Veronica Needa
Actress
Arts.
Culture.
Education.
Theatre.
International Playback Theatre Network
Centre for Playback Theatre
True Heart Theatre
London Playback Theatre
School of Playback Theatre (UK)
Face
Yellow Earth Theatre
Veronica was born and grew up in Hong Kong of Eurasian parents (England, Hong Kong, Japan, and Syria) and is bilingual - English/Cantonese. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (1983-5) and is a graduate of the School of Playback Theatre (NY, USA). She has a particular commitment to community arts & cross-cultural bridging; and maintains close professional and personal links to Asia.
She travels extensively as an international trainer in Playback Theatre - an original form of improvisational theatre which re-enacts real stories from the audience - see www.playbacknet.org and www.playbackcentre.org.
For Yellow Earth she has performed in The Magic Paintbrush, Behind the Chinese Take Away, Face, and The Butcher's Skin. Over the years she has worked as storyteller, workshop leader and host for many Chinese festival & community events in the UK. Her performance work includes Mappa Mundi (Border Crossings), Macau 123 (Asian People's Theatre Festival Society), Snow Lion, and Snow Queen (Polka Theatre for Children). Film - Rogue Trader, Radio - Joy Luck Club.
Retired from Yellow Earth in 2005, she continues to work in Community Cultural Development as Director of True Heart Theatre, the UK’s first Chinese Playback Theatre group. She is also a core member of London Playback Theatre; and Coordinator for the School of Playback Theatre (UK).
Her solo show - FACE - was commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Centre for their 1998 Festival Now. About bi-cultural identity & belonging, FACE was directed and designed by Tang Shu Wing, and is performed in two languages - English and Cantonese. Since 1998, FACE has toured Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen, Singapore, England (for Yellow Earth Theatre in 2002 & 2005); more recently to Singapore and Toronto in 2007, and to Warsaw and Krakow in 2008.
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For Yellow Earth she has performed in The Magic Paintbrush, Behind the Chinese Take Away, Face, and The Butcher's Skin. Over the years she has worked as storyteller, workshop leader and host for many Chinese festival & community events in the UK. Her performance work includes Mappa Mundi (Border Crossings), Macau 123 (Asian People's Theatre Festival Society), Snow Lion, and Snow Queen (Polka Theatre for Children). Film - Rogue Trader, Radio - Joy Luck Club.
Retired from Yellow Earth in 2005, she continues to work in Community Cultural Development as Director of True Heart Theatre, the UK’s first Chinese Playback Theatre group. She is also a core member of London Playback Theatre; and Coordinator for the School of Playback Theatre (UK).
Her solo show - FACE - was commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Centre for their 1998 Festival Now. About bi-cultural identity & belonging, FACE was directed and designed by Tang Shu Wing, and is performed in two languages - English and Cantonese. Since 1998, FACE has toured Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen, Singapore, England (for Yellow Earth Theatre in 2002 & 2005); more recently to Singapore and Toronto in 2007, and to Warsaw and Krakow in 2008.
Note : If you'd like to contact Veronica Needa, please follow the instructions at the bottom of the Enquiries page.
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What no mention of Nottingham, Veronica! Hope you are well and still making the most of your many talents.
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Hi Veronica Thank you so much for sending the information on the drama production in London. We've lost the details and would like to attend. Can you email the details again or have we missed it? Thanks
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Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 05/01/09 at 09:13 PM
Hi Veronica Thank you so much for sending the information on the drama production in London. We've lost the details and would like to attend. Can you email the details again or have we missed it? Thanks
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 07/05/11 at 08:32 AM
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