Homeward
is a theatre project by Tapestry Theatre Collective.
Through arts-based research engaging several diverse communities, Homeward takes a multi-scopic view at what home means to many people, investigating the paradox of nuance and collectivity behind the feeling of “home.”
Photo of project directors, Kosar and Skye, by Shir-El Kline.
The
Table
Knows
Our
Names
HFTco Frostbites Festival, March 6-8, 2026
The Table Knows Our Names is the first performance piece created under the Homeward project.
What happens when a group of strangers gather for a dinner party?
Grab a chair in Apartment 3B, where Reid and Nat are hosting their seventh dinner party for their fellow tenants - or, rather, for the only person who shows up every time, silent Kay.
It’s a recipe for disaster - that is until Gene arrives, who returns to 3B for the first time since his grandparent’s passing, sparking a series of memory-scenes among the unlikely clan.
A mishmash menu of stories, games, surprises, and, of course, dinner, The Table Knows Our Names invites you to come to the table and reflect on the places, moments, and meals that make you feel at home.
The Table Knows Our Names is a durational piece that take place throughout the Frostbites evening. Make yourself at home in The Bright Room at any point to witness the work, participate as you wish, and stay as long as you’d like.
research & development
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Arts Activation
& Window Installation
Helping Hands Street Mission, Fall 2025
We spent three weeks hanging out with the community at Helping Hands, to get to know their experience & associations with the idea of home.
Our work culminated in an Arts Activation, which turned into an installation in their front cafe window, for the communities responses to be reflected back to them & to the outside!
We wrapped our time up with interviews with three community members, who graciously shared their stories & ideas with us, to be carried forward into our project!
Theatre & Arts Creation Workshop
Bridges Niagara, Spring 2025
In collaboration with newcomer service organization, Bridges Niagara, we worked with the newcomer community to build a collective neighbourhood, move our bodies and voices, and share stories around the idea of home.
Photos from our final collage-making snack-luck!
“Homeward” Class Series
With the Willow Arts Community, November 2024
What is home? It is a place? A person? A feeling? An idea?
We dove into these questions alongside members of the Willow Arts Community in St. Catharines over four Mondays through collaborative theatre-making! We explored our personal and collective ideas of “home,” through different stylistic approaches of creation, including physical theatre, object theatre, and voice work, capping it off with collective collage-making at our final snack-luck!
The Tapestry
“We’re All Neighbours Here” Exhibit, Helping Hands Street Mission, October 2024
Photos by Joel Galenkamp.
The Tapestry is a place to reflect and explore the diversity of what "home" means to different people. The fabric-draped space holds an invitation to consider one's own sense of home, and collects the contemplations of all who walk through The Tapestry, to create a gallery of perspectives.
the sweetest sensation
“Summer Dances Mixed Bill,” Frog in Hand, July 2024
Photos by Vincent Enorme.
the sweetest sensation was a dance piece created as preliminary research around the concept of “home.” it was created by Skye Rogers, in collaboration with the dance artists who performed it, as part of Frog in Hand’s Summer Company. the sweetest sensation was presented as part of the “Summer Dances Mixed Bill” at the Art Shelter in Mississauga.
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Without these folks, this project wouldn’t happen!
