Congratulations to these wonderful folks!

Congratulations to these wonderful participants on completing our 4-day workshop, 

Stories for Change - Playback Theatre Core Training! 

Tapestry's 10th anniversary show!

Dear friends,

Tapestry Playback Theatre is 10 years old this year!

As part of our celebrations, we’re going back to a theme we first performed to, way back in 2005!

Book your tickets now!

And do help us to like our new Facebook page at www.facebook.com/tapestryplaybacktheatre!

Goodbyes are not forever.

Goodbyes are not the end.

They simply mean I’ll miss you

Until we meet again!

Tapestry Playback Theatre invites you to our first public shows of the year!

Come share stories of love, of friendship, of separations and reunions, of joyful journeys and patient waiting!

Watch moments and stories from your life unfold on stage, as the actors weave a tapestry of colour, sound and meaning for you.

Dates:

May 12^th & 13^th, 8PM

Venue:

Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO)

96 Waterloo Street
Singapore 187967

Tickets:

$18, $15 (4 tickets and more)

Email tapestry.ticketing@gmail.com or SMS Elaine at 94881069 for enquiries and booking.

Audience Comments:

“Excellent chemistry between actors. Brilliant facilitation. Powerful and touching symbolism.”

Mark Ng

"5 (excellent) for being the most sincere theatre performance I've watched."

Angela Tan

"Sweeter than dessert! As inspired as any theatre I've seen!"

Laura Schuster

"Very nuanced, sensitive and insightful! Thank you for bring such a diverse group of "strangers" into an experience that, with your guidance, allowed us to become friends."

Jacyntha England

“Playback Theatre is an improvised form of theatre based on spontaneous enactment of true personal story. Through the simple ritual of telling and recreating our stories, we journey to the roots of theatre and to the roots of community.”

Dr Rea Dennis

Open Rehearsal (July)

Dear friends of playback theatre,

Our next Open Rehearsal will be held this coming Sunday (31st July).

Date: 31st July
Time: 5PM-7PM
Venue: re:enact. 1019 Upper Serangoon Road #02-01, Singapore 534757

(10 minutes walk from KOVAN MRT Station)

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, so please register at tapestry.sg@gmail.com to reserve your spot now!

Please help us to support the practice of this community theatre with the minimal suggested donation of $5. :)

Tapestry Playback Theatre is on Facebook and Twitter (TapestryPT) and at tapestryplayback.blogspot.​com.


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Playback theatre is a form of community theatre that is both improvisational and interactive.

It takes stories from the community and plays them back to the audience.

Playback uses various dramatic forms and styles, with elements of movement, text, music and cloth.

At its heart, playback serves the community by building connections and facilitating dialogue.

March Open Rehearsal

Our March Open Rehearsal will be held this coming Sunday (27th March).

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

We will also be having a Q&A session at the end of the rehearsal for our upcoming Apprentice Programme.

Space is limited, so please register at tapestry.sg@gmail.com to reserve your spot now! Do let us know if you're coming for one or both events.

Please help us to support the practice of this community theatre with suggested donations of $5-$10. :)

March Open Rehearsal

Sunday, 27th Mar

5pm to 6:30pm

re:space @ re:enact

1019 Upper Serangoon Road #02-01, Singapore 534757

(10 minutes walk from KOVAN MRT Station)

Apprentice Programme Q&A

Sunday, 27th Mar

6:30pm to 7pm

re:space @ re:enact

New Beginnings...

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Into each life will always come

A time to start anew

A new beginning for each heart

As fresh as morning dew.

Excerpt from New Beginnings by Gertrude B. McClain

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Tapestry Playback Theatre presents

New Beginnings…

Tapestry invites you to our first show of the year in a cosy and intimate venue, provided by the kind folks at Going Om!

Come and discover stories, of eccentricity, of idiosyncrasies, of individuals or society at large.

Watch as your stories come to life at Tapestry Playback Theatre's upcoming show:

New Beginnings…

One show only!

Tickets at $15!

Sunday 13^th March

7PM

Going Om

63, Haji Lane, Singapore 189256

Email tapestry.sg@gmail.com or sms 93803041 for tickets now!

More information at tapestryplayback.blogspot.com

Playback Theatre is a unique form of improvisational theatre that engages people to share their stories or moments from their lives, and gives them an opportunity to see their stories recreated immediately on stage.

It combines the oral traditions of storytelling, the use of rituals, deep listening skills, and various performing styles. Essentially, Playback Theatre uses the arts as an act of service to affirm each person's uniqueness, and at the same time, builds and strengthens our connections to each other as a community of people.

Pictures from the Apprentice Programme Showcase!

Our apprentices completed their Apprentice Programme with a showcase performance. The theme was New Beginnings, which aptly described their entry into the world of playback theatre.

Congratulations to Elaine, Xiao Ying, Evelyn and Wendy for completing the Apprentice Programme.

You guys did great at the Showcase!

A big thank you also goes out to the audience who came to support our young playbackers and told such delightful stories.

More pictures coming your way soon!

We are planning for another Apprentice Programme in 2011. Watch this space for details!

And if you want to join our mailing list, please contact us at tapestry.sg@gmail.com.

August Open Rehearsal

Curious about improvisation?

Like to learn more about Playback Theatre?

Hope to try out some Playback Theatre forms?

Enjoy a cosy and intimate experience of community?

Then come join in Tapestry Playback Theatre's Open Rehearsal!

We also welcome anyone who has done playback before and is looking for a space to practise or brush up his or her skills!

Our sessions will start with warm-ups designed to help develop the particular skills involved in our kind of improvisational theatre.

Then we'll get right into playback theatre forms. =)

The open rehearsals are generally informal and fun. Grab this opportunity to learn and practise elements of Playback Theatre!

Do come and share your stories!Our Aug Open Rehearsal is now open for registration (limited spaces!).

More information can be found on tapestryplayback.blogspot.com and on our Facebook Page.

Event: August Open Rehearsal
Date: 29th Aug, 2010 (Sun)
Time: 5pmto 7:00pm
Cost: Free!
Location: Level 2, 40A, Commonwealth Avenue S140040.
Classroom above Queenstown Food Centre
Nearest MRT station is Queenstown.

Due to limited space, do email us at tapestry.sg@gmail.com to indicate your interest.

See you next Sunday!

Playback Theatre is a unique form of improvisational theatre that engages people to share their stories or moments from their lives, and gives them an opportunity to see their stories recreated immediately on stage.

It combines the oral traditions of storytelling, the use of rituals, deep listening skills and various performing styles.Essentially, Playback Theatre uses the arts as an act of service to affirm each person's uniqueness, and at the same time, builds and strengthens our connections to each other as a community of people.

July Open Rehearsal

Curious about improvisation?

Like to learn more about Playback Theatre?

Hope to try out some Playback Theatre forms?

Enjoy a cosy and intimate experience of community?

Then come join in Tapestry Playback Theatre's Open Rehearsal!

Our sessions will start with warm-ups designed to help develop the particular skills involved in our kind of improvisational theatre. Then we'll get right into playback theatre forms. =)

The open rehearsals are generally informal and fun. Grab this opportunity to learn and practise elements of Playback Theatre! Do come and share your stories!

Our July Open Rehearsal is now open for registration (limited spaces!).

More information can be found on tapestry.blogspot.com and on our Facebook Page.

Event: July Open Rehearsal

Date: 25^th July, 2010 (Sun)

Time: 5pm to 7:00pm

Cost: Free!

Location: Level 2, 40A, Commonwealth Avenue S140040.

Classroom above Queenstown Food Centre

Nearest MRT station is Queenstown.

Due to limited space, do email us at tapestry.sg@gmail.com to indicate your interest. See you next Sunday!

Playback Theatre is a unique form of improvisational theatre that engages people to share their stories or moments from their lives, and gives them an opportunity to see their stories recreated immediately on stage.

It combines the oral traditions of storytelling, the use of rituals, deep listening skills and various performing styles.

Essentially, Playback Theatre uses the arts as an act of service to affirm each person's uniqueness, and at the same time, builds and strengthens our connections to each other as a community of people.

March Open Rehearsal (upcoming!)

Dear friends,

our last Open Rehearsal in February was our best one yet! There was loads of fun, laughter, wonderful stories and new friends made. Photos can be viewed on our Facebook page or at tapestryplayback.blogspot.com.

Our March Open Rehearsal is now open for registration (limited spaces!). Do indicate your interest as soon as you can!

Do note that the venue is a different one. It's about 5 minutes from our former venue.

EVENT: March Open Rehearsal

DATE: 28th March, 2010 (Sun)

TIME: 5pm to 7pm

COST: Free!

LOCATION: Blk 6C, Rm #01-74, Margaret Drive. S142006

Nearest MRT is Queenstown.

Do email us at tapestry.sg@gmail.com to indicate your interest. See you next Sunday!

Playback Theatre is a unique form of improvisational theatre that engages people to share their stories or moments from their lives, and gives them an opportunity to see their stories recreated immediately on stage.

It combines the oral traditions of storytelling, the use of rituals, deep listening skills and various performing styles.

Essentially, Playback Theatre uses the arts as an act of service to affirm each person's uniqueness, and at the same time, builds and strengthens our connections to each other as a community of people.

Photos from our February Open Rehearsal

This time round, we had the most number of participants at our Open Rehearsal yet! Loads of laughter, fun, wonderful stories and new friends made. =)

Come join us for another one on the last Sunday of March!

February Open Rehearsal

Dear friends,

Tapestry Playback Theatre wishes everyone a Happy Lunar New Year!

Do join us for our 2nd Open Rehearsal at the end of the month and let's work off those new year goodies calories together!!

At our Open Rehearsals, we offer warm-ups designed to help develop the particular skills involved in this kind of improvisational theatre, the opportunity to learn and practise elements of Playback or just to be members of the audience if you like and offer us your stories.

More details on this can be found at tapestryplayback.blogspot.com and at our Facebook page!

Event: Open Rehearsal

Date: 28th Feb, 2010 (Sun)

Time: 5pm to 7:00pm

Cost: Free!

Location: Level 2, 40A, Commonwealth Avenue S140040.

Classroom above Queenstown Food Centre

Nearest MRT station is Queenstown.

Due to limited space, please indicate your interest by emailing tapestry DOT sg AT gmail DOT com (tapestry.sg@gmail.com).

Playback Theatre is a unique form of improvisational theatre that engages people to share their stories or moments from their lives, and gives them an opportunity to see their stories recreated immediately on stage.

It combines the oral traditions of storytelling, the use of rituals, deep listening skills and various performing styles.

Essentially, Playback Theatre uses the arts as an act of service to affirm each person's uniqueness, and at the same time builds and strengthens our connections to each other as a community of people.

Outline of Apprentice Programme

Dear friends,

Please see below for a brief outline of our upcoming Apprentice Programme.

If you have any queries, we have a Q&A session after our Open Rehearsal on Sunday, 31st Jan. Please see previous post for more information on the Open Rehearsal. =)

Outline of Apprentice Programme

Objectives:

- To equip individuals who are interested in Playback Theatre (P.T.) with the core sills.

- To provide a platform for the apprentices to showcase their P.T. skills in a safe and nurturing environment.

- To provide an avenue for discussion of P.T. issues in a learning and stimulating environment.

- To create mentoring relationships for apprentices who may want to pursue their own interests in P.T. in the long run.

Requirements:

- Anyone with full-time/part-time work experiences

- Has a heart to serve a community

- Enjoys watching or performing the dramatic arts

- Optional: basic singing and acting skills or attended any Playback Samplers.

Date of Commencement: 21 March 2010

Duration: March to August 2010 (6 months)

Day/Time: 1 Sunday per month from 4:30PM - 8:30PM (4 hrs)

1 Open Rehearsal per month from 5PM - 7PM (2hrs)

Cost: Registration Fee $50 + Training Fees $480 = $530

To be paid in full or in 2 installments paid upfront at the start of each term.

Upon finishing the apprenticeship, the apprentice will receive a certificate outlining the total number of training hours (min. 36 hrs - max. 40 hrs) that will be accredited to formal Playback Theatre training hours as recognized by the Centre of Playback Theatre in New York. Selected apprentices may be invited to join Tapestry Playback Theatre as regular members if they are a good fit with the company.

Modules of Programme:

Session 1: Movement I & "Fluid Sculptures" & "Pairs"

Session 2: Movement II & Voicework & "Chorus"

Session 3: Improvisational Theatre & Stories I

Session 4: Stories II & The Essence of the Story

Session 5: The Conducting Experience & The Role of Music in P.T.

Session 6: The Unassigned RolE and Ethics & Taboo Stories in Playback Theatre

2 Special Projects:

Mini Project - Individual Artistic Showcase & Playback Theatre Sharing Performance

Self Exploration through Drama and Movement Therapy (Sesame Sampler Workshop)

Dear friends,

you are warmly invited to a unique sampler workshop hosted by Tapestry Playback Theatre. In this sampler, you will experience an intriguing form of drama and movement therapy known as the Sesame Approach. The sampler will be conducted by Eddie Yu from Hong Kong.

Date: 6th January 2010

Time: 7:30 PM - 10:30PM

Cost: S$50

Venue: Re:Space @ Re:Enact

Level 3 Studio, 114B, Neil Road. S088852

Limited to 14 participants only!

For more information, see www.sesame-institute.org.

To apply or enquire, email tapestry.sg@gmail.com.

The Sesame Approach

The Sesame Approach is founded by the UK Drama and Movement Therapy Pioneer, Marian R. Lindkvist in 1964. This therapy approach is based upon Jungian Analytical Psychology, with the integration of myth and story, drama,Laban dance and movement, physical touch and use of voice.

This is an oblique approach using symbols and metaphor to achieve expression and internal dialogue with the unconscious, so to accomplish psychological growth and therapy.

The 3-hr sampler workshop is not a full course, but it will give you the opportunity to experience and explore the Sesame Approach. You will be participating in drama and movement activities like improvisation, dance and role play that allow participants to self-explore and experience this approach in a safe, relaxing and natural environment.

Trainer's Profile

余漢傑 Eddie Yu. MA DMT, RA(D)T, UK; RSW, BSW, HK; PTG, USA

Eddie is a UK-registered Drama Therapist and a Hong Kong-registered Social Worker. He is currently working as a Drama Psychotherapist of Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of hong Kong.

He is also an Honorary Lecturer and Fieldwork Supervisor of Department of Social Work & Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong. He also serves as the President of Hong Kong Association of Drama Therapists.

Eddie enjoys interacting with people through the creative arts medium with drama, movement, story, improvisation, play, and visual art. He strongly believes in the creative arts and its power to heal.

Having worked with schools, voluntary organizations and business sectors, Eddie continues to provide creative arts therapy and drama on individual, group and family basis to families, children, young people and adults in the area of mental health, learning disabilities, and interpersonal relationships.

Eddie also offers consultations and training to help professions like teaching, social work and counseling.

Events in the month of October!

EVENT 1 : Jamming!

DATE : 4^th Oct 2009 (SUN)

TIME : 5 PM to 7PM

COST : FREE!

LOCATION: Blk 40A, Margaret Drive, Level 2.

(Room above Queenstown Food Centre)

Jamming takes its name from the musical concept of jamming, where musicians gather, play, improvise and have fun with music.

Jamming in Playback Theatre offers you an opportunity to gather with like-minded individuals to explore and play with the different Playback Theatre forms.

If you have an interest in telling stories, playing games, meeting new people and exploring what Playback is about, then join us for Jamming every first Sunday of the month!

Participants are asked to wear comfortable tops and long bottoms but not jeans. Oh, and bring a snack to share :) and your own water bottle.

Each session is limited to 20 participants. Please register your interest at tapestry.sg@gmail.com.

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EVENT 2: Playback Sampler

DATE : 18^th Oct 2009 (SUN)

TIME : 2 PM to 6PM

COST : $35*

*Special Discount $25 for those who have attended Tapestry jamming sessions, current students and senior citizens.

LOCATION: Level 3, 114B, Neil Road.

Due to overwhelming response to our Sampler on 20^th Sept, we have decided to open another session.

In this workshop we will play, awaken our compassionate listening and learn a couple of playback forms!

This sampler is for you if:

~ you want to know more about P.T.

~ you need a refresher course

~ you would like to experience a different form of theatre

Sign up early to avoid disappointment! Limited to 14 participants only!

Note: Bring water, a notebook, wear comfortable tops and long pants, no jeans please!

To register or send queries, email to tapestry.sg@gmail.com

Playback Theatre is a unique form of improvisational theatre that engages people to share their stories or moments from their life, and gives them an opportunity to see their stories recreated immediately on stage.

It combines the oral traditions of story-telling, the use of rituals, deep listening skills and various performing styles. Essentially, Playback Theatre uses the arts as an act of service to affirm each person’s uniqueness, and at the same time builds and strengthens our connections to each other as a community of people.

Pictures from Jamming 6 Sept 2009

Thanks to all of you who came for jamming! Hope it was as fun for you as it was for us! See you at the next jamming!

Tapestry at Buddhist Fellowship Youths Theatre Camp

In December 2008, Tapestry Playback Theatre was asked to facilitate a theatre camp organized by the Buddhist Fellowship Youths.

Over 50 youths came together for the BF Youth Theatre Camp, which aimed to help participants to conquer their fears through the use of drama, and to develop self confidence through performing before a live audience.

Animal games!

Pair work

3 wise men...

let's do playback!

giving music a try!

group photos!