Making our Bed: Folding Care and Intimacy into our Culture
Rayann Condy, Chew Li Hong and Prescott Gaylord facilitating the ‘Introduction to Intimacy in Performance’ workshop at CITRUS fest 2024.
Photo credit: Chong Gua Khee (@togentlerdays)
LOCATIONBlack Box, 42 Waterloo Street
DATES22 Aug, Sat
START/ END TIMEs12.30 - 2.00 PM
AdmissionsWalk-ins welcome
SynopsisDid you know that intimacy professionals are globally recognised by many media bodies such as the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)? Yet, in Singapore, this role is still rarely seen in many stage and screen productions, despite it being included in the media industry’s skills framework by SkillsFuture in 2024. What needs to change to truly embed intimacy and care practices locally, to close the gap between aspiration and practice?
Intimacy professionals Chew Li Hong and Rayann Condy have been speaking to stakeholders in industry, education and policymaking sectors to understand their current needs, knowledge level and wiggle room to implement changes around intimacy practices. In this panel, they bring these findings to the table, so we can have an honest and open conversation about what is needed to fold care and intimacy into our local arts ecosystem, so care policy is foregrounded and not an afterthought.
About Huddle Puddle
The mystery flavour of CITRUS fest 2026, Huddle Puddle is a new festival programme co-facilitated by dance artist & educator Faye Lim and somatic therapist & artist Teo Xiao Ting. Since April, four groups of arts workers and practitioners have gathered to pilot projects addressing gaps in care practices within the arts. In this inaugural edition, the participants are diving into topics such as arts production and management, accessibility practices, care and intimacy coordination, and how to co-dream the future of one’s arts practice. At CITRUS fest, they will be sharing their ideas and discoveries thus far.
About the Arts Workers
Chew Li Hong (she/they)
Intimacy Professional, Performer, and Facilitator Chew Li Hong is an intimacy professional, performer, and learning facilitator working across theatre, film, and interdisciplinary performance contexts in Asia and Europe.
As a contact improviser and somatic practitioner, she draws on movement-based and embodied practices to support performers in navigating vulnerability with agency, contributing to safer and braver working environments that hold both care and creative risk.
Photo credit: Intan Krishanty (krishanty.studio)
Rayann Condy (she/her)
Intimacy Director and CoordinatorRayann Condy is an Intimacy Director and Coordinator with over 25 years’ experience across theatre, film and television. Her practice centres on consent-based processes, trauma-informed frameworks and mental health–led approaches within production contexts. She works across departments to embed clear protocols that support ethical, sustainable and psychologically safe storytelling.
Photo credit: Crispian Chan (@crispiphotos)
