Neighbourgood x Friends For The Apocalypse Present: Word Play
A monthly 2-Hour Creative Writing Playground

This is not a writing workshop. This is an experiment in what happens when you stop trying to write well and start letting words surprise you.

Word Play is a mixture of games, movement, collaborative chaos, and spacious time on the page – held at Neighbourgood’s Bree Street coworking space – and hosted by performing poet and embodiment facilitator, Page Dina.

We’ll move between stillness and full-body prompts, between solo writing and collaborative chaos, between structure and complete abandon. Brief somatic practices – breath, sensation, a little bit of moving around – open the body as a portal before we write. Constraints and word games trick the inner critic and allow things to emerge that you weren’t quite conscious of.

The container is warm. The pace is alive. The only rule: there are no bad ideas – only interesting experiments.

Expect laughter. Expect mess. Expect to write something you didn’t know was in you.

Come if you:
– think you can’t write
– haven’t written since school
– write all the time but forgot why you loved it
– are curious what your body has to do with your creativity
– just want two hours of something completely different.

No experience necessary. No pressure.

Bring your notebook, a pen, and your curiosity. A brunch menu from the restaurant next door will be available to order from.

About The Facilitator:
Page is a performing poet, embodiment facilitator, and creative community builder based in Cape Town. Their work has appeared at TEDx, Speak The Mind festival, The Homecoming Centre, and PopArt Theater Johannesburg. Their facilitation is rooted in 12 years of embodied group work – and a deep belief in playful exploration, autonomy and radical permission.