News of QPT founders

Arnet Donkin has a new job as a headteacher in West London. We wish him well and hope he will be able to start up a QPT group in London when he has the time.

Lorna Henry leaves QPT
Lorna Henry, one of our founder members has left QPT to focus on more local activities. We will miss her and her lovely energy - all the best, Lorna, in whatever you choose to do.

Memory jogette

Haven't blogged for ages but in case you have forgotten here is our team

of international queer playbackers after our show Alive 'n kickin  at LFest 2012.

From L to R: Alice Faber (Netherlands), Heather Summers (musician, Wales), Mar Gonga (Barcelona), Jane Hoy (Wales) Mich Jamieson, England.

We are delighted to be invited back by LFest  for our third year!

LFest 19-21 July 2013

www.lfest.co.uk

Mich, Mar and Jane in  cabaret 'Why did I kiss that girl'? at Lfest 2012

 

 

Mar, Jane and Mich also performed at Lfest in 'Why did I kiss that girl?' an Edwardian music hall cabaret show devised by Jane and Fran Jackson (left) of the Swan Vestas with songs based on the cross dressing characters from Sarah Water's novel Tipping the Velvet. We were also joined by Mar's amazing magic ball! Wellies not part of the act.

Jane performing    'If it's a sin, count me in'       

Alive 'n kickin! queer playback show

@ LFest weekend 13 -16 July 2012 

Queer Playback is delighted to be performing again at LFest - it's an exciting lesbian arts and music camping weekend next to the riverside in beautiful Shrewsbury, UK.  We are also running a playback drama workshop so you can practice some of the methods and skills used in playback theatre as well as getting another chance to share your stories.

Queer Playback Performers will  include: Jane Hoy (Wales), Mar Gonga (Spain), Mich Jamieson (Hertfordshire) and Alice Faber (Holland).

 LFest takes place from  Friday 13 to Monday 16 July 2012. There's an amazing line up of artists and performers including Sarah Waters of Tipping the Velvet fame and loads of things to do and see including riverboat trips, a masked ball and an Edwardian music hall cabaret.

See you there! To find out more go to www.lfest.co.uk.

Over the rainbow: telling queer stories workshop

Friday 1 June

3.00-5.00pm

Aberystwyth Arts Centre

This workshop is part of the first LGBT Pride festival in Aberystwyth, West Wales. So come along to this lively and creative drama workshop where you can share your stories and learn games and improvisation methods from playback theatre so we can enact them for each other.

All LGBT people and anyone who is questioning their sexuality welcome. 

No previous drama experience necessary. Just come along and join in the fun!

Check out the blog for this fab LGBT weekend.   http://prideonthepromaber.wordpress.com

The workshop is sponsored by LFest, the music and arts festival for lesbians.  www.lfest.co.uk. 

Facilitator: Jane Hoy, one of the founder members of Queer Playback Theatre Company.

E: queerplayback@g.mail.com      Find us on Facebook and Twitter.

rQueer Playback London Launch!

  What's so queer about being queer?

Sunday 20 May 2012 @ 6.00pm

New Diorama Theatre, London 

Open workshop 4.30-5.30pm

The voices of LGBT people may not always be heard, 

but we sure have some stories to tell.  Queer Playback 

are delighted to be performing as part of World Playback week, 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, families and friends.

Performers include: Arnet Donkin, Andre Jaeger, Jane Hoy, Kate O'Donnell, Mar Gonga, Mich Jamieson, Naomi Graham, Fritha Jenkins. 

Bar and cafe open -  have a drink with us after the show.

Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions) Box office: +44(0)207 383 9034

or buy tickets online at www.newdiorama.com

Nearest tube: Warren Street (5 mins walk)

Queer Playback workshop

Queer Playback weekend workshop

Saturday 24 March 2012
10-5.00pm

Clean Break Studios

2 Patshull Rd

London NW5 2LB

nearest tube Kentish Town - 5 mins walk, lots of buses

By popular demand a weekend workshop for all you talented LGBT people

who have taken part in one of our workshops and who want to

tell more stories and develop your playback skills and experience.
Newcomers with some drama or performance experience also welcome.

Facilitators: Arnet Donkin and Jane Hoy

We are self funding and aim to cover basic costs.

It would really help if you could sign up and pay in advance.

£25

Interested? email us at queerplayback@gmail.com

 

Over the rainbow fun in Frankfurt

photo Jane Hoy

Queer Playback's workshop  Over the rainbow - telling queer stories workshop at the International Playback Theatre gathering was an amazing and moving experience which attracted a wonderfully creative crowd of LGBT folk from all over the world. We hope it will 

lead to more queer playback events through Europe and worldwide.

Here we all are chilling out at the end.   

Jane and Arnet