Three emerging dramaturgs step into the spotlight to share their learnings from the Dramaturgs in Practice Training Programme 2024. Over the course of 2 practice attachments, dramaturgs-in-training Shona Benson, Shridar Mani and Sonia Kwek have navigated dramaturgical conversations with different kinds of artists, across different genres and at different phases of the creative process. Along the way, they have put both old and new ideas to the test and re-defined what being a dramaturg means to them.

Join us for a sharing session moderated by programme facilitator Juliet Chia as they reflect on their experiences, challenges and discoveries!

Summary of Attachment Projects

Shona Benson

Practice Attachment #1:

Project: Dive
Industry Partner: Wild Rice

Dramaturg as first audience; observations and analysis during final rehearsals for a new play premiere

Practice Attachment #2:

Project: No Particular Order
Industry Partner: Intercultural Theatre Institute

Production dramaturgy; supporting director to develop artistic concepts; participating in early workshop explorations

Shridar Mani

Practice Attachment #1:

Project: Searching Blue
Industry Partner: T.H.E. Dance Company

Creating an audience guide; thinking about audience reception for a site-specific dance performance

Practice Attachment #2:

Artist: Daryl Qilin Yam
Industry Partner: Fiction Shore

New play development; supporting writer with adaptation of a novella for the stage, investigating the crossover from literary writing to dramatic writing

Sonia Kwek

Practice Attachment #1: