Photos from Between the Lines (Sep 29 & 30)

Photos from our last show of 2018. Enjoy!

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Does It Matter? A Playback Theatre performance in Sept 2017

An old man tottering in the train while seats remain occupied. A community bike with a missing wheel--or two. People elbowing their way into the bus.

What kind of society are we enabling with our sense of entitlement? How do we build a community we'd be proud to live in; one in which we'd trust our neighbours to look out for us? What would a community of civic conscious people look like -- and will we get there?

Join Tapestry Playback Theatre in a conversation on what it takes for us to become a more caring and considerate community. Share your stories about civic conscious (or not!) acts and people in our community. 

Playback Theatre is an improvisational form of community theatre. The audience shares real moments from their lives and watch the performers play it back, with elements of cloth, movement, music, and spoken word.

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Friends from the Deaf Community are welcome to join us! Please leave us a message to tell us or email us at tapestry.ticketing@gmail.com. Sign Language interpretation will be available upon request.

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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 (CPT) and a member of the International Playback Theatre Network (IPTN).

"You Never Knew I Was" @ Celebrate Drama 2016 (July 16, 2016)

Tapestry worked with young playbackers in a performance at Celebrate Drama, a Youth and Community Festival at the Arts House.

A wonderful night of stories from parents, grandparents and the children among the audience. We are glad to see everyone leaving theatre touched and with big smiles!

Thank you Tiara Mia and SDEA for the invite!

Thank you Sofia Khanafie and Te Hao Boon for performing with us!

Talented and passionate young playbackers!

getting used to the space.

Tech rehearsal

Tech rehearsal

Waiting for the audience in the space.

Warming up the audience!

The performing team!

Practice!

Practice!

Performance notice at the Play Den of the Arts House

Clocks and Cockroaches - our first show with signing interpretation!

It is difficult to describe the complex feelings we have when people trust us enough to play back their stories. 

We are humbled and joyful that we have the platform to do this work. We are grateful, for friends new and old, that came to share in our journey. We are thankful that we are still here, doing our best.

This is us. In our 14th year, still learning, still growing, still trying out new things, still listening, still serving, and still playing back your stories. =)

 Please enjoy these photos from our two shows on May 21 & 22, 2016 at Toa Payoh Central Community Club Auditorium. 

Until the next time! 

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! 

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. 

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.

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.

First Open Rehearsal of 2015!

Hello everyone!  

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

Join us for our Open Rehearsal from 7pm to 9pm on 28th February, at the Toa Payoh Central Community Club Dance Studio.

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, come and join us! 

We hope to accommodate as many of you as we can, so do register here for the limited spaces!

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.

Photos from Maybe If

2 wonderful shows. 2 different conductors. 2 delightful flavours. 5 sensitive & creative performers. Many wonderful stories from the audience. Thank you for being part of "Maybe If".

Warming up in the afternoon before the show.

Going through the paces for our opening stories.

Our musician Ying.

Today's colour is blue...

Laura, our wonderfully sensitive actor.

Jerry, one of the longest serving members of Tapestry.

Our audience members getting to know one another, by shaking hands with one another, winking, and a special sound and action greeting!

Playing a game with the audience before the show begins proper. We love our sporting audiences!

A Pair of Feelings.

What is your Maybe If?

3 solos. That wail in the box was unforgettable.

That moment, when we're all connected to one another. That moment, when we're connected by a story one of us shares. That moment, when there is no other.