"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

We're BACK~! 30 July 2016 Open Rehearsal

Hello people~!!

Our Open Rehearsal is back~!! Come join us to have a great time learning and playing.

We will continue learning other short forms in Playback Theatre. 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!

Join us at the 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 - http://jul2016or.peatix.com

This event is free but please support our practice with a small donation. Limited space~!

Email us at tapestry[dot]sg[at]gmail[dot]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.

Catch our next performance at Celebrate Drama 2016!

From SDEA Singapore.

So we asked Michael Cheng, the artistic director of Tapestry Playback Theatre and SDEA member:

What is Playback Theatre and what can we expect from 'You Never Knew I Was' at Celebrate Drama! 2016?

"In Playback Theatre, there is no script. We invite the audience to share moments and stories from their lives, and these are enacted spontaneously on stage, using elements of movement, word, cloth and music. Every single story is honoured, and at the same event, a spirit of community emerges as we respect different perspectives that emerge in response.

For this performance, we are working with young Singaporeans as performers, to play back the stories to the theme of “You never knew I was…”. What stories do you have that your close family members have not heard before? What story of yours would surprise them? What stories would you tell?"

"You Never Knew I Was..."
Date: 16 July 2016
Time: 11am to 1pm
Venue: The Arts House (Play Den)
Tickets: $20, $25 (Early Bird: $18, $23)

Get your early bird tickets at www.bytes.sg!

‪#‎celebratediversity2016‬ ‪#‎celebratedrama2016‬

Tapestry Tribe membership!

You have liked, followed and joined us in our playback journey. So to thank you for your support, we have created Tapestry Tribe. Be part of our tribe and build communities with us, while getting good deals at the same time! 

Email to: tapestry.ticketing@gmail.com for more information!

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! 

Don't miss the last OR this Saturday...

Hey everyone!

Don't miss the chance to join us at last Open Rehearsal in the first half of 2016. The next Open Rehearsal will be months later........................................................ Open Rehearsal will resume in July... 

We have a performance in May - Clocks & Cockroaches. Come and have great fun with us. Tickets for the May show can be purchased here -> http://clocksandcockroaches.peatix.com/

Join us this Saturday (30 April 2016) at the Toa Payoh Central Community Club Dance Studio (Opposite the library @ 93 Toa Payoh Central Singapore 319194), 7 - 9.30pm.

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 at http://apr2016or.peatix.com/

This event is free but please support our practice with a small donation. Limited space~!

Friends from the Deaf Community are welcome to join us. Please leave a comment on our Facebook page to tell us. Sign Language interpretation will be available.

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.

Last Open Rehearsal for 1st half of 2016

Hey everyone!

Our next Open Rehearsal is coming and it is going to be the last Open Rehearsal in the first half of 2016. The next Open Rehearsal will be months later, so don't miss the chance to come play with us.

We have a performance in May - Clocks & Cockroaches. Come and have great fun with us. Tickets for the May show can be purchased here -> http://clocksandcockroaches.peatix.com/

Like the previous Open Rehearsals, we will continue learning other short forms in Playback Theatre. 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!

Join us at the Toa Payoh Central Community Club Dance Studio (Opposite the library @ 93 Toa Payoh Central Singapore 319194), 7 - 9.30pm.

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 at apr2016or.peatix.com

This event is free but please support our practice with a small donation. Limited space~!

Friends from the Deaf Community are welcome to join us. Please leave a comment on our Facebook page to tell us. Sign Language interpretation will be available.

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.