27 Mar (Mon)
7 - 9pm

All

Celebrate Drama
Workshops, Performance and Forum including Teacher-Artist Connection (II)
Venue: Esplanade

All

Dramatise Vol. 2 published

Hothouse Level II
Devising Performance for Youth Theatre

Hothouse Level I
Voice in Shakespeare

Venue: Christina Sergeant's Home
7.30 - 10pm Pot Luck event
Jeffrey Tan, President of SDEA, shared his participation at a conference in Athens, Greece

Venue: The Square Room,
8.30 - 10pm Dinner with Dr. Jonothan Neelands
Hosted by The British Council
As part of TheatreWorks Springboard 3 Series

Venue: Surekha Dey's Home
7.30 - 10pm Pot Luck event
Assoc. member Aimee De Abreu shares her
drama work at the Canadian International School

Venue: British Council
Talk cum dinner with Tony Graham
Hosted by The British Council
As part of TheatreWorks Springboard 3 Series

A visit to the Tanglin Trust School, Singapore kindly arranged by SDEA member Simon Veness. 12 members, which was the maximum number catered for, visited the school and got to observe the school's drama programme in action.

Venue: Sala Thai Restaurant
2.30pm - 5.30pm - Year-end High Tea Social
The social was tied in with the drive to encourage members to renew their membership for 2005. The names of all members, new or renewals, who had paid up their dues for 2005 were included in a lucky draw held at the social. Prizes, all of which were donated, included a Theatre Pass of free tickets to productions by various theatre companies, Hang Ten (apparel) gift vouchers, food vouchers and toiletries gift packs.

Balance
A play presented by TheatreWorks (S) Ltd
Staged at The Black Box, Fort Canning Centre
$22 per ticket with free cocktail and post-show talk
(minimum 20 pax)
Directed by Low Kee Hong
Starring Emma Yong and Gerald Chew
Text by: Kaylene Tan and Paul Rae

Serious Play
9am - 2pm SWOPSHOP leaders: Sean Tobin, Nora Samosir,
Karen Lim

Preparing to Play
1.30 - 6pm SWOPSHOP leaders: Simon Veness and Fanny Kee

Basic Play
9am - 1.30pm SWOPSHOP leaders: Michael Corbidge, Lee Weng Kee and Christina Sergeant

Beginning a Drama Class
2 - 4.30pm. Swopshop leader Sean Tobin,
Associate Artistic Director of The Necessary Stage

On Improvisation
7 - 9.30pm. Swopshop leaders Christina Sergeant, Artistic
Director of Mime Unlimited and Roger Jenkins, Artistic Director of Dramaplus Arts

SDEA Launch with Forum
2.30 - 5pm "Between Process and Product"
Invited guests: Mrs Lysia Kee, Principal, CHIJ Katong Convent Secondary and Ms Adeline Kwok, Assist. Director, Arts Education, National Arts Council.

NAC-NIE-SDEA collaboration on
NAC-AEP workshop for new service providers

SDEA Dramazing Race held in conjunction and support by the National Library Board Speak Good English Movement.
The event, flagged off at Tanjong Katong Secondary schools, saw 29 schools participating. The SDEA Dramazing Race route involved 8 libraries island wide. The event was a fund raiser and helped generate $6000 for SDEA

First Annual General Meeting
3 - 5pm Venue sponsored by Ngee Ann City Cultural Centre

NAC Theatre Appreciation Course
organised by SDEA

Forum Theatre Facilitators'' Workshop I
Drama Director and Educator Kok Heng Leun, Artistic Director of Drama Box leads this 15 hour workshop. The workshop focused on facilitation technique using Augosto Boal's strategies in Image Theatre and Rainbow of Desires.

Voice Workshop
A 15-hr practical voice workshop was conducted by Nora Samosir and Noorlinah Mohamed over two weeks from Mon 29 Mar to Wed 7 Apr 2004

History Through Drama Workshop
A workshop was held by Roger Jenkins, Artistic Director of Dramaplus Arts, on 31 July 2004. The workshop focused on how teachers can approach history through drama. The workshop has since been re-worked by DramaplusArts and introduced to schools for the Singapore History Museum in 2005.

Forum Theatre Hotshouse II
Drama Director and Educator Kok Heng Leun, Artistic Director of Drama Box, returned to our Hothouse to share the advanced forms and approaches to Forum Theatre. This week-long workshop from Mon 22 Nov to Fri 26 Nov 2004, was held at the ACTphabets at Esplanade Mall.

Playwriting With Young People
This 15-hour workshop was led by Jeffrey Tan, Associate Artistic Director of TheatreWorks (S) Ltd. It offered strategies for encouraging and introducing playwriting to young people. It was held at TheatreWorks (S) Ltd on Mon 14, Wed 16, Fri 18, Mon 28 February and Wed 2 March 2005