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PUBLIC PERFORMANCE: TURNING POINTS - Sunday 17th Nov 2024
at the Rosemary Branch Theatre, 2 Shepperton Rd, London, Nw 3DT
What are the moments that changed your life? When things shifted in a new direction, you found a different perspective, or you learnt a new skill? Who or what were the teachers in these moments? Where have these turning points taken you?
Join us for an evening of playback theatre, and bring your turning point tales - big, small, or anywhere in between!
PLAYBACK THEATRE TRAINING IN 2025 - Save the Dates!
We’re offering a range of training workshops in the first half of 2025.
1st Feb - Taster Workshops: for those new to Playback Theatre or wanting to try it out for themselves.
1st March - Deepening Your Practice: for those who have completed Core Training or equivalent, and want to deepen their Playback Theatre practice through learning new forms, and gaining more performance experience.
2nd-5th May - Intensive Intro to Playback Theatre: for those new to Playback Theatre, who want to undertake the equivalent of Core Training. This intensive course will teach the foundational forms, theory and ritual of Playback Theatre, and culminate in a Playback Showcase for family and friends, so that you can put your new skills into practice straight away!
recent shows
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
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
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - Innovation Hub
Thank you to the Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust for inviting us to explore the theme of burn out with staff.
There was courage, humour, grief, exhaustion and resilience in the room. Audience members said they felt lighter just sharing their stories and having these played back, and that we expressed the feelings there were struggling to feel.
It’s beautiful that this Trust have an Innovation Fund to support projects like this!
Photo credit: Belinda Sherlock
Check out our Performance Archive for more past shows.
Photography by Elena Santos - elenasantos.webcindario.com