It’s been sixty years since Singapore’s independence, a milestone that reminds us how young this country still is, and how much artistic possibility should still lie ahead. Yet 2025 has felt like a strangely uncertain year for theatre, one where our artists have found themselves caught between commemoration and complacency. Not quite an anniversary year, but treated as one nonetheless, it became a season where … Continue reading Bakchormeeboy Awards 2025: SG60 brings restagings and reimaginings as theatre grapples with a ‘milestone’ year

There are a few things that make good theatre and live performance so uniquely powerful, but perhaps the greatest factor that leads to us appreciating it that much more lies in how it is quite simply, temporal. No two nights are the same, whether it is due to a difference in the audience members present, a change in actors’ delivery, or even something that seems … Continue reading Bakchormeeboy Awards 2024: Revivals, restagings and hope for the future