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SIFA 2026: Makan Culture – An interview with playwright Jo Tan and director Krish Natarajan on makan, mayhem and making meaning

What happens when theatre stops asking audiences to sit still and instead invites them to eat, speak, and play? At the festival village of the 2026 Singapore International Festival of Arts, new experience Makan Culture unfolds as a lively, unpredictable encounter that sits somewhere between performance and gathering. Created by Jo Tan and directed by Krish Natarajan, the work brings together music, puppetry, and audience … Continue reading SIFA 2026: Makan Culture – An interview with playwright Jo Tan and director Krish Natarajan on makan, mayhem and making meaning

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SIFA 2026: Tempo – An interview with choreographer Fernando Melo on twisting and turning time through dance and illusion

Time slips, stretches, and occasionally seems to stand still in Tempo, a dreamlike work presented at the Singapore International Festival of Arts. In this collaboration between director Kalle Nio and choreographer Fernando Melo, falling bodies hover mid-air, actions reverse, and the ordinary becomes quietly uncanny. Rather than treating illusion as spectacle, Melo approaches it as a byproduct of attention, of bodies, space, and time aligning … Continue reading SIFA 2026: Tempo – An interview with choreographer Fernando Melo on twisting and turning time through dance and illusion

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SIFA 2026: The Lighthouse – An interview with Patch Theatre artistic director Geoff Cobham on light and children’s theatre

In The Lighthouse, light isn’t something you simply watch, but something you step into. Created by Geoff Cobham for Patch Theatre, the work invites audiences, both young and the young-at-heart, to move through a glowing landscape of shifting rooms, reflections, and surprises, where curiosity leads the way. Presented as part of the 2026 Singapore International Festival of Arts, this immersive experience rethinks what theatre for … Continue reading SIFA 2026: The Lighthouse – An interview with Patch Theatre artistic director Geoff Cobham on light and children’s theatre

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SIFA 2026: Salesman之死 – An interview with director Danny Yeo on translating and adapting Arthur Miller

In the spring of 1983, despite not speaking a word of Mandarin, Arthur Miller travelled to Beijing to direct Death of a Salesman with an all-Chinese cast. The encounter, later documented in his memoir Salesman in Beijing, has since become a touchstone of cross-cultural theatre-making. More than two decades later, that improbable collaboration now finds new life in Salesman之死, a multilingual, documentary-inflected work that traces … Continue reading SIFA 2026: Salesman之死 – An interview with director Danny Yeo on translating and adapting Arthur Miller

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SIFA 2026: LACRIMA – An interview with director Caroline Guiela Nguyen on painstaking, invisible labour and craftsmanship

What fascinated French artist Caroline Guiela Nguyen about the fashion world was never the glamour of haute couture itself, but the invisible human machinery that sustains it. LACRIMA, which comes to Singapore this week as one of the opening shows of the 2026 Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA), may begin with the commission of a royal wedding dress, the kind of object typically associated … Continue reading SIFA 2026: LACRIMA – An interview with director Caroline Guiela Nguyen on painstaking, invisible labour and craftsmanship

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An Invitation to Play: SIFA’s new Festival Director Chong Tze Chien to honour Legacy and evoke paradigm shifts for his tenure

“Let’s play” sounds like an unexpected invitation at a time like this. In recent years, Singapore’s arts ecosystem has felt increasingly brittle, one defined by closures, stagnant funding, and a growing sense that artistic labour must constantly justify itself in numbers, outcomes, and economic value. Against this pragmatic backdrop, theatremaker Chong Tze Chien has emerged from the wings and prepares to stage his first act … Continue reading An Invitation to Play: SIFA’s new Festival Director Chong Tze Chien to honour Legacy and evoke paradigm shifts for his tenure

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SIFA – Singapore International Festival of Arts 2026 set to turn city into a playground for the arts with theme ‘Let’s Play’

For two weeks in May, Singapore becomes a stage. Across theatres, parks and historic civic spaces, the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) returns from 15 to 30 May with performances that stretch from aerial dance spectacles and immersive theatre to experimental late-night encounters. This year’s edition carries an unusually simple invitation: “Let’s Play.” The phrase captures the spirit of a festival that wants audiences … Continue reading SIFA – Singapore International Festival of Arts 2026 set to turn city into a playground for the arts with theme ‘Let’s Play’

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SIFA – Singapore International Festival of Arts 2026 promises explorations of play and tradition under new festival director Chong Tze Chien

by D.Y. The Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) has been an annual highlight of the local Arts calendar, inviting artists and enthusiasts alike to create meaningful experiences through its extensive programmes. Yet, this year’s edition is looking to be a particularly exciting one as the mantle of Festival Director is passed on from Natalie Hennedige to first-timer Chong Tze Chien. Running from 15 to … Continue reading SIFA – Singapore International Festival of Arts 2026 promises explorations of play and tradition under new festival director Chong Tze Chien

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Chong Tze Chien takes the stage to chart the course for the next phase of the Singapore International Festival of Arts from 2026-2028

Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA), Singapore’s annual pinnacle performing arts festival organised by Arts House Limited (AHL), and commissioned by the National Arts Council (NAC), welcomes Chong Tze Chien as its Festival Director from 2026 to 2028. Chong succeeds Natalie Hennedige, who will conclude her four-year tenure this year with the 48th edition of SIFA, which runs from 16 May to 1 June 2025. … Continue reading Chong Tze Chien takes the stage to chart the course for the next phase of the Singapore International Festival of Arts from 2026-2028

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