Wagnerian Ambition: Orchestra of the Music Makers Music Director Chan Tze Law on ‘Siegfried’ and OMM’s future
For Chan Tze Law, the question of whether the Orchestra of the Music Makers (OMM) will complete Wagner’s Ring cycle is, for now, best left unanswered. OMM has already travelled three quarters of the way. After Die Walküre in 2020 and Das Rheingold in 2023, the Singapore-based orchestra will take on Siegfried at the Esplanade Concert Hall on 5 September, bringing one of the most … Continue reading Wagnerian Ambition: Orchestra of the Music Makers Music Director Chan Tze Law on ‘Siegfried’ and OMM’s future
Malaysia Theatre: SUSAN by FSKi Works
Do you care who she is? Or just what she did? A woman stands before us. She has two dead husbands behind her, a murder case in front of her, and one thing she refuses to give away: her name. That is the provocation at the heart of SUSAN, FSKi Works’ full-length world premiere opening this week at Hush The Theatre in Petaling Jaya. Following … Continue reading Malaysia Theatre: SUSAN by FSKi Works
Malaysia Theatre: Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice by Jeffrey Cheah Performing Arts Centre
What happens when one of the oldest love stories in the Western canon is told from the woman’s point of view? This September, Malaysian audiences can find out as Jeffrey Cheah Performing Arts Centre (JCPAC) presents Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, a bold, funny and ultimately heartbreaking reimagining of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Directed by award-winning theatre-maker Ghafir Akbar, the production runs from 18–27 September … Continue reading Malaysia Theatre: Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice by Jeffrey Cheah Performing Arts Centre
Preview: The Parting Glass by Gateway Arts
This September, The Blackbird at Gillman Barracks will take on a new role: not just a place for drinks, music and dinner, but the setting for a story about love, loneliness and the people we think we know. From 2 to 13 September, Gateway Arts will stage The Parting Glass, its first immersive, site-specific production, bringing audiences within just a few steps of its characters … Continue reading Preview: The Parting Glass by Gateway Arts
Malaysia Theatre: An interview with ‘The Secret Drawer’ creators Lim Tiong Wooi, Ling Tang and director Jo Kukathas
There are some family stories that sit in plain sight. Others are deliberately put away. For Ling Tang, it was a drawer she was told never to open. For Lim Tiong Wooi, it was a box of almost 60 documents tracing her father’s years of detention, rejection and separation. And for Jo Kukathas, it was a box of her own father’s belongings sitting in her … Continue reading Malaysia Theatre: An interview with ‘The Secret Drawer’ creators Lim Tiong Wooi, Ling Tang and director Jo Kukathas
Godot Theatre Company’s ART returns to the Esplanade, and Pu Hsueh-Liang, Chu Chung Heng and Tseng Kuo Chen are closer than ever
There is a moment before our interview properly begins that says almost everything one needs to know about ART. The first question has barely been asked when the three actors are already talking over one another. Within seconds, the room dissolves into laughter. They interrupt one another, finish each other’s sentences, argue over tiny details and gently tease each other without missing a beat. Before … Continue reading Godot Theatre Company’s ART returns to the Esplanade, and Pu Hsueh-Liang, Chu Chung Heng and Tseng Kuo Chen are closer than ever
Singapore Night Festival 2026: NAFA’s emerging talents showcase their skills on the city stage
Across Singapore Night Festival 2026, NAFA students, graduates and faculty are bringing folklore, oral histories, illustration, sound, dance and theatre into public spaces, and finding new ways to work beyond the boundaries of the art school. For many young artists, the transition out of art school can be an uncertain one. Graduation marks the end of a structured environment, but not the end of the … Continue reading Singapore Night Festival 2026: NAFA’s emerging talents showcase their skills on the city stage
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★★★★★ Theatre Review: Fried Rice Paradise – The Makan Party (2026) by Singapore Repertory Theatre
A hotter, more assured battle of tradition and reinvention, as Dick Lee himself helms this deliciously chaotic dinner-theatre adaptation of his classic musical. There is something wonderfully appropriate about Fried Rice Paradise never staying the same. Dick Lee wrote the song in 1973 as his first attempt at a Singaporean pop song, only to see it banned from airplay for its use of Singlish. More … Continue reading ★★★★★ Theatre Review: Fried Rice Paradise – The Makan Party (2026) by Singapore Repertory Theatre
How Drama’s ‘Big Brown Girl’ returns to Singapore, and creator Ross Nasir is inviting you to her room at The Standard
When Big Brown Girl was first staged, its premise was already an unusual one: a one-woman show about a Singaporean woman getting back into dating, with the audience deciding which men she meets along the way. Now, several years and iterations later, Ruby is returning to Singapore, but this time, audiences won’t simply be watching her dates from a theatre seat. The latest version of … Continue reading How Drama’s ‘Big Brown Girl’ returns to Singapore, and creator Ross Nasir is inviting you to her room at The Standard
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