The Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society (SIFAS) Festival of Arts returns in 2023 for its 19th edition from Thursday, 20th April 2023 to Monday, 1st May 2023 at SIFAS and Esplanade– Theatres On The Bay. Curated with the theme Kalpana to mean Imagination in Sanskrit the Festival presents original highlight productions by teachers, alumni, students, […]
"What if the reason I don't like capitalism is that I just wanna chill out a bit?" Rhinoceroses or capybaras? Blackpink or something less cling clangy? Two old friends are making a radio play for the internet. This week's episode is about the 'rhinoceritis epidemic' in the 1980s, where rhinoceroses have inexplicably started taking over […]
Witness a captivating hybrid of contemporary dance and theatre in this spectacular production by award-winning collaborators Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young. In Revisor, Pite and Young take on an archetypal comic plot inspired by a bizarre theatrical interpretation of Nikolai Gogol’s novel, The Government Inspector. Driven by characters of mixed motives, the narrative satirises the absurdity of […]
Responding to the rich layers of ambivalence and irony in Arthur Yap's poem "there is no future in nostalgia," the four residents of Centre 42's Playwright's Professional Development Residency present dramatized readings of new short plays that reflect on the tensions between technocratic and civic visions of life in Singapore. These four new short plays […]
Date: 2 June 2023, Friday & 3 June 2023, Saturday Time: 8pm Date: 4 June Sunday Time: 3pm Duration: 1hr 30m, intermission TBC Venue: Drama Centre Theatre Tickets: $38, $48 POMPEII plays out on a live soundstage, in which the lives of an imagined apartment building’s inhabitants materialise before us. Trapped in a bomb-shelter, a […]
From Khmer playwright and director, Samithi Sok, comes his sophomore play, Wind Up Mice, an original and independent theatre production coming to Java Creative Café, Phnom Penh. Co-directed by Marika Els. Wind Up Mice follows Reagan and Chang, a couple for whom the end is not the end. Trapped in a never-ending loop, the fated […]
4 actors gather and they reflect on their journey through Theatre in the 1990s. With 20/20 hindsight, what did it mean to DO theatre in the 1990s? Why did they do what they do and more importantly, how? Without any rose-tinted glass, no misty water-coloured memories, these actors share their thoughts and ruminations. Guiding them […]
Date: 26 May Friday & 27 May Saturday Time: 7pm Duration: Durational, free & easy Venue: CÉ LA VI Tickets: $58 Minimum admission age of 18 years CÉ LA VI, Singapore’s iconic club space pinnacling Marina Bay Sands sets the stage for LOVE DIVINE, a SIFA X performance spectacle plunging us into the creative recesses […]
Meet The Breakfast Kakis – they love to sing and tell stories! But who is the BEST storyteller of them all? Let’s find out… Deliciously dynamic, Here Comes the Breakfast Kakis: Imagine Our Songs! is a theatre show like no other. Fall in loaf with our egg-cellent crew of storytellers as they bring your favourite […]
Paper Monkey Theatre has been conducting puppetry Masterclass annually for practitioners, in hopes to inspire and also create an entry point for more to take on the art form. This year, the focus will be on Object Puppetry. Interested applicants may send in your CV and letter of interest to us at admin@papermonkey.com.sg
Headline Acts is a fun and informal reading series open to writers of all experience levels wishing to showcase plays or scenes. The only rule is, each work is a short (10-15 minutes) dramatic pieces that respond to recent headlines. For this special SIFA edition of Headline Acts, part of Centre 42's group show SIFA-X: there is no future in nostalgia, we […]
Sunday, 28 May 2023 11am to 3pm Asian Civilisations Museum Free Hello, explorer! Are you ready to set sail? Move along to drama performance and listen to a story about adventures at sea. Get creative in a craft activity inspired by boats found in our galleries!
