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President*s Design Award 2025 recognises visionary and purposeful design driving positive social and spatial transformation, and technological innovation

Nine recipients were presented the Presidents Design Award (PDA) 2025 today, recognising their exceptional achievements in purposeful design that have positively impacted lives in Singapore and the wider global community. Among them are designers Ar. Alan Tay and Gabriel Tan, who were named Designers of the Year, alongside seven projects that received the Design of the Year award: 21 Carpenter, Bird Paradise, Delta Sport Centre, … Continue reading President*s Design Award 2025 recognises visionary and purposeful design driving positive social and spatial transformation, and technological innovation

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★★★☆☆ Review: Scenes From The Climate Era by David Finnigan and Ellison Tan

Myriad views of the climate disaster and the desperation and depression that emerges in its rise. How does one frame a play about climate change and still add to the already burgeoning conversation? Adapted for a Singaporean production, Australian playwright David Finnigan’s Scenes From The Climate Era is keenly aware of the weighty and convoluted nature of the climate crisis, and how difficult it can … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Scenes From The Climate Era by David Finnigan and Ellison Tan

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T.H.E Dance Company’s Searching Blue《寻蓝》 Heads to Malaysia and Australia

T.H.E Dance Company is taking its acclaimed site-adaptive work Searching Blue《寻蓝》, choreographed by Founding Artistic Director Kuik Swee Boon, on tour again, this time to Malaysia and Australia This next chapter follows a growing international journey for the work. Since premiering in Singapore in 2023 at Goodman Arts Centre, Searching Blue has toured Southeast Asia with performances in Penang, Bandung, and Jakarta. In 2024, an … Continue reading T.H.E Dance Company’s Searching Blue《寻蓝》 Heads to Malaysia and Australia

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★★★★☆ Review: DnA Fest – ‘The House of Janus’ and ‘Dido & The Belindas’ by T:>Works

Meditations on grief and love in these contemporary reimaginings and interpretations of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. An anniversary is often a cause for raucous celebration, to mark another year well-lived and full of success. But for T:>Works, their 40th anniversary is instead being commemorated by sombre reflection, with the first edition of DnA Fest. Conceived and directed by T:>Works Artistic Director Ong Keng Sen, DnA … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: DnA Fest – ‘The House of Janus’ and ‘Dido & The Belindas’ by T:>Works

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The Studios 2025: An Interview with Jaha Koo on ‘Haribo Kimchi’ and the process of creation

The surprising flavour of seaweed soup. The sharp sound of a knife slicing cucumber. The hiss and sizzle of mushrooms on a scorching fire. In Haribo Kimchi, South Korean theatremaker and composer Jaha Koo invites us into a pojangmacha, or a typical neon-lit street food tents from Korea. Get ready to meet a snail, a gummy bear, and an eel as they guide us through … Continue reading The Studios 2025: An Interview with Jaha Koo on ‘Haribo Kimchi’ and the process of creation

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Museum Musings: The National Museum of Singapore holds its biggest National Day Celebrations with Exciting Line-Up of Activities

In commemoration of Singapore’s 60th year of independence, the National Museum of Singapore (NMS) is proud to present its largest National Day celebrations to date. From 18 July to 9 August, visitors can immerse themselves in a series of interactive experiences that reflect on our past, celebrate the present and imagine the future, including a full day of vibrant programmes held across four floors of … Continue reading Museum Musings: The National Museum of Singapore holds its biggest National Day Celebrations with Exciting Line-Up of Activities

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Four blockbuster theatre performances from Singapore and the world arrive at the Esplanade this October and November

Arts lovers are in for a treat, as Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is set to present some of the most exciting, thought-provoking contemporary theatre performances in Singapore this October and November. Look out for the return of Teater Ekamatra’s Yusof: Portrait of a President, Taiwanese theatre company Ming Hwa Yuan Arts and Cultural Group’s Final Bow, a Korean adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The … Continue reading Four blockbuster theatre performances from Singapore and the world arrive at the Esplanade this October and November

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The Studios 2025: An Interview with playwright David Finnigan on ‘Scenes From The Climate Era’

A couple debates whether to bring a child into a world on fire. Scientists race to build a coral reef in a lab. Somewhere in Antarctica, a team attempts to hold back a melting glacier with a seawall. And in the dark, the last frog of its species calls out—hoping, futilely, for a mate. In Scenes from the Climate Era, Australian playwright David Finnigan zooms … Continue reading The Studios 2025: An Interview with playwright David Finnigan on ‘Scenes From The Climate Era’

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Moonlit City: An Interview with director Goh Boon Teck and leads Timothy Wan and Sunny Yang

We’ve had the LKY Musical, and even an entire play around Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of our late founding father. But come this July, get ready as Toy Factory debuts the world premiere of Moonlit City (城里的月光), a brand new Mandarin musical that shines the spotlight on the epic, six-decade love story between Mr and Mrs Lee Kuan Yew. Directed by Toy Factory Artistic … Continue reading Moonlit City: An Interview with director Goh Boon Teck and leads Timothy Wan and Sunny Yang

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Art What!: Pioneering interdisciplinary artist Amanda Heng and curator Selene Yap are Singapore’s artistic team for Biennale Arte 2026

Singapore Art Museum (SAM) is pleased to announce the appointment of pioneering interdisciplinary artist Amanda Heng to represent Singapore at the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (Biennale Arte) in 2026. She will collaborate with curator Selene Yap to realise the presentation. The pairing marks the 12th presentation of the Singapore Pavilion, which is commissioned by the National Arts Council (NAC), supported by the Ministry … Continue reading Art What!: Pioneering interdisciplinary artist Amanda Heng and curator Selene Yap are Singapore’s artistic team for Biennale Arte 2026

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