Our performance at Yishun Community Hospital

Last night, staff from the soon-to-be-opened Yishun Community Hospital shared stories of their journeys in healthcare with us.

It was beautiful to witness the coming together of a community through sharing and watching their stories enacted on stage.

At the end, the short forms we used to close the show, were about "we are all in this together" and "we all want to make a difference".

Inspiring when it all comes together. Touching when Playback makes a difference.
Privileged to be witnessing and doing this work.

Big thanks to YCH, ArtsWok Collaborative and our volunteers Hao Boon and Sofia.

Photo Credit: ArtsWok Collaborative

Tapestry Playback Theatre @ the Asia Pacific Playback Conference in Hong Kong (27th-29th Nov, 2015)

Moments from our performance If I Could @ the Asia Pacific Playback Conference in Hong Kong (27th-29th Nov, 2015)

Words are insufficient to express our gratitude at this opportunity to play back the deep personal stories of our Asian colleagues.

Stories of love...stories of identity...stories of childhood...stories of us. 
 

Singapore Playbackers in Hong Kong!

Singapore Playbackers in Hong Kong for the Asia Pacific Playback Theatre Gathering. We're glad Tapestry are not the only ones there representing Singapore. Hopefully there will be more of us from different Singaporean groups at the next edition!

Photos from If This Isn't Love

Thank you everyone for your support at If This Isn't Love. Here are some comments we gathered from the audience. Enjoy the photos! 

Audience Comments:

“Amazing acting and theatre work. Such amazing teamwork. Well-oiled team. Very emotive and heart wrenchingly real. Appreciate the talent filled with commitment to the art form.”

“Portrayed each story accurately and the teamwork was amazing!! This is an excellent way for us to come to terms with our feelings. i.e. seeing it unfold with our eyes. It's very therapeutic and helpful.”

“Splendid, wonderful performance. Certain aspects of the stories shared had shone through the performance. The light music accompaniment and fabric used were on point. I think though there could have been more audience engagement at the back though. It is truly the most remarkable playback theatre performance I have got to see.”

“It was great! The stories were well performed and the facilitator was very experienced and sensitive. The actors and musician worked well together. Such a great team!”

If this isn't Love - a Playback Theatre performance (24th & 25th October 2015)

Show dates: 24th Oct (7:30pm) & 25th Oct (3pm)
Tickets from IfThisIsntLove.peatix.comStandard $20, Eary Bird $17.

An interactive event. An improvisational form. A community theatre engagement. A Playback Theatre performance.


In Playback Theatre, the audience is invited to share moments and stories triggered by the theme. Performers will then spontaneously enact them in short dramatic vignettes, using elements of cloth, music, movement, and spoken word.


Come and join us. Share a story. Watch another’s story. Build community with us.
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Tapestry Playback Theatre Ltd is a non-profit community theatre company that bases its transformative work on the playback theatre form.


Our vision is to create a safe and non-judgmental space where stories surface and dialogues happen. Our mission is to establish playback as a transformative tool in community by training and supporting competent playbackers.


Tapestry is a Company Partner of the Centre for Playback Theatre and a member of the International Playback Theatre Network (IPTN).

Playback Theatre Open Rehearsal August 2015

Hello everyone! 

Tapestry Playback Theatre is back with the 4th Open Rehearsal of 2015! 

Date: 29th August 2015

Time: 7pm to 9pm

Register at aug2015or.peatix.com

Join us at the Toa Payoh Central Community Club Dance Studio (Opposite the library, @ 93, Toa Payoh Central, Singapore 319194).

Come and explore Playback Theatre, and have a chance to practise the different roles like the musician, the actor or the storyteller! 

If you are at all curious about what this form of community theatre is all about, join us and bring a friend too! 

We hope to accommodate as many of you as we can, but have limited space, so get your ticket now! 

This event is free but please support our practice with a small donation.

Email us at tapestry.sg@gmail.com if you have any questions!

Thank you and see you soon!

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Playback Theatre. The power of stories. Any story. All stories. Someone shares a moment, and the performers will playback it back, with movement, sound, music, cloth and embodiment. Any life moment is played - happy or sad, hilarious or humdrum. It can produce change, new insights and feelings, and even transformation, through the atmosphere of affirmation, creativity and reflection.

This event is supported by Toa Payoh Central Community Club and PassionArts.

Tapestry Updates!

Dear friends, 

hope you've had a restful Labour Day weekend! 

Tapestry has had a busy April, and would like to share some of our work with you.

We finished a 12-hour programme at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, as part of a support group for people with HIV.

This was a powerful experience, and gave us more insights into the impact of Playback. We look forward to furthering this work. 

Stories for Change - Playback Theatre Core Training, a 40-hour playback workshop, was completed in April as well. More playbackers! Yay!

Check out the photos in our previous post! And Let us know if you want to be kept informed of the next workshop. =) 

We also had our second Open Rehearsal in April! Were you there?

This was one of the most international group of people we've had. People came from Australia, Italy, the UK, Malaysia and Indonesia, to share and enact stories with one another. Check out our previous post!

We hope to see you all at our next Open Rehearsal, which is all the way in September. 

We have been really busy wrapping up these projects, and now, we're looking forward to our first playback show of the year, Ctrl+Alt+Del!

Get your tickets from CtrlAltDel.peatix.com. It's our first time on this platform, so let us know how it goes for you! 

Spread the word and see you in the theatre! 

Photos from the April Open Rehearsal

Thank you for coming to make this Open Rehearsal a memorable one, with visitors from England, Australia, Holland, Indonesia and Malaysia!

Stories for Change - Core Training 2015 completed!

Stories for Change - Playback Theatre Core Training, a 40-hour workshop was completed over the last 2 weeks. 

The smiles, the tears, the hugs have transformed these 12 people into friends with a special connection and a community of playbackers. 

We feel privileged to share your stories and be a part of the beginning of your playback journey. Lots of love to each of you, and wishing you all many beautiful stories to come. 

18/4/2015. Day 3: Stories for Change - Playback Theatre Core Training

Day 3: We explored different music instruments, and the roles, power and impact of music in Playback Theatre. We shared more stories from our lives, and found ourselves closer to one another, and closer to ourselves. Now we take a pause, to digest, to feel, to reflect, and to return refreshed next week.

17/4/2015/ Day 2: Stories for Change - Playback Theatre Core Training

The group is coming together. The stories are surfacing. A beautiful day of sharing and playing. 

We are grateful for the generosity and spontaneity. Day 3 tomorrow, before we take a short break.

16/4/2015. Day 1: Stories for Change - Playback Theatre Core Training

We have begun! A day of games, fluid sculptures and pairs. More to come tomorrow. 

April Open Rehearsal is open for registration!

Hello everyone! 

Tapestry Playback Theatre is back with our 2nd Open Rehearsal of 2015! 

Join us from 7pm to 9pm on 25th April, at the Toa Payoh Central Community Club Dance Studio (Opposite the library, @ 93, Toa Payoh Central, Singapore 319194).

Come and explore Playback Theatre, and have a chance to practise the different roles like the musician, the actor or the storyteller! 

If you are at all curious about what this form of community theatre is all about, join us and bring a friend too! 

We hope to accommodate as many of you as we can, but have limited space, so get your ticket below now! 

This event is free, but we hope you can help support our practice with a small donation. 

Thank you and see you soon! 

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Playback Theatre. The power of stories. Any story. All stories. Someone shares a moment, and the performers will playback it back, with movement, sound, music, cloth and embodiment. Any life moment is played - happy or sad, hilarious or humdrum. It can produce change, new insights and feelings, and even transformation, through the atmosphere of affirmation, creativity and reflection.

This event is supported by Toa Payoh Central Community Club and PassionArts.

Ctrl+Alt+Del - our upcoming playback theatre show

We reboot our our computers. Ourselves. Our dreams. Our relationships.

What is in our control? What is not? What are the alternatives? What can we delete? What do we reboot? What happens on reboot? What are the consequences of a restart? What is important to remember? Where do we go from here?

What stories do you recall? What would you like to share?

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Dates: May 23 (7:30pm), May 24 (3pm)

Venue: Toa Payoh Central Community Club Theatrette

Tickets from CtrlAltDel.Peatix.com or click the link at the bottom of the page!

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This is a Playback Theatre show, where moments and stories are shared by the audience, and spontaneously enacted by the performers, using elements of music, movement, cloth and spoken scenes.

As with all Playback Theatre shows, there is no script. There is a theme however, and it is Ctrl+Alt+Del. Come join us and build community with stories!

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With support from the National Arts Council and venue support from PAssionArts.