Audio drama is an exciting form that can be as sweeping and ambitious as it can be intimate and personal. And for writers looking to produce their own work, it's a remarkably DIY form: all you need is a story and a laptop.This is a workshop that aims to familiarise participants with writing and producing audio drama, zooming in on the NTU campus as a source of inspiration. Over the course of three sessions, participants will learn about the storytelling techniques and potential of audio drama, generate idea
Dramaturgs In Practice (DIP) is an intermediate-level course within Centre 42's Dramaturgs' Practice Development Programme. It focusses on professionalisation for prospective dramaturgs and is suitable for experienced / mid-career practitioners who are interested in expanding their dramaturgical skills, and/or moving towards becoming dramaturgs in the performing arts sector.
Facilitated by Juliet Chia, the 9-month long bespoke training programme provides participants, termed Dramaturgs-in-Training (DT),
Through practical and physical exercises we will explore how dramaturgy/the dramaturg can contribute to the creative process as witness, dialogue partner and ‘editor’. We will discuss some of the underlying principles of the creative process and offer concrete tools and methodologies to organise the dramaturgical dialogue.The final goal of the workshop is to gain a different, renewed perspective of one’s own creative and compositional process and methodologies.This masterclass is suitable for performing art
With a focus on queer characters and queer stories, this workshop is an introduction to developing character-driven queer drama for stage and screen. Join award-winning Scottish playwright and screenwriter James Ley, as he facilitates his favourite creative-thinking and playwriting exercises to help you harness queer joy in your writing.
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 fully online by Dr Robin Loon, this course aims to equip participants with an understanding of and familiarisation with:
the brief history and evolution of the dramaturg
the nature and scope of the dramaturg’s workÂ
different kinds of dramaturgs
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UPDATE (20 July 2023): This course has been postponed. Should you be interested to participate in this programme, or something similar, do email us at info@centre42.sg to register your interest.Â
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 Rashid, as he shares through his experience working on transcreated plays like Berak (2020), Harap (2017), A Clockwork Orange (2019) and others. This is a 2-day hands-on workshop where participants can experience the fundamentals
Audio drama is unlike anything else: it taps into the theatre of the mind, and is one of the most nimble, versatile, and imaginative ways to tell stories. But what goes into writing an audio play? What unique opportunities and challenges does it present compared to other forms? What does it mean to think and craft worlds in sound?
In this workshop, we'll explore these questions through a combination of listening, discussion, and writing exercises geared to get you thinking in sound and harnessing the uni