Lithuania/UK/Ireland International Playback Theatre Performance

EEC-funded project to support the integration of Lithuanian migrants with Playback Theatre groups from Lithuania, England and Ireland working together in performances across the UK.

London, Saturday 17th April 3.00pm at the Lithuanian restaurant SMILTE.

SMILTE

627 Lea Bridge Road

Leyton

E10 6AJ.
 

For more information click HERE (in PDF format).

Reflections on a Playback

Theatre Performance

Lynsey Grosfield is an intern for the Montreal Life Stories Project, and writes about her experience after filming a small-scale “Playback Theatre” event at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.


http://www.lifestoriesmontreal.ca/en/blogs/reflections-on-playback-theatre-performance-lynsey-grosfield

Playback Theatre in the Mountains

Hosted by Brian Tasker and ECCO Playback Theatre Company. 5th UK & Ireland Playback Theatre Gathering in Snowdonia.

28 – 31 October 2010

At Noddfa
Conwy Old Road
Penmaenmawr
North Wales
LL34 6YF

Cost: £150 all-inclusive

(Thursday dinner to Sunday lunch)

All administration and booking requests to briantasker@hotmail.com

Registration is now FULL. Contact Brian to be put on the waiting list.

Click HERE for more info (In Microsoft Word format).

Derbyshire Playback Weekend Introduction to Playback Theatre

Derbyshire Playback hosts Di Adderley for a weekend Introduction to Playback Theatre on February 6 & 7.

Contact Cath Hollywell

chollywell@btinternet.com

07506 742810.

Playback Theatre Workshop in Bath

21st November 2009

An acting workshop with Brian Tasker of Makeshift Theatre using the skills and techniques of Playback Theatre to look at:
 

The physical expression of emotion and the range of responses (in short non-narrative forms).

The different levels of story and looking at the choices made in an improvised response when enacting a story.

In the context of Playback Theatre, that means drawing on our own material and playing stories and feelings for each other and by doing so, developing an ethical dimension to our work. Develop your capacity to listen with immediacy, act from spontaneity and learn new skills and make connections. No previous acting experience necessary.

The workshop will take place at the Drama Hut in Vane St, not far from the Roundabout on Pulteney Road or if you walking down from Pulteney Bridge away from the centre, walk along Great Pulteney Street, take the second left into Edward Street which becomes Vane Street on the bend. The entrance to the Drama Hut is through the door in the wall next to the telephone box. Look for the yellow workshop notice.

Saturday 21st November 2 - 5 pm. Cost £10 / £8 concessions. Advanced booking preferred. To book a place (pay on the day) send an email to briantasker@hotmail.com or call or text 07867848365.

Brian Tasker is a graduate of The School of Playback Theatre in New York and a practitioner registered with the International Playback Theatre Network. Makeshift Theatre is led by Brian Tasker to promote and bring together local people interested in Playback Theatre - open to all.

Applications of Playback Theatre

News from our Dutch playbackers on applications of Playback Theatre (in Dutch & English).

http://www.terugspeeltheater.nl/nieuws-news.htm

Mirror Mirror Auditions

We are looking for new actors to join Mirror Mirror Theatre Company. Previous experience in Playback is not essential, but an ability to improvise, to reflect stories accurately, with honesty and integrity is essential.

Auditions to be held in Plymouth and Totnes in April and May.

Call Andy or Amanda for more information.

Alison Fairlove +44 (0)1364 73726

Andy Blackwell +44 (0)1752 210285

Click HERE for leaflet.

On Sunday 1st March 2009 is the first performance of Teatro del Alma playback group. I think we can claim to be the first in the Canary Islands! We're performing at a beautiful retreat centre, kind of a Spanish Braziers Park, and I'm expecting it to be in true Spanish style ... very energetic, lots of fun and rather chaotic.

Gabriella Oakley

gabriellaoakley@hotmail.com

A new group is developing in Liverpool. They have been practising for several months and are about to offer their first performance.

Please contact Bernadette Hammond for more info.

bernadette.hammond@virgin.net

A new group is developing in Burnley. They too have been practising for several months and are also about to offer their first performance soon.

Please contact Leslie Davidoff for more info.

lcd0302@aol.com

Next Asian Playback Theatre Gathering 2009 will be hosted by Even Nearer Playback Theatre in Taipei, Taiwan 8-10 August - Non Asians also welcome!!!
 

親愛的一人一故事夥伴們：
再次跟您說聲牛年快樂！
一人一故事劇場亞洲聚會即將於今年8月8日在台灣舉辦，在此附上大會暨工作坊報名表，歡迎大家踴躍報名，並轉寄給其他同好，共創一美好的心靈囍宴。
因有些朋友於前一封信表示，無法閱讀DOC格式，在此一併附上PDF格式，請擇一使用，謝謝！

APG2009主辦單位一一擬爾劇團敬上

Dear Asia Playbackers,
Happy Chinese New Year !
August 8th, 2009. Asia Playback Gathering in Taiwan!
Please check the attachments which include APG2009 INVITATION & REGISTRATION FORM, We invite everyone in the Playback community to come join us and create a spiritual journey that we will not soon forget. Because DOC format documents can't be read by everyone, we also add the PDF format for you. You can choose one of them. Thank you.

APG2009 Organizer, Even Nearer Playback Theatre

DOC          PDF

Members of Playback Theatre NYC, Big Apple Playback, and Hudson River Playback come together to present a performance in Patchogue.

The Saturday, January 31 Playback Theater show at the Congregational Church of Patchogue was a great success! Here's a report on the workshop and performance.

Click HERE to read the report (In Microsoft Word format).

Our latest News Journal INTERPLAY is available for downloading as follows

Interplay XIII (2) December 2008

The December 2008 Interplay is now available from the IPTN website

http://playbacknet.org/r/file/1365-2008-12-10T165311Z
Name: Interplay_Dec08.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 2791KB

This issue welcomes reports on the work of playback practitioners and trainers in Cuba and documents their reflections on the last 9 years with specific reference to the events in 2008.

The issue also features stories about the growth and development in playback beyond Cuba - new work in Brazil; dedicated attention to sustainable practice in Sydney, and celebrations of growth in UK.

New Zealand contributors share stories of practice including one very moving event where playback featured significantly in a memorial ceremony.

The discussion about Training continues in this issue with Ron Miller’s piece about his techniques from his USA College Theatre Programme.

European Playback Theatre

Gathering 2009

The next European Playback Theatre Gathering will take place 27 to 31 August 2009 in the village of Andreevka, on the shores of the Black sea, in the Ukraine.

For the Russian and Ukrainian playback communities it will be a very special event, as playback in these countries is relatively new and only just starting to develop. This Gathering will be an international meeting and opportunity for the Russian-Ukrainian audience to make the wide acquaintance of the playback world. PLEASE COME!!!

You can find detailed information about the Gathering on the website:
http://playbacktheatre.ru

Playback Theatre Taster Workshop
with Brian Tasker

Sunday January 25th, 10.30am - 4.30pm.

Christchurch Hall

Park Road

Frome

Somerset

BA11 1EU.
 

£20/£15 concessions.

Playback Theatre is a unique form of improvised theatre that is practiced worldwide. It invites true stories from the lives of audience members which are then enacted on the spot. Come and play for a day, learn new skills, share stories, make connections and see if you’d like to take it further.

To book a place (pay on the day) or for more info contact Brian Tasker on:

07867 848365

briantasker@hotmail.com

(Please put playback theatre in the subject line).

Brian Tasker is a graduate of the School of Playback Theatre, New York, USA.

 Playback Training in Cuba Spring 2009

Jan 27 to 31 Tihamer Bako from Budapest will present PT for personal growth.

Feb 8 to 15 will be an Intercultural Exchange between Germany and Cuba.

Feb 19 to 22 will be a teaching seminar for advanced practitioners presented by Susan.


These classes will have no English translation. Hungarian-Spanish, German-Spanish and Spanish.


For more information contact Susan on:

yip@infomed.sld.cu or susanslists@yahoo.com

The 4th Annual Global Playback Event

On and around December 10th 2008, in conjunction with the United Nation's 60th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights, playback companies around the world will be performing to their communities on the theme of Stories of Freedom- Our Traditions/ Our Future.

For more information see:

www.globalplayback.org

Message from Cath Hollywell:

The new Derbyshire group is doing well and meeting regularly. Still some time to go before a performance though so Di Adderly has kindly agreed to run some playback training weekends for us here in Derbyshire and I wondered if anyone from else would like to join us for any of the workshops? No previous experience required!

Dates:

3/4/5th Oct and 14/15/16th November.

Venue:

Michael House Steiner School, The Field, Shipley, Heanor, Derbyshire DE75 7JH
 

Time:

7.00pm - 9.00pm Friday; 10.00am - 5.00pm Saturday; 10.00am - 3.00pm Sunday

Cost:

£80.
 

Contact:
Cath Hollywell

01332 678319

chollywell@btinternet.com

A letter from UK Playbacker Richard Clayton, currently in New Zealand

Click HERE to read the letter (In Microsoft Word format).

The Playback Movement in Cuba is inviting teachers and colleagues for their event in 2009. If you are interested in participating please download THIS document for more information.

An Honorary Doctorate for Jonathan Fox

at Kassel University, Germany April 30 2008

A Message from the Centre for Playback Theatre faculty, Board of Directors, and staff

Dear Colleagues,

Jonathan Fox, the founder of the Centre for Playback Theatre and the founder of Playback Theatre itself, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Kassel, Germany. The doctorate recognizes Jonathan for "artistic and scholarly achievement in theatre."

The Education and Humanities faculty, representing education, philosophy, theology, psychoanalytic psychology, and music, were unanimous in this decision. The University of Kassel has awarded only four honorary doctorates in its history: this is the first to an American, and the first that honors a recipient for both scholarly and artistic achievement. At the end of April there will be an award ceremony and a one-day academic conference at the University.

It is a wonderful and well-merited recognition, not just of Jonathan and his more than thirty years of extraordinary work, but also of Playback Theatre itself.
We can be proud of him and of ourselves too.
 

Click HERE for photos and a brief report of this event at Kassel from Marcus Heuhn.

Playback Training in Serbia on 23-25 JUNE 2008

(open to all interested playbackers)

The workshop in Novi Sad will be held on 23rd, 24th & 25th June. The cost is 50 euros.

We can provide accommodation.

Sarah Halley will lead the workshop.

Playback here is part of an emerging situation in elementary schools where there is violence among pupils.

The workshop will be in English and we will be able choose the topic.

Contact Tamara if you are interested in taking part.

tamaraklicek@yahoo.com

Four members of Playback Theatre NYC came to London in April to participate in the International WorldWork Conference hosted here.

Baba, Dawn, Paul & Yako were joined by Karin Gisler of Zurich PT, Rose Thorn & Valerie Mower from Bristol's Breathing Fire PT, to perform on the Saturday night - 26/04/08.

Earlier that week PT NYC ran a workshop for young people in RBK&C, at the Lancaster Youth Centre, Natasha Frost from Bristol PT, Veronica Needa, Eddie Yu and Elizabeth Wicklen from True Heart Theatre joined this high energy event.

Paul has edited a film of this on YouTube. Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNkvvU6dwjc

A new group in Glasgow is looking for potential members.

Please contact Morag Morrison

moggsiekc@yahoo.co.uk

UK Playback Gathering

October 15 - 17th 2004

Othona Community, Bradwell-on-sea, near Southminster, Essex.

Click HERE for a report on the gathering.

(In Microsoft Word format).