Level Up! Fest 2025: Room full of ideas - Breaking down the devising process

So many things can spark inspiration — a good book, a passing thought, a moving experience. How can we take these ideas and mould them into a cohesive performance piece?

This workshop invites educators and practitioners to develop methods and processes with which to devise performative work.

Participants will be encouraged to bring source materials and experiment with different ways to engage with their material. They will develop devising strategies through group discussions, as well as create work collaboratively on the floor.

Suitable for educators working with young adults.

What to you need to know before you attend:

1. This is a practical, hands-on workshop.
2. Come dressed in comfortable attire suitable for movement.
3. Bring a source material to use as a starting point for creative work. 
   • For example, a text passage, poem, song, news article, photo, object, or story. We will explore how to create movements, images and moments inspired by these sources.

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 (2015, 2021, 2023) and the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival (2018, 2019, 2021). 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. 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 $20 (O.P. $25).

NAFA/LASALLE/ITI Student & Alumni Discount

All NAFA, LASALLE and ITI students and alumni can register for individual workshops at an exclusive rate of $20 (O.P. $25).

Festival Pass

Festival Pass holders enjoy access to all 4 workshops at a package rate of $80 (O.P. $100) — or $70 if you’re an SDEA Member or a NAFA, LASALLE or ITI student/alumni.

Buy a Festival Pass here.