Neighbourgood x Friends For The Apocalypse Present: WORD PLAY

Neighbourgood x Friends For The Apocalypse Present: Word Play

A 2-Hour Creative Writing Playground

What if writing wasn't about getting it right, but about getting loose? What if the page was just another place to play?

Word Play is a 2-hour creative writing workshop - part playground, part creative laboratory - where games, embodiment, and collaborative chaos are the method.

Together we will move between solo and group activities, between stillness and movement, between structure and wild abandon - discovering unexpected pathways towards your creative voice.

Forget everything you think you know about "creative writing workshops." This isn't about craft or critique. This is about remembering that creativity is a state of being, not a skill to master.

What We'll Do:

Word Games & Constraints: Experiments to trick the brain into surprise

Embodiment: Brief somatic practices - breath, movement, sensation - as portals into different creative states before we write

Group Activities: Where we build on each other's ideas for unexpected collaborations

Free Dive: Spacious, unstructured writing time where anything goes

Optional Sharing: An invitation (never a requirement) to read aloud in pairs or to the group

The Vibe:

Expect laughter. Expect mess. Expect to write things you didn't know were in you. This workshop holds space for both the profound and the ridiculous - often in the same sentence. The container is warm, the pace is dynamic, and the only rule is: there are no bad ideas, only interesting experiments.

Who This Is For:

• Anyone who thinks they "can't write" or hasn't written since school
• Writers who feel stuck and want to play their way back to joy
• People curious about the intersection of body and creativity
• Humans who want to spend two hours doing something completely different
• Anyone seeking creative community and permission to be weird

No experience necessary. No pressure. No performance. Just play.

Logistics:

• We'll be hosted at Neighbourgood's beautiful coworking space in Bree Street
• A menu will be available to order brunch from the restaurant next door
• Please bring your notebook, pen and curiosity

About The Facilitator:

Page is a performing poet, embodiment facilitator, yoga teacher and creative community builder based in Cape Town. Their poetry has been featured at TEDx, Speak The Mind festival, and notable local venues including The Homecoming Centre and PopArt Theater Johannesburg, and they have collaborated with reputable local musicians. Page's facilitation style is based off 12 years of running embodied group work and is rooted in playful exploration, autonomy, and radical permission.