An interview with artistic director Shaza Ishak and actress Serene Chen on the complexity and social fault lines laid bare in Teater Ekamatra’s revival ‘Charged’

When Charged premiered in 2010, it did something few Singapore plays had dared to do back then. Set over a single night in an army camp during Chinese New Year, Chong Tze Chien’s drama placed one of Singapore’s most enduring fault lines of race within one of its most sacred institutions. The Singapore Armed Forces has long been imagined as a crucible of nation-building, a … Continue reading An interview with artistic director Shaza Ishak and actress Serene Chen on the complexity and social fault lines laid bare in Teater Ekamatra’s revival ‘Charged’

★★★★☆ Theatre Review: Slava’s Snowshow (2026) by Base Entertainment Asia

The modern classic of clown theatre returns to give Singapore a taste of Russian winter once more, exploring solitude, despair and hope in a singular, brilliant snowstorm of an experience. Clowns are often mistaken for entertainers when, in truth, they are philosophers. Their language simply happens to be slapstick. That perhaps explains why Slava’s Snowshow has endured for over thirty years. Returning once again to … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Theatre Review: Slava’s Snowshow (2026) by Base Entertainment Asia

Preview: Singapore Night Festival 2026 returns with myths, legends and immersive night-time adventures across Bras Basah.Bugis

Singapore Night Festival 2026 returns from 21 August to 5 September with immersive projection mapping, folklore-inspired installations, performances and heritage experiences across Bras Basah.Bugis. Here’s what not to miss. The stories we grow up with rarely stay on the page. They evolve through the people who tell them, the places they inhabit and the generations that continue to find meaning in them. This August, Singapore … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Night Festival 2026 returns with myths, legends and immersive night-time adventures across Bras Basah.Bugis

★★★★☆ Theatre Review: The Nether by HuM Theatre

Blurring the lines of reality, morality, and the limits of humane pleasure. Over the years, the internet has evolved into a sprawling virtual world of limitless possibility, offering both unprecedented connection and discovery alongside a seedy underbelly capable of accommodating humanity’s darkest impulses. Jennifer Haley’s The Nether imagines the natural endpoint of that evolution, asking what happens when virtual reality becomes so sophisticated that it … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Theatre Review: The Nether by HuM Theatre

Preview: Slava’s Snowshow (2026) by Base Entertainment Asia

Few theatrical experiences linger in the memory quite like Slava’s Snowshow. Four years after enchanting Singapore audiences with its surreal blend of slapstick, poetry and spectacular stagecraft, the internationally acclaimed production returns to Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands from 15 July 2026 for a limited season. Created by legendary Russian clown Slava Polunin, the Olivier Award-winning production has toured more than 225 cities across … Continue reading Preview: Slava’s Snowshow (2026) by Base Entertainment Asia

Preview: The Nether by HuM Theatre

What happens when virtual reality blurs the line between fantasy and crime? This July, audiences are invited to step into a world where technology challenges our deepest moral instincts. The Nether, Jennifer Haley’s internationally acclaimed sci-fi thriller, makes its Singapore debut at the Esplanade Theatre Studio from 8 to 12 July 2026, offering an immersive theatrical experience that is as gripping as it is thought-provoking. … Continue reading Preview: The Nether by HuM Theatre

Film: DEAR YOU 《给阿嬷的情书》receives 70 more sessions in Teochew due to overwhelming demand

What began as a special celebration of Teochew heritage has quickly become one of Singapore’s most talked-about cinema events this year. Following overwhelming demand for the original Teochew-language screenings of Dear You, the Teochew Cultural Movie Showcase is expanding with 70 additional commercial screenings, giving even more audiences the opportunity to experience the acclaimed film in the dialect in which it was originally made. Running … Continue reading Film: DEAR YOU 《给阿嬷的情书》receives 70 more sessions in Teochew due to overwhelming demand

Film: DEAR YOU 《给阿嬷的情书》 brings generations of Teochews together through cinema, as Ngee Ann Kongsi sponsors 900 tickets to the hit film

For 93-year-old Mdm Tan Gek Yong, watching Dear You will be more than a trip to the cinema; it will be a journey back through decades of family history. Born in Puning, China, Mdm Tan moved to Singapore with her parents as a young child before building a life here with her late husband, who was also Teochew. It has been four decades since she … Continue reading Film: DEAR YOU 《给阿嬷的情书》 brings generations of Teochews together through cinema, as Ngee Ann Kongsi sponsors 900 tickets to the hit film

★★★★☆ Circus Review: Der Lauf (The Way Things Go) by Les Vélocimanes Associés

A delirious circus of near-disasters that transforms juggling into a nerve-shredding game of trust and keeps audiences holding their breath. With Der Lauf (The Way Things Go), Belgian company Les Vélocimanes Associés has created what may be one of the most stressful circus experiences in recent memory. Presented as part of Esplanade’s Flipside 2026 programme, this deliriously inventive work transforms juggling into something stranger and … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Circus Review: Der Lauf (The Way Things Go) by Les Vélocimanes Associés

Art: Zarina – Directions to My House at STPI

At STPI in Singapore’s Robertson Quay, Zarina’s world unfolds not as biography in the conventional sense, but as a sustained act of translation: of life into line, memory into geometry, and displacement into print. Zarina: Directions to My House (6 June – 1 August 2026), the institution’s Annual Special Exhibition, is the most comprehensive presentation of her work in Southeast Asia to date, bringing together … Continue reading Art: Zarina – Directions to My House at STPI