SDEA upcoming events

Level Up! Fest 2026: Festival Pass (24 Nov 2026)

Tue, 24 Nov 2026 01:30:00 GMT

Maximise your learning experience with the Festival Pass. Enjoy entry to all 4 workshops a package rate of $120 (O.P. $140) — or $96 if you’re an SDEA Member, a ITI or LASALLE student/alumni or an attendee of the Asian Intercultural Conference 2026.

Not purchasing a Festival Pass? You can purchase individual workshop tickets by clicking on your preferred workshop title in the programme schedule below.

Programme Schedule

Day 1, 24 Nov 2026

Time	Workshop	Facilitator	Venue
9:30am - 12:30am	Let’s All Move: Preparing your students for physical storytelling	Koh Wan Ching	Intercultural Theatre Institute
2:00pm - 5:00pm	Playwriting Pedagogy: Creating plays with and for young people	Michelle Tan	LASALLE McNally Campus

Day 2, 25 Nov 2026

Time	Workshop	Facilitator	Venue
9:30am - 12:30am	Inclusive Theatre Practices: Creating More Accessible Drama Classrooms	Grace Lee-Khoo	Intercultural Theatre Institute
2:00pm - 5:00pm	Sustainable Theatre-Making and Theatre Green Book	Michael Budmani & Haleem Huff	LASALLE McNally Campus

Level Up! Fest 2026

Level Up! Fest (LUF) is a learning festival specially curated for Drama CCA Instructors and Teachers-in-charge. It will address some of the sector’s competency gaps, advance capabilities of educators, and encourage the development of holistic Drama CCA experiences for students in today's world.

This year, LUF is presented in partnership with Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) and supported by LASALLE College of the Arts (LASALLE).

Gain fresh knowledge and strategies from 4 dynamic workshops, each led by seasoned freelance drama educators or experienced lecturers from ITI and LASALLE. Learn directly from practitioners who bring both academic expertise and professional industry experience to the room.

LUF2026 is proud to be a festival partner of the Asian Intercultural Conference 2026.

Asian Intercultural Conference 2026

The Asian Intercultural Conference (AIC) returns to Singapore in November 2026 – bringing together artists, academics, and cultural policy shapers around the theme Staging the Unseen: Bodies, Power, and Belonging.

Through the lens of intercultural and interdisciplinary practices, AIC investigates the performing body: shaped by multiplicity, plurality, fluid identities, and continuous negotiations across cultures, orientations, and histories.

For the first time, AIC 2026 moves into an evening format with three nights of encounters and exchanges from 25 to 27 November, culminating in a full day of events on 28 November.

Find out more: www.itiaic2026.com

Level Up! Fest 2026: Let’s All Move: Preparing your students for physical storytelling (24 Nov 2026)

Tue, 24 Nov 2026 01:30:00 GMT

This workshop invites educators and practitioners to develop methods and processes for a physical approach to theatre making.

Discover exercises to heighten physical awareness and sensitivity
Discuss ways to encourage students to be physically confident
Work with objects to build physical expressivity and creative movement
Explore ways to develop spatial awareness
Learn about ensemble building through movement exercises

Suitable for educators working with young adults.

Accessibility Note: Please note that the venue does not have lift access. Participants will need to use the stairs to access the venue. We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

About the Facilitator

Koh Wan Ching has worked as a theatre-maker with several companies including Drama Box, Nine Years Theatre, The Necessary Stage and Wild Rice. She has performed in and presented work at festivals in Asia as well as the Singapore International Festival of Arts and the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. From 2008–2012, she was part of the theatre collective A Group Of People (AGOP), which focused on experimental and collaboratively devised works.

Her work builds upon her practice in physical and movement studies. Wan Ching holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Theatre Studies from the National University of Singapore, trained with SITI Company and the Suzuki Company of Toga and is a graduate of the inaugural SITI Conservatory Program and trained at The Yoga Shala Singapore. She is currently a faculty member and Head of Acting at the Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI).

Discounts

SDEA Member's Discount

SDEA Members can register for individual workshops at an exclusive rate of $28 (O.P. $35).

ITI & LASALLE Student/Alumni Discount

All ITI and LASALLE students and alumni can register for individual workshops at an exclusive rate of $28 (O.P. $35).

Festival Pass

Festival Pass holders enjoy access to all 4 workshops at a package rate of $120 (O.P. $140) — or $96 if you’re an SDEA Member, a ITI or LASALLE student/alumni or an attendee of the Asian Intercultural Conference 2026.

Buy a Festival Pass here.

Level Up! Fest 2026

This year, LUF is presented in partnership with Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) and supported by LASALLE College of the Arts (LASALLE).

LUF2026 is proud to be a festival partner of the Asian Intercultural Conference 2026.

Asian Intercultural Conference 2026

For the first time, AIC 2026 moves into an evening format with three nights of encounters and exchanges from 25 to 27 November, culminating in a full day of events on 28 November.

Find out more: www.itiaic2026.com

Level Up! Fest 2026: Playwriting Pedagogy: Creating plays with and for young people (24 Nov 2026)

Tue, 24 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMT

What makes a play suitable and exciting for young people? How do we encourage and incorporate student agency and ownership in the creative process? Through a range of exploratory exercises and group discussions, we will consider the process and challenges of co-constructing performance text with and for the groups of young people we work with.

Suitable for educators/teaching artists working with primary to pre-tertiary students.

About the Facilitator

Michelle Tan is a writer and arts educator. Her plays have been produced by several local companies, including Singapore Repertory Theatre, the Esplanade, and Gateway Arts. Her most recent work, 'The Radicalisation of Mrs Mary Lim-Rodrigues', was developed with Centre 42 and staged by Wild Rice earlier this year. She continues to work with new writers and young theatremakers both in a personal and professional capacity.

Discounts

SDEA Member's Discount

SDEA Members can register for individual workshops at an exclusive rate of $28 (O.P. $35).

ITI & LASALLE Student/Alumni Discount

All ITI and LASALLE students and alumni can register for individual workshops at an exclusive rate of $28 (O.P. $35).

Festival Pass

Buy a Festival Pass here.

Level Up! Fest 2026

This year, LUF is presented in partnership with Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) and supported by LASALLE College of the Arts (LASALLE).

LUF2026 is proud to be a festival partner of the Asian Intercultural Conference 2026.

Asian Intercultural Conference 2026

For the first time, AIC 2026 moves into an evening format with three nights of encounters and exchanges from 25 to 27 November, culminating in a full day of events on 28 November.

Find out more: www.itiaic2026.com

Level Up! Fest 2026: Inclusive Theatre Practices: Creating More Accessible Drama Classrooms (25 Nov 2026)

Wed, 25 Nov 2026 01:30:00 GMT

This is a specialised workshop led by Grace Lee-Khoo, founder of Access Path Productions. Drawing from her extensive training with the UK’s Graeae Theatre Company, Lee-Khoo equips educators with practical tools to dismantle physical and social barriers in arts education.

The training reframes disability awareness by shifting the focus from passive inclusion to active participation. Crucially, it introduces the aesthetics of access—the philosophy of embedding creative tools like audio description and multi-sensory storytelling directly into drama exercises, transforming accessibility from an administrative afterthought into a rich, creative asset for all students.

About the Facilitator

Grace Lee Khoo is the Founder of Access Path Productions, Singapore’s first disability-led theatre company. A director, performer, producer, dramaturg, drama educator, audio describer for the vision-impaired and creative access consultant who works internationally, Grace was International Artist-in-residence at London’s Graeae Theatre Company (2017). As the Lead Artist of the Inclusive Young Company (iYC), a holistic acting programme in collaboration with Singapore Repertory Theatre, Grace directed Kaite O’Reilly’s The 9 Fridas (2022), Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis (2023) and Hijinx Theatre’s Meet Fred (2024). Other significant works include Unlimited UK commission Being Carried (2026, Malaysia tour), And Suddenly I Disappear (2017-2018, SG/UK tour), National Gallery Singapore commissions Glimpse (2023) and Self Portrait (2019), Singapore Art Museum commissions desert of the ocean (doldrums) for Singapore Art Week 2024 and Patterns of Perception for Singapore Biennale 2023. Grace is currently an adjunct lecturer at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts specializing in Applied Theatre. Onscreen, she is the host of Channel News Asia’s documentary The New Hire (2022) and The Assembly (2025).

Discounts

SDEA Member's Discount

SDEA Members can register for individual workshops at an exclusive rate of $28 (O.P. $35).

ITI & LASALLE Student/Alumni Discount

All ITI and LASALLE students and alumni can register for individual workshops at an exclusive rate of $28 (O.P. $35).

Festival Pass

Buy a Festival Pass here.

Level Up! Fest 2026

This year, LUF is presented in partnership with Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) and supported by LASALLE College of the Arts (LASALLE).

LUF2026 is proud to be a festival partner of the Asian Intercultural Conference 2026.

Asian Intercultural Conference 2026

For the first time, AIC 2026 moves into an evening format with three nights of encounters and exchanges from 25 to 27 November, culminating in a full day of events on 28 November.

Find out more: www.itiaic2026.com

Level Up! Fest 2026: Sustainable Theatre-Making and Theatre Green Book (25 Nov 2026)

Wed, 25 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Theatre-making can be a highly resource-intensive undertaking, requiring substantial quantities of materials for the creation of scenery, props and costumes for individual productions. Launched in the UK in 2020, Theatre Green Book is an industry-wide initiative that seeks to promote more sustainable theatre-making practices in response to the climate crisis. Freely accessible to performing arts practitioners across all disciplines and scales of production, Theatre Green Book provides a comprehensive framework for sustainable planning, best practice guidance, measurement tools and shared industry standards. Further regional iterations of Theatre Green Book have since been launched, with a Singaporean iteration launched in 2026.

This interactive session will explore how the School of Dance and Theatre at LASALLE College of the Arts has significantly enhanced its sustainable theatre-making practices through its engagement with Theatre Green Book since 2025.

A central component of Theatre Green Book is its sustainability calculator, which enables production teams to measure and benchmark the environmental sustainability of their productions. Drawing upon examples from previous theatrical productions, the session will demonstrate how the calculator has been applied in practice and how its findings can inform more sustainable approaches to theatre-making.

The session will conclude with a live, guided demonstration of the sustainability calculator, providing participants with practical insights into its application and the potential for integrating Theatre Green Book principles into their own production practices.

About the Facilitators

Michael Budmani is Programme Leader for the Diploma in Theatre Production and Management at Lasalle College of the Arts. He an educator, stage manager, production manager and life coach with over 35 years of experience. His areas of specialism include stage management, production management, professionalisation, coaching and mentoring. Michael is currently undertaking a PhD, which is focused on his core interests of new pedagogies in theatre production, and the interface between technology and theatre production. 

Haleem Huff is a highly experienced scenic builder and carpenter with extensive practical expertise in theatrical scenery construction. As Technical Officer of the Scenic Workshop at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, he oversees the delivery of multiple theatrical productions, managing the complex technical, logistical and operational demands of one of Singapore’s busiest scenic workshops.

Discounts

SDEA Member's Discount

SDEA Members can register for individual workshops at an exclusive rate of $28 (O.P. $35).

ITI & LASALLE Student/Alumni Discount

All ITI and LASALLE students and alumni can register for individual workshops at an exclusive rate of $28 (O.P. $35).

Festival Pass

Buy a Festival Pass here.

Level Up! Fest 2026

This year, LUF is presented in partnership with Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) and supported by LASALLE College of the Arts (LASALLE).

LUF2026 is proud to be a festival partner of the Asian Intercultural Conference 2026.

Asian Intercultural Conference 2026

For the first time, AIC 2026 moves into an evening format with three nights of encounters and exchanges from 25 to 27 November, culminating in a full day of events on 28 November.

Find out more: www.itiaic2026.com