PAST PROJECTS
THE HUMANITY OF OUR PROFESSION
Closed performance in October 2023 for undergraduate Occupational Therapist student at York St John University.
EXPLORE YORK LIBRARIES
Playback Theatre York was invited in cooperation with Next Door But One to support the day away for the employers of Explore Libraries of York. We celebrated lots of success in community engagement.
NEW KIND OF ANNUAL MEETING AT YORK CARERS CENTRE
PRIVATE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Playback Theatre York was invited to enhance a private birthday party. Don`t hesitate to get in touch, we are the best BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
PLAYBACK THEATRE FOR NHS GP TRAINERS,THEIR SUPPORT AND ADMIN STAFF
Playback Theatre York was invited to NHS Leeds to support a 2 day long training to warm up and reflect on changes that happen in GP practices and how people felt about it. Playback Theatre was considered as a useful tool to warm up the about 70 participants to each other to the training and to the topic of the training in Leeds in July 2023.
CONVERGE PLAYBACK PERFORMANCE
Playback Theatre York regularly delivers performances for students from Converge from the UK and other places worldwide who visit. We performed to students from Pacific University, Oregon in June 2023.
Find out more on Converge here.
NEW LODGE CARE HOME YORK
In June 2023 we delivered a one time performance for the residents who live with different forms of dementia from funding grant from York Common Good Trust.
AN EVENING OF YOUR STORIES
Playback Theatre York brought a public audience together for one night only to tell moments from your lives. April 2023 / Gateshead / The Central BAR
PARKINSON UK, NORTHUMBRIA
Gateshead A 'closed' show for local support group members (people with Parkinsons and their carers)
April 2023 / Gateshead /
PERFORMANCE AT THE SPIDER
Playback Theatre York was invited to perform the moments and stories of the visitors and members of Cafe 71 run by The Spider project in Chester. March 2023 / Chester / UK
DEAD GOOD FESTIVAL YORK
York’s Dead Good Festival takes place each year in May, to coincide with Dying Matters Awareness Week, with the aim of encouraging people to be more open about dying, death and bereavement.
Playback Theatre York invites our stories of life, death and everything in between annually to connect to our humanity.
BEYOND THE MASK
In 2021 we received NHS funding to create two online Playback performances for frontline health and care staff. These shows were part of the offer from the Staff Wellbeing Hub (part of the NHS). We collaborated with other UK playbackers to bring this project on. Watch our film made by Serious media.
