For Natalie Hennedige, the rehearsal room is integral to her craft as a performance director and theatre-maker. And it was also within “the blank canvas of the rehearsal room” that she prepared for her new role as festival director of the Singapore International Festival of Arts (Sifa).
“You invite diverse groups of people, from performers to designers to producers, into the space and you build first a creative dynamic,” she shares. “How do you energise the room, and get everyone involved to feel valued in their respective roles? In a way it’s like a microcosm of a festival because there are many moving parts, from production to publicity, for example—and at the heart of it the conversations that
