A Public Lecture and Discussion by Peter Eckersall (USA) on the role of dramaturgy in making contemporary performance. In this lecture Peter Eckersall will discuss the role of dramaturgy in making contemporary performance. He will explore dramaturgy as an ‘expanded field’ of practices that include creative research, writing, devising practices and social practices. A […]
An Introduction to the Dramaturg’s Work is a 4-session foundational course that will provide an introduction and grounding for performing arts practitioners who are curious about or want an insight into the dramaturg’s work. Conducted by Dr Robin Loon, this course aims to equip participants with an understanding of and familiarisation with: the brief history and […]
Admission: By Donation via Eventbrite Join Centre 42's Writer-In-Residence Michelle Tan in an exploratory text-based workshop about the necessity of finding distance in artmaking. How do we separate ourselves from the art we make? When it comes to writing or creating from a personal place, how might we lay bare the self while simultaneously protecting […]
Join our resident playwrights in a sharing from their exploration of plays that say "F*CK YOU" to systems, conventions and injustice. The four residents of Centre 42's Playwright's Professional Development Residency have spent the past six months reading and discussing plays that turn back the gaze, plays that dream about systems unraveling, plays that ask hard and […]
Responding to the rich layers of ambivalence and irony in Arthur Yap's poem "there is no future in nostalgia," the four residents of Centre 42's Playwright's Professional Development Residency present dramatized readings of new short plays that reflect on the tensions between technocratic and civic visions of life in Singapore. These four new short plays […]
4 actors gather and they reflect on their journey through Theatre in the 1990s. With 20/20 hindsight, what did it mean to DO theatre in the 1990s? Why did they do what they do and more importantly, how? Without any rose-tinted glass, no misty water-coloured memories, these actors share their thoughts and ruminations. Guiding them […]
Headline Acts is a fun and informal reading series open to writers of all experience levels wishing to showcase plays or scenes. The only rule is, each work is a short (10-15 minutes) dramatic pieces that respond to recent headlines. For this special SIFA edition of Headline Acts, part of Centre 42's group show SIFA-X: there is no future in nostalgia, we […]
The New Scripts Garage provides three scripts with considered dramaturgical support in the form of either a facilitated Script Circle or One-on-One Dramaturgy Sessions with our Writer in Residence. The first six eligible scripts received during the Open Call Submissions period will be handed over to the team of readers, made up of directors, playwrights, and […]
COURSE/WORKSHOP FEES: By donation, recommended at $42 What does it mean to ‘Transcreate’ a work? Where does one begin to make sense of an existing play for a different context? How do we deal with the sensitivities of translating language and form for the stage? Come learn about the process of transcreation with playwright Zulfadli […]
Engaging Dramaturgs in the Devising Process is a 5-session course for artists with a practice in creating devised work for the stage and who are curious to explore and mobilise the dramaturg as a resource. The course aims to build the devising artist’s understanding of the functions and uses of dramaturgs and to provide the artist […]
