SDEA - Singapore Drama Educators Association

[🔔 NOTE: The workshop runs from 10am to 6pm, not 9.30am to 5.30pm.]

Two weeks left before the Early Bird ends! Enjoy up to 5-25% off the Standard Price until 30 June! Sign up now: bit.ly/nuts-bolts-conducting

Becoming an SDEA member goes beyond enjoying discounts on our programmes. Come and be with a network of dedicated drama educators and practitioners advancing theatre education in Singapore, not to mention all our ongoing professional development opportunities.

Join us today: https://sdea.wildapricot.org/widget/join-us

Thank you so much, , for having us over at Youth Against Scams 2026 reel-making competition. A huge thank you to .ngeeannpoly for lending us your space!

The youthful participants not only got a quick course on how to perform authentically, but also learned about how connections are formed between people and circumstances with the help of Image Theatre techniques. After all, a story is more than just a collection of people, places, and things!

That’s what we’re about: drama education not only as a tool to build better performances, but to encourage curiosity and empathy in everyday life.

Happy Vesak Day to all who celebrate. We hope this long weekend has given you the time and space to rest, reflect, and re-centre yourselves. Here’s to welcoming greater peace, abundance, and compassion into all our lives in the next half of the year.

Selamat Hari Raya Haji everyone! May you find comfort and joy in the company of your dearest ones this holiday. As the next half of the year unfolds before us, we hope this day provides the pause and rejuvenation you need to forge ahead.

Our global journey post-ISPA continues with the Asia-Pacific Drama Education Alliance (APDEA)! In the second edition of our 2026 Speaker Series, we're going to explore and excavate fresh approaches for applied theatre in Asia. Sign up now: https://bit.ly/apdea_webinar_25may

Day 4 of and what a way to close!

Four days of conversations that challenged, inspired, and stayed with us. We saw how thoughtful leadership creates artistic and cultural impact that travels beyond borders. And left asking ourselves how do we make space for new ideas, new perspectives, and new voices to take centre stage?

Grateful to and for an extraordinary congress. Until next time.

For Day 3 of , we eased to a more relaxed pace at the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre. Nonetheless, the insights we’ve gained are profound.

Day 3 was about finding the precision with our intention, no matter if we're adapting our practice for larger contexts like healthcare, or weaving the use of technology in our work and our process.

Day 2 at was all about digging into making fresh connections: between people, time, and even spaces.

As we embarked across the arts spaces of Aliwal Arts Centre, Waterloo Arts Belt, and Goodman Arts Centre, we are once again reminded that there are infinite ways to bridge across divides through our work.

We can’t wait for all the fresh encounters we’ll meet in Day 3 (and Day 4!)

Day 1 at done and the questions that stayed with us are the ones that matter most.

How do we create meaningful connections?
How do we stay intentional about impact?
How do we sustain ourselves, and each other especially as change keeps accelerating?

Lots to sit with as we head into Day 2.