Events

The Playwright–Dramaturg Sharing & Social returns in 2026 as a year-long series of gatherings dedicated to script sharing, collective reflection, and connection between playwrights and dramaturgs.Across three evenings, each session invites you into a Community Script Circle, an open and supportive space where works-in-progress are read aloud and explored through dialogue. The focus is on process, creating room for questions, instincts, and unexpected discoveries to emerge through conversation.At ea

This March 2026, Centre 42 presents a vibrant line-up of showcases bringing brand-new stories to life.Spring Collection 2025/26: New Plays from Centre 42 opens with Pen Pals International 2025, a showcase featuring play excerpts from writers in the UK and Singapore developed over a six-month online exchange programme. It continues with the end-of-residency presentations from our Playwright’s Professional Development Residency (2024–2026), a culmination of two years of artistic exploration that has

As part of Spring Collection 2025/2026: New Plays from Centre 42, the End-of-Residency Presentations mark the culmination of two years of artistic exploration within the Playwrights’ Professional Development Residency (2024–2026). Emerging from this period are four strikingly original plays, developed by the playwrights through sustained research, writing, and experimentation.Amitha Pagolu explores how women across time and space rehearse questions of belonging to themselves; Raimi Safari traces the joys, t

Playwright Nabilah Said has been our Writer-in-Residence for the term 2025-2026, exploring new ways of working and revisiting existing plays to uncover fresh possibilities. Alongside developing her exciting Christmas Island play Territori, she has also created a special audio-play iteration of that play world.As part of Spring Collection 2025/2026: New Plays from Centre 42, this process-sharing session on 28 March invites Nabilah and fellow playwright Joel Tan to discuss the iterative nature of her practice

What unfolds when playwrights bring their scripts into a room full of curious and creative theatre-makers? How can fresh perspectives from fellow writers and dramaturgs help a script grow? We’re excited to bring you the second edition of our Playwright–Dramaturg Sharing & Social, a cosy, no-pressure evening focused on sharing work, exchanging thoughts, and seeing where the conversation takes us.This time, we’re centring the session around a Community Script Circle, where two works-in-progress by pl

Sound Plot is Centre 42's audio play series exploring the layered identities of Singapore through place-based storytelling. This collection brings together original audio plays written in response to the overlooked corners of our island - Jurong West, Tanjong Pagar, Pasir Panjang, and Waterloo Street - and launches a brand new audio play written by Centre 42's Writer-in-Residence, Nabilah Said.