Devising the Director and Stage Manager Collaboration in the Global Context

Ong Keng Sen has won the most prestigious awards in Singapore for his artistic achievements. A Fulbright Scholar, his work embraces a mixture of Western and Eastern performance traditions, creating brand new imaginative works. His unique “process-oriented” projects bring together wide ranges of practitioners from varied traditions. In this exclusive interview with collaborator and stage manager Lisa Porter, they discuss the creative and collaborative process behind the unique devised works that they’ve created, across cultures and genres.