26 March 2016 Open Rehearsal

Hi Everyone,

For those who have attended our 1st Open Rehearsal, hope you had fun learning and experimenting Fluid Sculptures with us. It was such a wonderful experience!

In our next Open Rehearsal, come join us to continue learning other short forms in Playback Theatre.

Register now at Mar2016OR.peatix.com!

We will do a little bit of teaching in the first half of the session followed by sharing our stories and improvising together.

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

Date: 26 March 2016 (Saturday)

Time: 7 - 9.30pm

Venue: Toa Payoh Central Community Club Dance Studio

            (Opposite the library @ 93 Toa Payoh Central Singapore 319194)

If you are at curious about what this 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.

1st Open Rehearsal of 2016

Hi there *waves*,

The FIRST Tapestry Playback Theatre Open Rehearsal of 2016 is here~!

We are starting a new series of Open Rehearsals this year, where we will do a little bit of teaching in the first half of the session. 

For the first session, we will explore Playback Theatre short forms, before sharing our stories and improvising together. 

So come on down and play with us~!

Date: 27 February 2016

Time: 7 - 9.30pm

Venue: Toa Payoh Central Community Club Dance Studio (Opposite the library)

             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. Get your spot now at Feb2016OR.peatix.com

This event is free but please 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.

Stories for Change - Playback Theatre Core Training coming in April!

If you've been missing our workshops, do sign up early for this one!

Early bird discount until March 8, 2016!

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

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!”

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!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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.

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.