The Transcreation Workshop

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22 July 2023 | 10:00am - 12:30pm
23 July 2023 | 10:00am - 12:30pm
Centre 42 Office @ 42 Waterloo Street
By donation, recommended at $42
Zulfadli Rashid
Registration

Register here via Eventbrite by 20 July 2023, 2359. Limited capacity, first-come-first-served.

Overview

What does it mean to ‘Transcreate’ a work? Where does one begin to make sense of an existing play for a different context? How do we deal with the sensitivities of translating language and form for the stage?

Come learn about the process of transcreation with playwright Zulfadli Rashid, as he shares through his experience working on transcreated plays like Berak (2020), Harap (2017), A Clockwork Orange (2019) and others. This is a 2-day hands-on workshop where participants can experience the fundamentals of adapting or translating plays for a local context and audience.

Suitable for theatre enthusiasts and playwrights of all levels of experience. The sessions are conducted in Malay and English. Participants are required to bring their own smart device (laptop/padlet/mobile) with internet connectivity.


Workshop Outline

Day 1 | Saturday, 22 July 2023 (2 hours)

  • Introduction and Playwright’s Sharing
  • Activity: Language and Translation
  • Analysis: Play-excerpt Translation
  • Assignment #1: Briefing & Homework

 

Day 2 | Sunday, 23 July 2023 (2 hours)

  • Recap and Reflection of Day 1
  • Assignment #1: Presentation and Discussion
  • Assignment #2: Break Out Activity, Presentation and Discussion
  • Wrap Up and Feedback
     

Documentation

A photograph of four participants seated with various devices or notebooks in front of them and a slide projection about 'Transcreation' seen further ahead.

Zulfadli Rashid (Big), begins the workshop by introducing the act of transcreation as an amalgamation of translation, adaptation and localization. He further shares some examples of transcreated works from his own practice.

A photograph of four participants looking towards a slide projection.

Some hands-on exercises were also conducted for participants to try out transcreating! There was a sharing of their transcreated works with each other on their motivations and intentions. 


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