When we first saw Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai onstage in Boeing Boeing last year, we knew she was something special. She’s proven that again when we last saw her onstage at the Arts House in The Page On Stage, and we were overjoyed to see her get a chance to take the spotlight all on her own in an upcoming solo show in the 2018 Singapore Theatre Festival. As … Continue reading Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: Building A Character (Preview)

Former Straits Times journalist Tan Tarn How knows a thing or two about controversy. The playwright is best known for penning some of the most scintillating political satires in local theatre, from his infamous The Lady of Soul and her Ultimate ‘S’ Machine, receiving objections in 36 of its 67 pages from the authorities, to his most recent play Fear of Writing, in 2011, where ‘MDA officials’ … Continue reading Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: An Interview with Tan Tarn How, Rei Poh and Shane Mardjuki (Press Gang)

If you thought you loved theatre before, then W!ld Rice’s Singapore Theatre Festival will have you falling head over heels for it. Returning this July for its sixth edition, the festival from one of Singapore’s leading theatre companies will once again be taking place at Lasalle College of the Arts, and presenting a total of eight shows over three weekends! Says W!ld Rice Artistic Director … Continue reading A Spotlight On New Writing: Singapore Theatre Festival 2018 by W!ld Rice