Interview: Nathania Ong gets HONEST about finding her voice and learning to take up space with her upcoming concert

For someone who has spent much of her career stepping into other people’s stories, Nathania Ong is about to do something rather different: telling her own. The Singaporean musical theatre performer returns this September with HONEST, her first solo concert in Singapore, promising an intimate evening of musical theatre, original music and personal storytelling that traces both the trajectory of her career, as well as … Continue reading Interview: Nathania Ong gets HONEST about finding her voice and learning to take up space with her upcoming concert

★★★★☆ Theatre Review: 3 Queens by The Necessary Stage

A wistful, deeply human portrait of female friendship that grows apart, and a strong return to form for Haresh Sharma’s writing. Duration: 90 minutes 3 Queens, The Necessary Stage’s new production, is the type of everyday tragedy that plays out across households all around the world. Written by Haresh Sharma, and co-directed by Haresh and Adib Kosnan, the play does not find its tragedy from … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Theatre Review: 3 Queens by The Necessary Stage

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

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

New 1,000-seat theatre coming to Tanglin by 2030 as arts patronage hits record high at Patron of the Arts Awards 2026

A new 1,000-seat theatre is set to anchor the redevelopment of the former Tanglin Shopping Centre, while a record 585 patrons are recognised for contributing $89.5 million to Singapore’s arts scene. Singapore’s arts landscape is set for a major boost with the development of a new 1,000-seat theatre at the site of the former Tanglin Shopping Centre, slated for completion by 2030. The purpose-built venue … Continue reading New 1,000-seat theatre coming to Tanglin by 2030 as arts patronage hits record high at Patron of the Arts Awards 2026

Esplanade’s The Studios 2026: An Interview with Claire Teo and Oon Shu An on seeing, being, and performing ‘MONSTRESS’

What does it mean to truly see another person? Not simply to look at them, but to recognise their struggles, question our assumptions and notice the quiet ways people can slip through the cracks. These are the questions surrounding MONSTRESS, a new work by visually impaired theatre-maker Claire Teo and ART:DIS that examines disability, caregiving and the everyday systems that shape who is heard, believed … Continue reading Esplanade’s The Studios 2026: An Interview with Claire Teo and Oon Shu An on seeing, being, and performing ‘MONSTRESS’