★★★★☆ Comedy Review: Off With Your Head by Sam See

Who lives? Who dies? You decide, as Sam See’s Off With Your Head turns comedy into a full-scale medieval uprising. From the moment Off With Your Head begins, there is already a sense that this is not going to be a conventional comedy show. The room feels light, easy-going and strangely intimate despite the scale of audience participation required throughout the night. Hosted by Sam … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Comedy Review: Off With Your Head by Sam See

★★★★☆ Comedy Review: Slomosexual by Nebulous Niang

Awkward, overflowing, and deeply sincere, Slomosexual feels less like a polished comedy special than a late-blooming queer life finally given space to be told out loud Less a tightly engineered standup special than an open diary performed live, Nebulous Niang’s Slomosexual arrives fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Saigon International Comedy Festival to Blu Jazz Clarke Quay. In the autobiographical stand-up power hour, … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Comedy Review: Slomosexual by Nebulous Niang

★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Celup by Sofie Buligis

One girl’s whimsical quest to reconnect with her Malay roots leaves more pressing, problematic issues unanswered. Celup, Sofie Buligis’ interactive one-woman show, is a playful, ambitious, and at times perplexing exploration of identity, belonging, and what it means to be Malay in contemporary Singapore. From the moment the audience enters, they are greeted by kueh kueh on a table, a P. Ramlee playlist, and Sofie … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Celup by Sofie Buligis

★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Retina Manoeuvre by k*hole karaoke – Wang Ping-Hsiang

Taiwanese artist Wang Ping-Hsiang explores the uneasy tension between nationalism and violence in a winding piece of anecdotal theatre. It is difficult to pin down exactly what kind of show Retina Manoeuvre wants to be. Playing at Theatre Practice’s Practice Space as part of the Singapore Fringe Festival, Berlin-based Taiwanese theatremaker Wang presents a relatively stripped-down setup: a desk, a laptop, a microphone, and a … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Retina Manoeuvre by k*hole karaoke – Wang Ping-Hsiang

Singapore Fringe Festival 2026: An Interview with Sofie Buligis on being and representing ‘Celup’

“You very celup sia.” The moment her partner said it, Sofie Buligis laughed, but she also felt something click into place. “I was like, yeah, I am,” she remembers. “My friends and family have called me that, and actually it’s quite a snappy name for a show.” That idea became Celup (literally, ‘to dip’, and loosely translates to a desire to be more ‘mixed’) her … Continue reading Singapore Fringe Festival 2026: An Interview with Sofie Buligis on being and representing ‘Celup’

Singapore Fringe Festival 2026: An Interview with Wang Ping-Hsiang on representing violence in performance and karaoke in ‘Retina Manoeuvre’

When audiences first encountered Retina Manoeuvre in its early work-in-progress, few could have guessed that the performance would later tour Europe, gathering deeply personal responses from audiences who recognised themselves, despite having no connection to Taiwan at all. The project began far from the solo, autobiographical form it eventually took. Taiwanese artist and creator Ping-Hsiang Wang recalls that the original proposal involved three performers and … Continue reading Singapore Fringe Festival 2026: An Interview with Wang Ping-Hsiang on representing violence in performance and karaoke in ‘Retina Manoeuvre’

Review: Grand Theft Theatre (Singapore) (WIP Showcase) by Miriam Cheong and Adeeb Fazah

Joyous, self-aware wink in a celebration of local theatre. In the midst of SG60, what if we threw Singapore theatre a birthday party? That’s the cheeky, heartfelt premise behind Grand Theft Theatre (Singapore), a new devised performance by Miriam Cheong and Adeeb Fazah, inspired by the original concept of the same name by Australian collective Pony Cam. This work-in-progress draws from interviews with theatre practitioners, … Continue reading Review: Grand Theft Theatre (Singapore) (WIP Showcase) by Miriam Cheong and Adeeb Fazah

Preview: Grand Theft Theatre (Singapore) (WIP Showcase) by Miriam Cheong and Adeeb Fazah

What if Singapore theatre history were stolen, remixed, and retold, with a wink, a song, and a whole lot of heart? Miriam Cheong and Adeeb Fazah present Grand Theft Theatre (Singapore), a cheeky, cross-genre devised performance that pays homage to pivotal moments in Singapore theatre, by quite literally stealing them. Inspired by the original work by Australia’s award-winning experimental collective Pony Cam, this Singapore iteration … Continue reading Preview: Grand Theft Theatre (Singapore) (WIP Showcase) by Miriam Cheong and Adeeb Fazah

★★★★☆ Review: I Am Seaweed by MASHH (Mm and Something Happens Here)

How much is too much when we live in a culture where exhaustion and burnout is worn like a badge of pride? In a world where we’re constantly told to work hard if we want to make our dreams come true, countless hustlers have made it their life’s mission to do all they can to make it happen, going into overdrive to work around the … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: I Am Seaweed by MASHH (Mm and Something Happens Here)

★★★☆☆ Review: Eclipse (2025) by The Necessary Stage

Learning to leave history behind to find the light at the end of the trauma. For most Singaporeans, India’s Partition is stuck firmly in the past, and having taken place in a land so physically distant from our island city, seems like it would have little impact on us in the present day. But for those with relatives or ancestors living in India or Pakistan, … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Eclipse (2025) by The Necessary Stage