Sound Plot: True/South, A Collection of Audio Plays
2024-01-19 - 2024-12-31 | Singapore Art Museum, 39 Keppel Rd, #01-02 Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore 089065, Singapore, Singapore, 089065, Singapore
𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁: 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲/𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 is a collection of audio plays responding to the geographical area of Tanjong Pagar/Pasir Panjang where the Singapore Art Museum currently resides. With audio design by Artwave Studio, the plays first premiered as part of Singapore Art Week, each with an audio spot installation at the museum and now available online as well.
The three short audio plays (of which the latter 2 were selected through our Open Call) are:
Sea Song
Advisory: Contains some coarse language
Laurie and Scott settle into their new expatriate lives at Sentosa Cove only to discover that not all is as it seems. Beneath the ostentatious luxuries of modern Singapore lie the sea and the land seething in their grief; and as Laurie’s connection to them grows she discovers that this loss is collective and communal.
Playwright: Joel Tan
Director: Cherilyn Woo
Actors: Julie Wee, Daniel Jenkins, Ching Shu Yi, Serene Chen, Tysha Khan, Irsyad Dawood, Joel Tan
Ghazal of the Banana Tree’s Heart

A solitary banana tree remains on the shore, the sole survivor amongst its compatriots, lost to the need for the space they occupied; a lone banana tree that is the last repository of the stories of those shores – of fishermen, turtles and the sea itself. Alone it sings the same refrain – but who listens?
Playwright: Danial Matin
Director: Grace Kalaiselvi
Actors: Suhaili Safari & Shahid Nasheer
Fragments of a Singaporean Hainanese
At the opening of a new exhibition on the Hainanese community in Singapore, memories are excavated through the stories of three Hainanese immigrants of different generations, their connections to an island they left for another, and the sea that connects them.
Playwright: Wang Liansheng
Director: Lim Shien Hian
Actors: Jalyn Han, Hang Qian Chou, Rino Junior John, Mitchell Fang

Open Call: Playwright's Professional Development Residency
2024-02-01 - 2024-03-20 | 42 Waterloo St, 42 Waterloo St, 187951, Singapore
After a joyous pilot run of the 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁’𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, we are thrilled to now invite applications for the next edition commencing May 2024!
This 2-year residency programme is for up to 4 early-career playwrights who are serious about focusing on their creative development, and who could benefit from the rigour and challenge of this residency. These writers should also see themselves thriving in a writer’s group dynamic.
Co-leads Joel Tan and Jean Tay will design and run the studio programme, which aims to:
⭐ Provide a space for residents to rigorously interrogate and develop their practice
⭐ Provide numerous opportunities to write and build up a small portfolio of residency-specific work
⭐ Provide multiple public presentation opportunities
⭐ Directly connect the residents with theatre professionals through workshops, talks, and immersion opportunities

The New York Secret by Secret Theatre
2024-03-01 19:00 - 2024-03-31 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | A secret and luxurious spot at the heart of Chinatown, Singapore. (The show venue will be revealed to registered participants and ticket buyers), Chinatown, 089845, Singapore
The multi-award winning UK-based immersive theatre experience Secret Theatre is returning to Singapore this March with its highly anticipated play, ‘The New York Secret’!

Held at an exclusive members-only secret location in the heart of Chinatown with an undisclosed drama plot, this year’s performance beckons both introspective and thrill-seeking theatre enthusiasts to travel back in time to the wild secret world of 1980s New York City.

Audiences can expect electrifying disco music and Manhattan-inspired food and drinks, culminating in a dazzling night of unexpected surprises and spellbinding performances.

As the world’s first and only immersive theatre experience founded and led by actor-director Richard Crawford since 2008, Secret Theatre has traveled across more than 10 cities globally, and was voted the ‘coolest show’ in London by GQ Magazine. This year’s ‘The New York Secret’ production was a smash hit in London and will be co-produced with American event production company DesignScene.

Tickets will go on sale from 25 January 2024.

Le Bal de Paris de Blanca Li (SG): Immersive Virtual Reality Live Theatrical Dance Performance
2024-03-02 11:00 - 2024-03-17 22:30 | Infinite Studios, 23 Media Cir., #02-15, Singapore 138563, Singapore, 138563, Singapore
Le Bal de Paris de Blanca Li Experience
An immersive live show in virtual reality.
We invite you to the biggest ball in Paris, an experience created by Blanca Li to make you discover in a spectacular way virtual reality through dance and music.
For an hour and a half, Blanca Li offers a total show, of which thirty five minutes take place in virtual reality in a fantastic, poetic, delicate and surprising universe.
Both spectator and actor, the public is led to participate and dance during the experience, interacting with real dancers.
To carry out a progressive transition from virtual to real world, the spectator is then immersed in a real ball with real dancers. The party spirit and ballroom dancing will be continued throughout the entire duration of the show that gradually immerses the participative spectator in a virtual world.
Built around three grand ball scenes, this piece takes the spectator into the whirlwind of a great love story where the dancers play the main characters of the plot. Everyone is free to dance, to experience the party in their own way and to interact with whomever they wish. An entertaining, fabulous, and totally out-of-the-ordinary experience to enjoy with friends and family.
SYNOPSIS
Adèle celebrates her return to Paris at a ball organized by her father in her honor. Pierre, one of the guests, will change the course of the party.
Ticketing info: https://www.sistic.com.sg/explore/1/94514
