Thursday, September 29, 2005

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

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

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.

Sunday, September 11, 2005

Sunday's Timelines


ANNE's


MICHAEL's


AGNES'

K!M's

CHRIS'