What’s On
PERFORMANCES
As you step, tumble, leap or groove into 2025, join us to reflect on the moments that shaped the past year, or to share your hopes or desires for the year ahead. What are you putting down, or picking up? What’s staying the same, and what’s shifting? What’s with all this new year reflection anyway?
Wherever it finds you, join us for a unique evening of Playback Theatre, and bring your stories that honour the old, embrace the new, or simply trace the journey.
Every sound has a story; every silence holds a power. Whether it’s the rhythm of the city, the melody of a river, or the hush of a quiet moment, these auditory experiences shape our lives in profound ways. Join us for an evening of Playback Theatre and bring your tales of soundscapes that moved you, silences that spoke louder than words, or the echoes of voices long gone.
TRAINING & WORKSHOPS
TASTER WORKSHOPS (2.5 hours) - Saturday 1st Feb 2025
at Clean Break, Kentish Town Road, London, NW5 2LB.
We are excited to offer these taster workshops to those who are new to Playback Theatre and/or want to try it out for themselves.
You can book either the morning or the afternoon workshop - each is £25 to attend:
Over the 2.5 hours we will:
warm-up and connect creatively as a group
learn and practice a foundational playback theatre form
explore some playback context, applications and next steps.
We will create a safe and supportive environment. In service to this, we are keeping each workshop group small (maximum 12 people per workshop).
If you have any questions about these taster workshops, please contact us.
DEEPENING YOUR PLAYBACK PRACTICE - Saturday 1st March 2025
at Clean Break, Kentish Town Road, London, NW5 2LB.
This all-day workshop (10am - 7pm) is for those who have completed Core Training in Playback or equivalent, and are looking to deepen their practice. The workshop costs £80.
Over the day we will:
warm-up and connect playfully as a group
consolidate and revise your current playback knowledge and practice
explore and rehearse new forms to add to your playback repertoire
put all this into practice through a relaxed playback performance for friends and family!
We will confirm performance timings once you book, so that you can invite friends and family along.
If you have any questions about Deepening your Playback Practice, please contact us.
INTENSIVE INTRO TO PLAYBACK THEATRE (3.5 days) - Friday 2nd May to Monday 5th May 2025
Join us for our first ever intensive introduction to playback theatre! This course is for those new to Playback Theatre, who want to take the equivalent of Core Training. We will offer you the foundational forms, theory and ritual of playback theatre, and the opportunity to perform for friends and family.
Over these 3.5 days we will:
connect creatively as a group, developing playfulness and trust
explore the foundational forms of playback theatre, and connect these to theory, context and applications
practice the core playback theatre rituals
put your new skills into practice straight away, with a Playback Showcase for friends and family!
We will create a safe and supportive learning environment.
SAVE THE DATE - booking will open on 1st Feb 2025.
recent shows
turning points - sunday 17th november 2024
Rosemary Branch Theatre
Thank you to our wonderful audience for the depth and breadth of your stories, for all the different moments that changed your lives!
From samba dancing, meditation, recovery and rugby to war, moving countries unexpectedly, family illness, indecision and setting healthy boundaries, you trusted us to enact so many facets of the human condition 🧡
This show reminded us what a heck of a privilege it is to do playback!
Photo credit: Lama Amine
NHS Staff (Hertfordshire) - Monday 7th OCtober 2024
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - Innovation Hub
It was great to be back at HPFT to continue exploring that hefty, familiar theme of burn out. Stories of grief and celebration, of being both staff and service user, of endings we plan and those we can't plan, of taking time to heal. Stories that centred love, community and belonging.
What a process we're all in!
“Completely moved by it. Thank you for your performance and I look forward to the next one!” - Audience Member
Photo credit: Aga Rolkiewicz
Making Mischief -
Sunday 7th July 2024
Rosemary Branch Theatre
We had a very cheeky afternoon of mischievous stories, but not without their gravitas. From childhood whims and impulses, to adult moments of courageous rebellion and liberation, we had tales of dangerous laughter, running away, seeking justice, pressing the button, not getting away with it, and getting away with it!
Photo credit: Ferran Luengo
Check out our Performance Archive for more past shows.
Photography by Elena Santos - elenasantos.webcindario.com