WORLD PLAYBACK WEEK 2012 Presented by True Heart Theatre
Photography by Richard Davenport
Cover Image by Abdullateef Al Marzouqi (www.flickr.com/photos/prevargee/)
Welcome A week of Playback Theatre with ensembles from around the world performing in many languages We welcome London’s diverse audiences to London’s New Diorama Theatre in this our Olympic year. Playback Theatre is an original form of improvisational theatre that invites true stories from the audience, and re-enacts these with artistry & respect as spontaneous improvisation. The performance is co-created with the audience. Since the first Playback Theatre Company in 1975, this remarkable form has mushroomed around the world with community theatre groups and professional ensembles performing in social, educational, therapeutic and corporate contexts. True Heart Theatre is London’s Chinese Community-based Playback Theatre company working multilingually. We have pleasure in hosting this unique event with our friends from around the world. We are members of the International Playback Theatre Network & Company Partners of the Centre for Playback Theatre. We are also engaged in a pan-European Grundtvig-funded Lifelong Learning project – Arts for Multicultural communities – that enables multicultural dialogue with Playback Theatre & Music. Come and be amused, moved, entertained, and surprised… No two performances alike!
Veronica Needa, Artistic Director, True Heart Theatre & Core Member of London Playback Theatre
Tuesday 15th May
LONDON PLAYBACK THEATRE We create spontaneous, improvised theatre through a unique collaboration between performers and audience.
Performed In
We encourage people to share their real life stories, and through the magic of theatre we bring those stories to life. Our tailormade performances enliven events from conferences and training programmes to family and community celebrations that people will talk about with delight for years to come.
Tuesday 15 May @ 19:30
London Playback Theatre Company is a team of internationally experienced, professional theatre practitioners, consultants, educators, and therapists.
Visit www.newdiorama.com or call 0207 383 9034
Playback at a conference “Incredibly dynamic, empowering and enjoyable.” Itesh Sachdev, Professor of Language and Communication, SOAS, University of London “We laughed, cried and saw reflections of ourselves.” Ann, BeingAnOnly Conference 2006, Only Child – A Unique Inheritance Playback in the community “Magical, Important and effective.” Lewis Herlitz, Former Director of Pepys Community Forum, Lewisham, London Playback for friends and family “Immeasurably moving… Still reverberates more than a year later.” Jay Miller, Stonesfield, Oxfordshire.
English
Performance Ticket Prices
£12 /£10 (Concessions)
Website
http://www.londonplayback.co.uk/
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Wednesday 16th May
MIRROR MIRROR “Our Wild and Natural Stories”
Performed In
Mirror Mirror are a Devon based company established in 2005.
Performance
Together we will explore our wild and natural stories and see reflected the reality and mystery of our lives-what is it that is unfolding and emerging for us in 2012 at this time of great change? Mirror Mirror are dedicated to hearing and affirming stories of those who are least often heard.
English
Wednesday 16 May @ 19:30
Ticket Prices
£12 /£10 (Concessions)
Website
www.mirrormirrortheatre.co.uk
To Buy Tickets
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Thursday 17 May
THEATRE DU BOUCHE A OREILLE - PLAYBACK THEATRE PARIS Le concept Playback Théâtre : “Jeu en retour” Vous racontez les histoires qui vous sont arrivées, nous les jouons en improvisation. Un théâtre interactif, proche des gens : échange entre public et comédiens. Un lien se tisse, par le biais du meneur de jeu, qui invite les spectateurs à partager des moments de leur vie, des émotions, au travers de leurs histoires. Récentes, anciennes, courtes ou longues, chacune de vos histoires est unique. Votre désir de les raconter suffit. Playback Théâtre, avec humour et sensibilité, met en lumière leur humanité et leur universalité. Nous voulons partager avec le public francophone de Londres des histoires anciennes, récentes, drôles, tristes, longues ou courtes, les histoires qui font la richesse de la vie et qui relient les gens entre eux par leur universalité.
Performed In French
Performance
Thursday 17 May @ 19:30
Ticket Prices
£12 /£10 (Concessions)
Les Acteurs
Virginie, Galatée, Nicole, Geneviève, Annie et Pascale
Website
http://playbackparis.chez-alice.fr
To Buy Tickets
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Friday 18 May
PLAYBACK PSI Playback Psi is the first professional playback theatre company in Greece.
Performed In
It was established in 2004 in Athens by a number of performers trained in theatre improvisation and dramatherapy techniques by the group’s leader, Lambros Yotis (psychiatrist, dramatherapist, theatre director and actor).
Performance
Its aim is to offer theatre as a means for social, educational and therapeutic change. Till now the group has performed in a number of central Athenian theatre stages, as well as for conference audiences, in schools and educational settings, and also in psychiatric and rehabilitation contexts.
Lambros Yotis (Artistic Director and Leader), Dimitris Begioiglou (co-leader), Danis Aptosoglou Marilisa Chronea, Christina Fragiadaki, Vera Lardi & Hara Trouli Reissis (Musician)
The group has 12 members; actors, dancers, musicians, singers, stage and light designers.
http://www.therapy-playback.gr/
English and Greek Friday 18 May @ 19:30
Ticket Prices
£12 /£10 (Concessions)
Company at Festival
Website
To Buy Tickets
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Saturday 19 May
AUDUN & FRIENDS Den norske nasjonaldagen(17. mai) handler om å være sammen. I forbindelse med feiringen av norsk nasjonaldag, vil Audun Mollan Kristoffersen som er pedagog og playbackteater-aktør, iscenesette en spesiell workshop for familiene til det norske samfunnet her i Storbritannia. Workshopen passer for alle aldrer, og vil bestå av leker, sangleker og det å fortelle fortellinger. Audun Mollan Kristoffersen har drevet med med Playback Teater siden 2001 og ble uteksaminert fra Center for Playback Theater i 2009. Han er kunstnerisk leder og skuespiller for Teater Momentum i Trondheim, Norge - en gruppe som forsker på Playback teater fra en pedagogisk perspektiv. Hans Mastegrad i pedagogikk handler om temaet inkludering og estetikk, og han jobber som spesialpedagog på en spesialskole i Trondheim, Dalgård skole. In celebration of Norwegian National Day (17 May), Playback Theatre practitioner and educationalist Audun Mollan Kristoffersen will lead a special workshop/performance event for the families of the Norwegian community here in the UK. Suitable for all ages, we will play games, sing songs and tell stories!
Performed In
English and Norwegian
Performance
Saturday 19 May @ 11:00
Ticket Prices
£12 /£10 (Concessions)
Website
http://www.playbackteater.se/
To Buy Tickets
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Saturday 19 May
PSYTHEATRE A közel 10 éve alakult Pszinház Társulata, egyik jogutódja, az 1993ban alakult első magyar playback szinházi formációnak, a Rögtönzések SZinházának. A társulattagjai::orvos, pszichológus,szociálismunkás, szociálpolitikus,szociológus, művész. Pszinház több előadást tart havonta részben állandó helyén a Komédium Szinházban, másrészt különböző szakmai rendezvényeken, illetve ünnepi életeseményeken. A társulat tagjait mély barátság köti össze és a playback mindannyiuk számára igazi örömforrást jelent. Psytheatre came together 10 years ago. Several members come from the original line up of Rögtönzések színháza (The Theater of Improvisation), which was the first Playback Theatre group in Hungary founded in 1993. Our current group has a doctor, psychologist, social worker, social educationalist, sociologist and artist. Psytheatre performs on a monthly basis at the Komédium Theatre, and also for different professional programmes & various life-event celebrations. The members of the group are not just colleagues but also have deep bonds of friendship between them. Playback is a source of happiness for all of them.
Performed In
English and Hungarian
Performance
Saturday 19 May @ 14:30
Ticket Prices
£12 /£10 (Concessions)
The Company
Tihamér Bakó (Leader of the Company) Actors: Attila Donath, Kálmán Pálmai, Péter Simon. Musicians: Emese Katona, Balázs Némret.
To Buy Tickets
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Saturday 19 May
META PLAYBACK THEATRE Lavoriamo insieme dal 2002. Siamo quattro formatori e proponiamo un approccio di gruppo nel lavoro con i gruppi in una varietà di contesti professionali. Due donne: Alessandra Ivaldi ed Elena Roncoroni; due uomini: Fausto Radaelli e Francesco Valentini. Interazione, circolarità, ritualità. Nel Playback ci muoviamo seguendo il filo delle storie con curiosità, meraviglia e complicità. Onoriamo le storie personali a amiamo creare intimità. Ascoltiamo il cuore di ogni storia e gli diamo forma. Con essenzialità simbolica. Founded in 2002. we are four trainers who offer a team approach in working with groups in a variety of professional contexts. Two women: Alessandra Ivaldi and Elena Roncoroni, two men: Fausto Radaelli e Francesco Valentini. Interaction, circularity, rituality. In our Playback performance we move following the thread of stories with curiosity, marvel and complicity. We honor personal stories and we love creating intimacy. We listen to the heart of each story and give it a shape for you. Through symbolic essentiality.
Performed In
English and Italian
Performance
Saturday 19 May @ 19:30
Ticket Prices
£12 /£10 (Concessions)
Website
http://www.metapt.it/
To Buy Tickets
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Sunday 20 May
TRUE HEART THEATRE 自從2006年開始， 「真心劇團」作為倫敦中以華人為 主的劇團，一直定期於每月第三個星期天，在不同的 場地作「一人一故事劇場」的演出，以服務本地社群。
Performed In
我們這些活動為來自不同文化、說不同語言和不同年 紀的人，提供真誠地分享真實故事及交流生活經驗的 機會，讓大家的生命能彼此相遇。我們亦儘力將當中 點滴部分地紀錄下來，放在我們的網絡博客讓公眾分 享: www.trueheart.org.uk/blog
Sunday 20 May @ 14:30
English, Cantonese and Mandarin
Performance Ticket Prices
£12 /£10 (Concessions)
Website 今天我們希望誠邀你們跟我們走進「新西洋鏡劇院」 http://www.trueheart.org.uk （New Diorama Theatre），再一次一起創造一個 To Buy Tickets 充滿驚喜和歡樂的下午！ Since its beginnings in 2006, London’s own Chinese-led True Heart Theatre has been regularly performing Playback Theatre on the third Sunday of each month in a variety of venues as our service to the community. Our events have created an opportunity for people from all cultures, across generations and languages, to meet each other through a heartful exchange of real-life stories and experiences. We keep a record of these on our website blog - www.trueheart.org.uk/blog Today we invite you to join us here at the New Diorama Theatre for another afternoon of surprise and delight!
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Sunday 20 May
QUEER PLAYBACK THEATRE UK What’s so queer about being queer? The voices of LGBT people may not always be heard, but we sure have some stories to tell. So come along and see your real-life story played back as magical theatre before your eyes! A fabulous, improvised show for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people, their families and friends. QPT was founded in 2011 by Lorna Henry, Jane Hoy and Arnet Donkin, as a creative space in which LGBT people could share their stories in a safe environment knowing the actors share similar experiences. We have run workshops in the UK and Germany and performed at Bristol Pride, LFest and GFest.
Performed In English
Performance
Saturday 20 May @ 18:00
Ticket Prices
£12 /£10 (Concessions)
Website
http://queerplaybacktheatre. blogspot.com
To Buy Tickets
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Book at www.newdiorama.com or on 0207 383 9034
FULL SCHEDULE Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat Sat Sat Sun Sun
15 16 17 18 19 19 19 20 20
May 7.30pm May 7.30pm May 7.30pm May 7.30pm May 11am May 2.30pm May 7.30pm May 2.30pm May 6pm
London Playback Theatre (UK) Mirror Mirror (UK) Paris Playback Theatre (France) Playback Psi (Greece) Audun & friends (Norway) Psytheatre (Hungary) Meta Playback Theatre (Italy) True Heart Theatre (UK) Queer Playback Theatre (UK)
YOUR VISIT Our cafe/bar is open from early in the morning to after each performance Monday to Friday (and an hour before each performance at the weekend) serving tea, coffee and light snacks. For opening hours or to find out how to hire the cafe space please visit our website.
NDT is also access friendly. If you have any access requirements, would like to book a wheelchair seat or a member of staff to take care of your guidedog during a performance, please call our Box Office to leave a message and a member of staff will get back to you as soon as possible.