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Preview: Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts 2026 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

The Esplanade’s annual Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts returns from 27 February to 8 March 2026 with an expansive, story-rich programme inspired by Chinese dialects, dynasties and regional folklore. This 24th edition promises audiences a vibrant mix of theatre, dance, music and family-friendly works featuring celebrated artists from Singapore, the region and beyond. As the festival team notes, audiences can expect “legends told through … Continue reading Preview: Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts 2026 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review, Singapore

★★★★★ Dance Review: Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 2) in Singapore

Triptych of dance work from one of the world’s foremost dance companies firmly establishes each choreographer as an auteur, as they comment on community and belonging. Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 2), one of the world’s foremost contemporary dance companies, returned to Singapore with a programme that reaffirmed why they occupy such a singular place in the global dance landscape. Whether through their deep choreographic lineage … Continue reading ★★★★★ Dance Review: Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 2) in Singapore

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Arts, Dance with Me, Interview, Preview, Singapore

da:ns focus: An Interview with Nederlands Dans Theater artistic director Emily Molnar on rigour, collaboration and the joy of platforming new voices

Ten years on from their last tour here, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (NDT 2) returns to the Esplanade this season with a trio of works that Artistic Director Emily Molnar describes as “a programme that truly shows where we’re at.” For Molnar, bringing NDT 2 back to Singapore is “an absolute pleasure,” and the triple bill, featuring works by Alexander Ekman, Botis Seva, and Marcos … Continue reading da:ns focus: An Interview with Nederlands Dans Theater artistic director Emily Molnar on rigour, collaboration and the joy of platforming new voices

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Arts, Music, Review, Singapore

Concert Review: ECOncert 《声态不息》 by Ding Yi Music Company

A collaborative, multi-genre invitation to forest bathe in the Esplanade Recital Studio, and co-exist with nature all around us. Now in its third edition, Ding Yi Music Company’s ECOncert has come to embrace an identity unmistakably its own, one rooted in environmental consciousness, an attentiveness to the natural textures of sound, and a desire to re-enchant the everyday landscapes around us. This year, the team … Continue reading Concert Review: ECOncert 《声态不息》 by Ding Yi Music Company

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Arts, Esplanade Theatre, Review, Theatre

★★★★★ Theatre Review: The Cherry Orchard (벚꽃동산) by Simon Stone and LG Arts Center (South Korea)

Chekhov’s final play gets adapted in the form of a modern K-drama, anchored by a stellar cast led by the impeccable Doyeon Jeon. In Simon Stone’s The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov’s final play finds a new home and new angles to its heartbreak, as it navigates the quiet violence of time and the cruelty of progress against he sleek, ever-changing skyline of modern Korea. In Stone’s … Continue reading ★★★★★ Theatre Review: The Cherry Orchard (벚꽃동산) by Simon Stone and LG Arts Center (South Korea)

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Arts, Chinese Theatre, Review, Reviews, Singapore

★★★★★ Theatre Review: Twelve Angry Men《十二怒汉》by Nine Years Theatre

Biases unravel and tempers flare in Nine Years Theatre’s powerful revival of this classic courtroom drama. There is something unsettling about the image that accompanied the publicity for Twelve Angry Men: twelve faces, marked by a single red stroke. Is it erasure, censorship, or judgment? The ambiguity lingers as the lights dim, an apt prelude to Nine Years Theatre’s searing revival of Reginald Rose’s courtroom … Continue reading ★★★★★ Theatre Review: Twelve Angry Men《十二怒汉》by Nine Years Theatre

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Arts, Chinese Theatre, Review, Singapore, Theatre

★★★★★ Theatre Review: Final Bow《散戏》by Ming Hwa Yuan Arts and Cultural Group

Heartfelt, hilarious, and profoundly moving, Final Bow is a theatrical triumph that captures the bittersweet beauty of an art form standing at the end of an era and the edge of change. What makes theatre so precious is its transience. Each performance exists only in that instant, where there are no two ever alike, no recording ever truly able to capture the electricity of being … Continue reading ★★★★★ Theatre Review: Final Bow《散戏》by Ming Hwa Yuan Arts and Cultural Group

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Arts, Intercultural Theatre Institute, Preview, Theatre

Preview: Othello by Intercultural Theatre Institute

Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) presents Shakespeare’s Othello, directed and adapted by multi-award-winning theatre artist Tang Shu-wing, and performed by the graduating cohort of 2025. This is Tang’s first production in Singapore since 2013. Described as “one of the richest and most wrenching of Shakespeare’s tragedies” (Variety, 2025), the story of Othello was written in 1603 and has been told across film and stage for centuries. … Continue reading Preview: Othello by Intercultural Theatre Institute

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Arts, Esplanade Theatre, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

Murakami’s ‘Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World’ gets new stage adaptation, led by Death Note/Battle Royale star Tatusya Fujiwara

Haruki Murakami’s visionary imagination leaps off the page and onto the stage in End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland, an ambitious adaptation of his acclaimed 1985 novel Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. Direct from its world premiere in Tokyo in January at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Playhouse, this highly anticipated production arrives in Singapore next April, for just one electrifying weekend. … Continue reading Murakami’s ‘Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World’ gets new stage adaptation, led by Death Note/Battle Royale star Tatusya Fujiwara

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Arts, Chinese Theatre, Interview, Preview, Singapore

Twelve Angry Men, 12 years later: An Interview with Nelson Chia on restaging Nine Years Theatre’s iconic play

A verdict that decides life or death. A clash of prejudice and justice. An intense midnight quarrel leads to the murder of a man. Witnesses take the stand as his 16-year-old son is tried for homicide. With all testimonies against the boy, his fate hangs by a thread as 12 jurors must render the final verdict. In the stifling heat of the jury room, 12 … Continue reading Twelve Angry Men, 12 years later: An Interview with Nelson Chia on restaging Nine Years Theatre’s iconic play

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