabs!

Fluid Sculpture from If I Could (Sept 2012)

Opening Sequence from If I Could (Sept 2012)

A Scene from Till We Meet Again (May 2012)

Narrative-V from If I Could (Sept 2012)

A Scene from Home is where the Heart is (Aug 2011)

27th October 2012 Open Rehearsal

Dear friends of Tapestry,

Let's gather again for our next Open Rehearsal!

Date: 27th October 2012

Time: 7pm-9pm

Venue: Toa Payoh Central Community Club Mini-theatre

93 Toa Payoh Central Singapore 319194 

We welcome fellow playbackers, newbies and interested folks to come join our little community in exploring Playback Theatre forms in an informal, safe and open environment.

Space is limited. Please register at tapestry.register@gmail to reserve your slot now! 

Do help us to support the practice of this community theatre with a suggested donation of $5 or more. =)

Thank you and see you soon.

Saying Hello - a joint performance by SG & HK playbackers!

Encounter Playback Theatre (HK) and Tapestry Playback Theatre (SG) came together for 1 one-night only performance at The Arts House on Oct 7th! We had a lot of fun preparing and learning from each other. Here's looking forward to more collaboration between the 2 groups!

The sign welcoming us to The Arts House!

Walking around the space, saying hello to the space, the energy around and to each other. 

And the show begins!

Introducing playback theatre!

Our enthusiastic audience joining us in our game!

Final stage of the game!

Our Opening Sequence!

A rapt audience.

Our youngest teller of the night!