Preview: Titan Sculptors by Singapore Chinese Orchestra

What does a sculpture sound like? This June, audiences will have the chance to find out as the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) transforms some of Singapore’s most beloved public artworks into music with Titan Sculptors, a one-night-only concert that celebrates four of the nation’s most influential sculptors. Taking place on 6 June at the SCO Concert Hall, the performance is the latest instalment of the … Continue reading Preview: Titan Sculptors by Singapore Chinese Orchestra

Art: Hiroshi Sugimoto – Form Is Emptiness explores time, consciousness and seeing at SAM @ Tanjong Pagar

One of the first impressions inside Hiroshi Sugimoto: Form Is Emptiness is not visual in any straightforward sense, but atmospheric. The galleries seem to slow the body before the mind has time to interpret what is happening. Sound falls away into a low, diffuse hush, not quite absolute silence, but instead the softened acoustics of carpeted distance, of people unconsciously lowering their voices as they … Continue reading Art: Hiroshi Sugimoto – Form Is Emptiness explores time, consciousness and seeing at SAM @ Tanjong Pagar

Books: Raphaël Millet’s ‘Singapore – A Cinematic Portrait’ reimagines 125 years of life on screen

What does a city look like when you trace it not through maps or monuments, but through cinema? A new publication from the Asian Film Archive and film scholar Raphaël Millet offers a striking answer: Singapore, reframed as a living, evolving character across more than a century of film. Launched on 21 May 2026 at Oldham Theatre, Singapore: A Cinematic Portrait is a richly illustrated … Continue reading Books: Raphaël Millet’s ‘Singapore – A Cinematic Portrait’ reimagines 125 years of life on screen

Flipside 2026: An interview with Guy Waerenburgh on risk, absurdity and the thrill of unpredictability in ‘Der Lauf (The Way Things Go)’

Contemporary circus rarely sits still, but Der Lauf (The Way Things Go) thrives in a state of beautiful collapse. Created by Belgian juggler and performer Guy Waerenburgh, the internationally acclaimed production transforms juggling into something far stranger and more theatrical: part cabaret, part endurance test, part social experiment. Blindfolded performers navigate towering stacks of wine glasses, spinning plates, flying buckets and razor-sharp knives, while the … Continue reading Flipside 2026: An interview with Guy Waerenburgh on risk, absurdity and the thrill of unpredictability in ‘Der Lauf (The Way Things Go)’

Flipside 2026: Lachlan Binns on how ‘A Simple Space’ celebrates human connection, trust, and play

When A Simple Space first premiered in 2013, contemporary circus was undergoing a global shift. Traditional big-top spectacles and variety-style performances were still dominant, shaped in part by the influence of companies like Cirque du Soleil, with their elaborate staging, narrative framing, and theatrical spectacle. But for co-creator and performer Lachlan Binns, the goal was to go in the opposite direction. “We made the show … Continue reading Flipside 2026: Lachlan Binns on how ‘A Simple Space’ celebrates human connection, trust, and play

Flipside 2026: An Interview with Dwayne Lau on rolling with the punches with ‘Snakes and Ladders!’

For actor and musical theatre performer Dwayne Lau, his original work Snakes & Ladders! is a way of re-living, re-framing, and re-negotiating the unpredictable shape of a life that has unfolded very much like the board game at its centre. What began as a 40-minute showcase at the Esplanade Concourse has now grown into a full 90-minute theatrical experience a year later. But for Dwayne, … Continue reading Flipside 2026: An Interview with Dwayne Lau on rolling with the punches with ‘Snakes and Ladders!’

★★★★☆ Theatre Review: 6 Microlectures on Genocides (May 2026) by theriverproduction

Anxious, tightly constructed theatre that confronts the limits of speech, empathy, and artistic response in the face of ongoing catastrophe. Singapore’s relationship with the Israel–Palestine conflict is shaped by a long-standing posture of official neutrality, coupled with tight constraints on public political expression. In practice, this has produced a civic environment where public commentary on the conflict is often carefully circumscribed, reflecting both domestic concerns … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Theatre Review: 6 Microlectures on Genocides (May 2026) by theriverproduction

Theatre Review: Year Zero by ART:DIS (SIFA 2026)

Meta-theatrical act of frustration at how difficult diversity and inclusivity is to achieve in reality, and an argument of its impossibility. Over the years, disability arts in Singapore has grown immensely, moving beyond perceptions of charity or pity, and towards recognition of disabled artists as professionals in their own right: practitioners with formal training, artistic rigour and distinct creative voices. At the forefront of this … Continue reading Theatre Review: Year Zero by ART:DIS (SIFA 2026)

★★★★☆ Theatre Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Base Entertainment Asia

From rap battles to nightmare squirrels and chocolate waterfalls, this Roald Dahl adaptation is is weird, whimsical, and delightfully emotional. There is something inherently magical about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Whether through Roald Dahl’s original novel, the beloved 1971 film, or the many adaptations that followed, the story has always lived in that strange space between fantasy and cautionary tale; whimsical on the surface, … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Theatre Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Base Entertainment Asia

★★★★★ Dance Theatre Review: Dream In The Peony Pavilion by Suzhou Song and Dance Theatre (HKAF 2026)

Li Xing’s Dream in The Peony Pavilion transforms theatre into a living, visually stunning poem about love, desire and transcendence. HONG KONG – Watching Dream in The Peony Pavilion feels less like witnessing a dance production and more like entering a dream that slowly swallows the theatre whole. Before the show even begins, smoke blankets the stage, already creating this dreamscape as though we are … Continue reading ★★★★★ Dance Theatre Review: Dream In The Peony Pavilion by Suzhou Song and Dance Theatre (HKAF 2026)