Drama DSA

Discover the Serious Play Drama DSA at Temasek Secondary School. Find out what to expect at auditions and what it takes to join this award-winning drama group.

Last updated 11 June 2026

Serious Play started as an interest group and was soon established as a core CCA in 2010. It has now grown from a group of eight members to nearly 50 members taking on roles such as directors, actors, costume, makeup artists and prop masters.

A group of performers in colorful traditional Indian attire dance on a stage, reaching upward toward a central figure.

The members all uphold a common goal to develop stagecraft, and they abide by the values of teamwork, creativity, confidence building and performance excellence. In the past few years, Serious Play has performed in many school-based events, such as Racial Harmony Day and the Combined Aesthetics Concert. Serious Play has also put up a strong performance at the Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation.

Drama Achievements

YEAR	EVENT	AWARD
2025	Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation	Distinction
2023	Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation	Accomplishment
2021	Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation	Distinction
2019	Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation	Accomplishment
2017	Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation	Distinction
2017	Destination Imagination	2nd Placing
2016	Destination Imagination	Champions
2015	Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation	Distinction
2014	Destination Imagination	3rd Placing

Drama Performances

YEAR	PERFORMANCE	VENUE
2026	TAP:DACT!	Drama Centre
2024	TAP:DAT!	Victoria Theatre
2022	This Is Us	SOTA
2018	Once Upon A Time	Festival Arts Theatre
2017	Aestrella	TMS
2016	Aestrella	TMS

DSA Audition details

Audition period: TBC

Venue: Temasek Secondary School

Drama DSA Details

Pre-requisite

Audition / Trial Preparation

Applicants should be able to:

· Demonstrate a passion for drama

· Enjoy performing in front of an audience

· Appreciate working as a team

· Sustain focus during CCA trainings and curriculum time

· Train twice a week, and participate in additional training sessions nearing competitions or performances.

· Speak clearly and expressively

· \[Preferably\] Past experience performing in a play or other types of performances.

Applicants should:

· Be in school uniform.

· Be prepared to read and act out a scene or an excerpt of a play.

· Be prepared to improvise a short 5 min play either individually or with members of a group.

Note: Meeting all the criteria does not guarantee the student will be shortlisted/be given an offer. The decision of the Selection Panel on the DSA-Sec application is final. The school reserves the right not to release the reasons for non-selection of applicants and/or the results of the trials/auditions/aptitude test and/or the interview.

Students who are successfully admitted to the school via DSA are expected to honour their commitment to the school, and participate in the training/activities related to the DSA talent they are selected for from year 1-4.