An international theatre arts conference with a special focus on practices in South East Asia.
All Aboard! - Navigating Crosscurrents of Theatre Arts Practice and Beyond
The Singapore Drama Educators Association (SDEA) proudly presents the Theatre Arts Conference 2025 (TAC 2025), to be held in Singapore from July 17-19 2025.
The conference, titled ‘All Aboard! - Navigating Crosscurrents of Theatre Arts Practice and Beyond’, invites a diverse community of artists, educators, researchers, and practitioners to embark on a journey through the dynamic intersections of drama and theatre education, community engagement, and performance.
Participants will explore critical aspects of theatre arts through a multifaceted lens, challenging traditional paradigms and fostering innovative approaches.
Themes such as hybridity, diaspora, and representation will be unpacked alongside efforts to dismantle the legacies of colonialism in the practice of Drama and Theatre.
The conference encourages a balanced exploration of traditional knowledge alongside the creation of new insights, promoting Southeast Asian perspectives and content.
Drawing inspiration from concepts such as ‘un-curating’, ‘de-colonizing’, and ‘un-learning’, TAC 2025 aims to ignite conversations that transcend established methodologies and embrace emerging trends. This platform encourages critical reflection, collaborative learning, and forward-thinking dialogue, aimed at shaping the future of theatre arts education and performance practices in a global context.
Join us as we navigate the crosscurrents of theatre arts practice and beyond, charting new pathways that redefine the boundaries of creativity and community impact.
Open Call for Proposals!
Inviting artists, educators, researchers, and practitioners to be a part of Theatre Arts conference 2025! This conference will feature a range of presentations, workshops, lectures, and performances.
The upcoming conference calls for proposals that respond to the theme - addressing but not limited to:
- Creative work about and engaging with diasporic communities
- Emergent and developing practices of working with communities in Southeast Asia
- Creative practices revolving around multi-racial, multi-cultural and/or multi-language threads
- Creative practices intertwining traditional art forms as basis for contemporary performance making
- Creative practices that challenge and subvert colonial legacies and practices
- Embracing hybridity for the enablement of creative collaboration beyond boundaries
SDEA Theatre Arts Conference is currently accepting proposal applications.
Application deadline: 1 December 2024
, 11:59pm (GMT+8)
Successful applications notified by: 2 January 2025, 11:59pm (GMT +8)
Submit your proposals here!
Conference Passes
Chart your course with either a 3-day pass to dive deep into to the conference over the whole weekend, or a 1 day pass if you'd like to just dip your toes in the water. Each pass will grant you full access to all activities on the day itself, with certain programmes limited by capacity.
3 Day Pass
SGD300 (SGD240 for SDEA Members)
1 Day Pass
SGD120 (SGD100 for SDEA Members)
Register your Interest
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Featured Programmes
Find out about Theatre Arts Conference's programmes and join their upcoming sessions.
SDEA Theatre Arts Conference 2015
After two successful conferences, the SDEA Theatre Arts Conference is coming back at The Arts House from 26th - 28th June 2015. The theme, “Standing Still: Still Standing” challenges presenters to reflect on the changing landscape of drama and theatre practices in the Asian region and further afield.
SDEA Theatre Arts Conference 2017
The 4th edition of SDEA Theatre Arts Conference takes place from 30th June to 1st July 2017 at Goodman Arts Centre. Its theme Future Generations: Projecting Playful Possibilities’ invites diverse arts communities to imagine possibilities in the field of theatre for young people in the region and beyond.
