Dramaturgs in Practice Training Programme 2024 Sharing Session
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Overview
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
Photo Documentation
The sharing session opened with an introduction from programme facilitator Juliet Chia, who briefly introduced the Dramaturgs in Practice course, and the three Dramaturgs-in-Training - [from left] Shridar Mani, Sonia Kwek, and Shona Benson.
Shona spoke first about the projects to which she was attached as a dramaturg-in-training, namely Wild Rice's Dive and Intercultural Theatre Institute's No Particular Order. She discussed her various learning points, including the dramaturg's position in the production, the dramaturg's relationship to the director, and working with students.
Sonia next spoke about her vastly different experiences being attached to Miriam Cheong and Shannen Tan's Lotus Root Support Group, versus Singapore Repertory Theatre's Threads, due to a different dramaturgical focus for each project, the different project sizes and scales, and the stage of the production process when she joined the team.
Shridar concluded by sharing about what he wished to gain and learn from his attachments to T.H.E. Dance Company's Searching Blue and Daryl Qilin Yam's adaptation of his novella, Shantih Shantih Shantih, for the stage - specifically, his desire to work outside of his comfort zone as a producer and connect more with the roles of the dramaturg as companion and provocateur.
The audience had the opportunity to ask the Dramaturgs-in-Training questions about their experiences, their learning points, and their thoughts on dramaturgy in the local theatre scene.
Centre 42 and the Dramaturgs-in-Training would like to thank everyone who joined us for the Sharing Session and contributed to an interesting and fruitful discussion!