Hopes and Blessings From Our Friends!

These are some of the hopes and blessings written by our friends during our last performance "Count Your Blessings!"

For those who missed our last performance for 2005, you can post your blessings or hopes for 2005 by leaving your comments.

Do watch out for our upcoming performances in 2006!




We had fun doing fluids and stories for our new friends who came for the performance on 3 Dec 2005. It was held at Kim's place and the atmosphere was just so christmasy!!!!

Thanks to all those who gave generously for our Cambodian trip, we raised a total of at least $250 in donations and sales of Cambodian products from the last two performances. This will be put to our common fund for our travelling expenses in Cambodia!

Do look out for this space for more photos on Count Your Blessings!

PERFORMANCE: 3 DEC - COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

Count your blessings!
When upon life’s billows, you are tempest-tossed
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your blessings, name them one by one
May it surprises you and brings you life.


What could be the best way to end the year? Counting your blessings!

Come! Give your friends or members of your family sweet surprises by counting those precious moments together!

By sharing these moments, you are giving a precious gem to those whom you care and love. And for this moment of great courage, Tapestry Playback Theatre Group will re-enact your story sincerely and truthfully, and transform it to a piece of memory for you.

Date: Saturday, 3rd December 2005

Time: 8pm (Door will be opened for light tea refreshments
at 7pm)

Venue: Function Room 3 at Teresa Ville, Lower Delta Road.

DIRECTIONS:
From opposite Tiong Bahru MRT take Bus 195 or 123 (3 bus stops); From Harbor Front MRT, take Bus 65 and 855.

Price: $15.00 (Bulk purchase of 5 tickets and students – 10%)

Email JERRY at tapestry.sg@gmail.com for more information about booking of tickets and queries.



TAPESTRY’S CAMBODIA TRIP
YES! We are going to do PLAYBACK in Cambodia! Five members of Tapestry Playback Theatre (Singapore)are embarking on a playback journey to Cambodia. This is a voluntary program. We will be giving a three-day playback theatre workshop and organizing a children Christmas program in Cambodia.

If you believe in the ministry of Playback Theatre, and would like to support us, do assist us by contributing to our Playback Cambodia Fund (which will be collected at the next few Tapestry performances).

For more information on how you could do this, call Anne Chua at 90068678.

About Playback Theatre
This is a theatre form based on improvisation and it has been practice in over 30 countries in the world.

It was created by Jonathan Fox who believed in a spontaneous theatre that reflected back to a gathered audience their view of the world as they experienced it.

In a playback theatre performance, an audience member tells a real feeling or story from their life situations, chooses actors to play the different roles, and watches as their story is given artistic shape and coherence.

By telling and re-enacting these stories, Playback Theatre enables a community to get to know its members better.

It is all about respect, sharing real stories, connecting
Individuals to each other, and creating a deeper sense of community

For more information about playback theatre, please visit
www.playbacknet.org

Leave your comments or queries here at our blog!

The Playback Experience - Introductory Playback Workshop

Dates: 9th Dec 2005 (Fri: 7.30pm – 10 pm), 10th - 11th Dec 2005 (Sat & Sun: 9am – 6pm)

Cost: $280*

Training Venue: To be confirmed upon registration

* Sign up from 1st Nov 2005 to 15th Nov 2005, you pay $250 per person OR you pay $235 if you sign up with a friend from now till 30th Oct 2005.


Who should attend?

Through a three-day interactive process, participants will have the opportunity to be immersed in the rich atmosphere and dynamics of the playback experience. Participants will learn the basics of playback theatre, with opportunities to practice the key forms including -- scenes, fluid sculptures, and pairs. They will also explore the roles of the conductor and musician.

If you are looking for ways to engage a large crowd or specific groups of people in an interactive manner; learning and exploring on how playback can be utilized in your present work; searching alternative and creative ways to discuss community issues (eg.roles, relationships, family and work); or just want to get ideas to conduct fun and enjoyable warm-up activities, then THIS IS THE COURSE YOU WANT TO ATTEND!

This course is ideal for teachers, youth workers and social workers, counsellors, therapists and anyone who would like to learn a new theatre form which promotes improvisation, spontaneity and creativity!

Comments from Past Participants:

I appreciate the insights and the process of Playback Theatre. I learnt more about awareness and listening for the essence of the stories. Great Job, Anne and Jerry! Your efforts are appreciated and the facilitation was very clear. ~Mr. Aaron Ng, Church Worker~

Great workshop! I never attended such an interactive and participative workshop before! I would recommend this to my principal and get both of you to come to my school to run such a workshop for my students! ~Ms. Lee Ji Wen, Social Worker~

Fun! Cool! I realised one must come with an open mind and heart to benefit the most from what we have done in this workshop. ~Ms. Fiona Koh, Special Education Teacher~

I found out how Playback can be used in lessons and how it can be an avenue of "theatre". I found the hands-on session to be particularly useful.~Ms. Wee Jer Wen, Secondary School Teacher~

Words Don't Come Easy

Words Don't Come Easy 19
Originally uploaded by K!Mberly.

22 more photos of the evening @ Flickr.com

Words Don't Come Easy

Words Don't Come Easy 4
Originally uploaded by K!Mberly.

Oct 2005 Performance: WORDS DON’T COME EASY

Have you ever felt like you wanted to say
something but couldn't quite bring it out?

Do you find it hard to communicate
some things? Perhaps too awkward,
too embarrassing, too personal?

Sometimes it is important to say it all out,
a time where there is no fear or judgement.

Come and share a feeling or a short story about
trying to communicate your feelings...



Tapestry Playback Theatre Group Presents

Words Don't Come Easy!


Date: Saturday, 1st October 2005

Time: 8pm (To be seated by 7.45pm )

Venue: Fei Yue Family Service Centre (Void Deck Training Room)

Block 280, Choa Chu Kang Ave 3 (Nearest MRT: Choa Chu Kang)

Price: $12.00 (Bulk purchase of 5 tickets and students – 10%)

Email JERRY at tapestry.sg@gmail.com for more information about booking of tickets and venue details.



Huh? What is Playback Theatre?



This is a theatre form based on improvisation and it has been practised in over 30 countries in the world.


It was created by Jonathan Fox who believed in a spontaneous theatre that reflected back to a gathered audience their view of the world as they experienced it.


In a playback theatre performance, an audience member tells a real feeling or story from their life situations, chooses actors to play the different roles, and watches as their story is given artistic shape and coherence.


By telling and re-enacting these stories, Playback Theatre enables a community to get to know its members better.


It is all about respect, sharing real stories, connecting individuals to each other, and creating a deeper sense of community




For more information about playback theatre, please visit www.playbacknet.org

Leave your comments or queries with this blog!

Poem: Let’s Watch by Gabriel Lee

Flowing with such fluidity,
As if water flowing along
The river before merging
With the majestic waterfalls.

Such splendour, such intensity.
Such vibrancy, such awakening.
One’s senses come alive!
One’s senses come So alive!

Crashing upon the surface of
The waters below,
To the bottom of the waterfalls,
Never once losing shape.

The shape, not once
Has it lost.
Just collecting itself once more
And moving on again.

Never ceases to amaze,
How it crashed and yet
Not lose its shape
Not at all.

Though might be losing
In intensity
And speed
But not the shape.

This is how the story
Goes for Playback,
As the story is being
Played back.

The essence of it all,
Remains but
The intensity and speed
Might have had diminished.

For the teller,
That is how the healing
Starts right from
That point forth.

The essence of seeing
The scene unfold
Before his eyes
Right in front of him.

Though the memories might return,
They lose their intensity and speed
Of loss, pain, hurt and anger.
In place, peace reigns.

The healing has begun.
Welcome to Playback Theatre.
Welcome and
Let’s Watch.