... Without SDEA, I don't think we would know that this person is doing this work and that person is doing that work, it's a very good way of forming a community.

- Tan Yin Wei, MOE School Educator, SDEA Member

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Announcements

Latest news, open calls, special workshops and other highlights from us

Launch of The Arts Freelancer's Playbook: SDEA's Guide To Understanding Contracts

After two years of focus groups, meetings, and trawling through T&Cs, SDEA is proud to launch The Arts Freelancer's Playbook: SDEA’s Guide to Understanding Contracts.

Connections 2023:Our Many Colours: Cultural Inclusivity in the Drama Classroom

Join us at Connections 2023: Our Many Colours: Cultural Inclusivity in the Drama Classroom as we interrogate the cultural representation in our drama classrooms, syllabi, texts, and what role drama educators play in creating the safe space for explorations in cultural inclusivity.

Launch of The Arts Freelancer's Playbook: SDEA’s Guide to Understanding Contracts

After two years of focus groups, meetings, and trawling through T&Cs, SDEA is proud to launch The Arts Freelancer's Playbook: SDEA’s Guide to Understanding Contracts. Join us on 25 February 2023 for the launch of the Playbook.

Upcoming Programmes

Check out these upcoming workshops and programmes.

Connections

Connections 2023: Our Many Colours: Cultural Inclusivity in the Drama Classroom

Students in the drama classroom are expected to learn about various kinds of characters and walk in their shoes to tell a story on the stage. However, how often do these characters reflect our culturally diverse society? Who gets to decide the kinds of stories we tell in the drama classroom? Join us at Connections 2023:Our Many Colours: Cultural Inclusivity in the Drama Classroom as we interrogate the cultural representation in our drama classrooms, syllabi, texts, and what role drama educators play in creating the safe space for explorations in cultural inclusivity.

SDEA Let's Connect

Launch of The Arts Freelancer's Playbook: SDEA’s Guide to Understanding Contracts

Confused by your contract as a freelance drama educator? Not sure what to look out for when reading the T&Cs (which you should)? What are your IP rights when writing a script for a school? How canI be better protected and informed about the next big ‘force majeure’?

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June 30, 2023
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Theatre Arts Conference

Theatre Arts Conference 2023 - Rooting Deep, Branching Wide: Strengthening Practices and Expanding Possibilities

Inviting artists, educators, practitioners and researchers to think about their work through the lenses of Practices & Pedagogies, Spaces & Places, and/or Causes & Communities, this conference will feature a range of presentations, workshops, lectures, and performances. Creatives, by nature,  observe, raise questions, stimulate thought, and develop agency. As we dig our roots deeper to find meaning in our current contexts, practices, and environments, we branch wide to explore new ways of doing and ways of being in an increasingly complex world. The SDEA Theatre Arts Conference 2023 aims to examine  these current and evolving ways, especially within education, community, and performance

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At SDEA we advocate for the value and practice of drama/theatre in performance, education, and community, and work to advance the profession of the drama/theatre educator. If you believe in our work and wish to be a part of it, join us. Fill in the details on the right and we'll get in touch. You may also click here to find out more about joining as a member.