This March, the Substation returns with the next part of their 2018/19 season of Cities change. People die. Everything you know goes away. Taking on issues of childhood and food, the Substation presents The Vanishing, or Time Goes Away from 16th March to 7th April with a lineup of multi-disciplinary programmes aimed squarely at your nostalgia nerve, examining our nation’s obsession with romanticising the past. Continuing to interrogate Singapore’s … Continue reading Preview: The Vanishing, or Time Goes Away by The Substation

A five course meal of in-flight entertainment. Resplendent in her batik sarong kebaya, the Singapore Girl is perhaps one of our nation’s best known and recognizable icons worldwide. The Singapore Girl goes far beyond her status as a simple air stewardess, having come to signify beauty, elegance and is essentially an Oriental fantasy at its peak, whether she’s serving up a glass of orange juice … Continue reading Review: She’s A Great Way To Fly presented by The Substation

In The Substation’s latest programme lineup, the arts centre has been tackling one of Singapore’s most famous icons of all – the Singapore Girl, as they present a series of talks, performances and parties interrogating, exploring and of course, celebrating the sarong kebaya clad stewardess in all her myriad forms. Of these programmes, local thespian and newly minted “Crazy Rich Asian” Tan Kheng Hua will be … Continue reading She’s A Great Way To Fly: An Interview with Tan Kheng Hua, presented by The Substation