EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

A major component of Pangdemonium’s mission is to nurture aspiring artists and theatre practitioners. We want to provide opportunities for emerging talents to work with and learn from industry professionals in a challenging and inspiring environment.

With these practical and instructive programmes, we aim to reach out to the community, fuel the creative instincts of young minds, cultivate the passion for the art of story-telling on stage, and share hands-on experience in the craft of theatre making. Through this, we hope to foster future theatre-makers.

Our long-running Triple Threats Musical Theatre Workshop is designed for youths aged 13 to 19 who are interested in the art of musical theatre.

The programme aims to impart the fundamentals of storytelling through music, expression through song, vocal instruction, and movement. It culminates in a special showcase.

Our alumni have gone on to perform in professional productions such as Six The Musical, Fun Home, The Great Wall Musical and Miss Saigon Vienna. Many have furthered their training in musical theatre in degree programmes both locally and abroad.

Auditions were held in April and the two-week intensive programme will occur in the final weeks of June 2023.

The Very Youthful Company (VYC) represents our youth wing, where theatre-makers aged 14-19 form a company and perform in a fully-staged play.

Through weekly Saturday sessions, they act, stage manage, and design aspects of the show under the guidance of our Pangdemonium team.

Last December, we staged Failure: A Love Story by Philip Dawkins at the SOTA Studio Theatre.

Auditions will be held on 22nd July 2023. The programme this year will run September through the first weekend of December.

We launched our New Works Lab in 2022. The Lab provides playwrights with intense dramaturgical support on a new original play.

This year, Ong Chong An was selected to further develop his play, Singapore, Michigan, through stages of redrafting, feedback, and inquiry.

The process-focused programme will culminate in a staged reading in August 2023.