Heman Chong: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness
2025-05-17 - 2025-08-17 | SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 39 Keppel Rd, 01-02, Singapore 089065, Singapore, 089065, Singapore
Singapore Art Museum proudly presents Heman Chong: This is a dynamic list and may never be
able to satisfy particular standards for completeness, the first major survey exhibition by prolific
multifaceted artist Heman Chong. Appropriated from Wikipedia’s defining terms and conditions related
to the ever-changing nature of its online lists, the title announces its intentions from the get-go. The
exhibition reflects and extends canonical works in his oeuvre to invite fresh perspectives on their
meaning and relevance today.
Bringing together over 50 artworks and new commissions from the early 2000s to the present, the
exhibition examines Chong’s (post)conceptual strategies and gestures, expressed through works that
move through and between image, text, performance and situations. Across nine thematic rooms,
visitors will experience how Chong employs everyday, commonplace objects and scenarios, from name
cards, to books, newspapers, and photographs of public-accessible spaces, to confront contemporary
geopolitics and the infrastructural ironies of our data-driven and networked society — all with a dose of
Chong’s characteristic sharp wit. In a world of highly mediated landscapes where information is
constantly being rewritten, the exhibition serves as a checkpoint for visitors to pause and consider how
meaning is made and remade.

Photography Masterclass: Sequencing and Storytelling for Long-Term Projects
2025-05-17 12:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
Date & Time
Sat 17 May 2025, 12pm – 5pm
Venue
Objectifs Workshop Space
Duration
5h over 1 session
Proficiency Level
Intermediate
Find out more and register here.
This photography masterclass is designed for photographers working on long-term personal projects who want to strengthen their visual storytelling and sequencing skills. Led by Veejay Villafranca, acclaimed documentary photographer and former Regional Jury Head (2024) of the World Press Photo Contest, this workshop offers an in-depth look into the creative process behind building powerful photographic narratives.
Participants will explore Veejay’s personal editing and sequencing workflow—learning how to curate images effectively for single images, photojournalism assignments, and long-form visual projects. The session will also cover key differences in editing approaches based on the intended platform or purpose.
Additionally, Veejay will provide practical insights into shaping meaningful personal narratives that connect with wider audiences.

About Veejay Villafranca
Veejay was a staff photographer for the national news magazine, the Philippines Graphic, covering socio-political events in the Philippines. In 2006, he started working independently with international news wire agencies covering news and features in the Southeast Asian region.
In 2008, he was awarded the Ian Parry Scholarship and pursued a residency at Visa Pour l’Image in Perpignan, France for his project on the lives of former gang members in Manila. In 2013, Veejay attended the 2013 Joop Swart Masterclass program of the World Press Photo Foundation where he developed a project on public health and Filipino spirituality. His first photobook co-published with MAPA Books, SIGNOS, garnered the 2018 Invisible Photographer Asia first photobook award. He is also one of the featured artists at the Philippine Pavilion at the 2024 Gwangju Biennale.
Veejay is a visual language and documentary photography lecturer at the Diploma in Visual Journalism at the Asian Center for Journalism and at the Bachelor’s of Photography program at the College of Saint Benilde. He is also an alumnus of the 2005 Angkor Photo Festival Documentary photographer workshop and served as a Regional jury member (2022) and later on Regional Jury Head (2023) of the World Press Photo Contest.

KAKOKI
2025-05-17 20:30 - 21:00 | Bedok Town Square, 208C New Upper Changi Rd, Singapore 463208, 463208, Singapore
We are the builders of the land, shaping our own destiny. In the pulse of the earth, we seek grace, striving to find our place. Surrounded by rules and expectations, survival alone is not enough. A rising fall, a lifting struggle—what is our song? In the end, we are the deciders of our fate.
KAKOKI, an acronym for ‘Kata Kota Kita’ (“What Our City Says”), embodies the spirit, struggles, and complexities of our shared journey—as individuals, as a tribe, and as a community.
Nadi Singapura seizes every opportunity in their performances, blending intense drumming, movement, chants, and melodies drawn from the rich traditions and culture of the Malay community, both past and present.
Rindu rindu
Air yang mengalir,
bak hujan yang turun
Cahaya mentari,
membawa ku pergi
Biji yang ditanam,
dibaja disiram
Diharap tak layu,
mekar berlagu
Darah yang mengalir,
jasad yang menanggung
Alam pun berbisik,
menjunjung agung
Kisah dicerita,
membawa maksud
Gelora di jiwa,
kan terus terwujud
Rindu, rindu yang berbisikkan cinta
Rindu, rindu yang mendamaikan jiwa

Ubud Open Studios
2025-05-22 - 2025-05-25 | Nonfrasa, Jl. Raya Sanggingan, Kedewatan, Kecamatan Ubud, Kabupaten Gianyar, Gianyar, Bali, 80571, Indonesia
Ubud Open Studios invites art lovers, cultural explorers, and the creatively curious to our annual celebration of art in Ubud, Bali. The 4th edition of this event will take place over 3 days and includes studios visits, talks and demonstrations, exhibitions and more.
Discover Ubud’s contemporary art scene right from artists’ studios. Imagine an art-filled scavenger hunt where every studio is a treasure trove of creativity. In 2024, Ubud Open Studios showcased over 50 local and international artists’ studios, inviting attendees to enter their world of creativity and craftsmanship. A journey of artistic discovery & connection offering a glimpse into the sacred spaces where art comes to life. It’s about community—an opportunity to connect, converse, and collect experiences & artworks that resonate.
Ubud is a magnet and source of creativity. The Ubud culture is known worldwide for its rich artistry, striking performances, and craftsmanship.
Ubud’s artists have a long tradition of creating, mastering mediums and techniques and passing them down through the generations. Ubud was once known for its art and craft studios and this was the main draw for many visitors. We’d love to support this renewal in the area with Ubud Open Studios.

HOME
2025-05-22 20:00 - 2025-05-25 16:00 | Victoria Theatre, 9 Empress Pl, 179556, Singapore, 179556, Singapore
On stage, a house appears from nothing. It goes up fast, choreographed like time-lapse photography. Residents move in, move out, get evicted, burn it down, loot it, rent it, remodel it, get married and divorced in it, grow up in it, die in it, haunt it. And all the while, they leave and live among traces of residents from the present, past and future. They throw a party, as if everyone who ever lived there cohabitated, transcending time and space.
HOME is a large-scale performance work that explores and explodes the relationship between “house” and “home”. A visual and physical spectacle, HOME combines dance, illusion, live music, homespun engineering, and inventive audience interaction to compose a work that asks, “Where is home? If it is not a place, what is home?”
HOME aims to awaken us to current housing dilemmas, local and global. The universal and timely themes of gentrification and migration are rendered in the choreography of ordinary people inhabiting a structure, leaving that structure through a variety of social, political, personal, and aesthetic forces, and replacing one another. HOME seeks to use the house of the theatre as a lens through which we might see the impact of these forces at work—the illusion of home; the transitory nature of dwelling; the constraints of time and money; the impossible structural demands of a house; the absurdity; and at times the impossibility of trying to make a house a home. In the face of entropy, we struggle to build infrastructure, family community, art. We fail, and we try again.

A Thousand Stitches
2025-05-23 - 2025-05-25 | Drama Centre Black Box, Singapore, Select a Country:
A vandalised artwork. An enigmatic painter forced to create wartime propaganda. A desperate act of love.
As Emma, an art conservation student restores a portrait of a Japanese woman, Mizuki, she finds herself transported deep into the heart of Syonan-to—Japanese-occupied Singapore. There, Emma stitches together the lives of Mizuki, the artist, Huang Wei and the storms that raged in and around them.
A Thousand Stitches is a moving story of friendship, heartbreak and loss told through a blend of performance, painting and live cinema. A haunting reimagining of a difficult chapter of Singapore’s history, this presentation explores the transgenerational impact of war and the necessity of hope in the darkest of times.

LEAR
2025-05-23 - 2025-05-25 | SOTA Studio Theatre, 1 Zubir Said Drive, Singapore, 227968, Singapore
Man. Father. Fool.
In this dark and claustrophobic world, Lear is the all-powerful patriarch, but he is also his own fool. Being a fool is one thing. Having power and being a fool is quite another. What happens when the power we hold is taken away?
“Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow!”
This contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear will bring together a cast of four with Ramesh Meyyappan’s trademark bold visual storytelling, exploring universal themes of escalating madness, loss of power, betrayal and trust with empathy and a deep understanding of the human condition.

The House Between The Winds
2025-05-23 - 2025-06-01 | Empress Lawn, Victoria Theatre & Victoria Concert Hall, 11 Empress Pl, #01-02, Singapore, 179558, Singapore
Experience a talking installation paying homage to the glorious plantations that lined Orchard Road. Witness a magnificent sailboat travelling across the Empress Lawn. Touch, feel and create as you go on a pilgrimage of memories through whimsical and playful interactive kinetic installations that take you on a journey through time and space.
Many were once drawn to a place where the winds crossed, where the paths connecting East and West met. There, they traded, made a living, and learned—acquiring knowledge that stretched beyond the borders of their homelands. It was also a safe harbour, as they waited for the monsoon winds to change and carry them onwards to their destinations.
Soon, this place became home, and they reshaped the land to suit their lives. The nurturing trees fed their new ideas and ways of doing things, and with their insatiable and unceasing appetites, the trees made way for a landscape that would be forever changed.

hello, is this working?
2025-05-23 16:00 - 19:00 | Bedok Town Square, 208C New Upper Changi Rd, Singapore 463208, 463208, Singapore
Work is a huge part of our lives, but it is often not thought and talked about in public. What does work mean to each of us? What are our dreams and worries about work now and in the future?
Drawn from research and interviews with people from different walks of life, hello, is this working? is a participatory performance by Singapore theatre company Drama Box, that explores our relationship with work now and in the future.

Vampyr
2025-05-23 20:00 - 2025-05-25 16:00 | Drama Centre Theatre, National Library, Victoria Street, Singapore
Vampyr is a mockumentary about stubborn shapeshifting creatures—half-dead, half- alive, half-animal, half-human, half-earth—that refuse to obey the mandate of the nature/culture divide. Living in unregulated wind turbine parks in Chile, these indeterminate beings exist sometimes as disoriented bats, and sometimes as exhausted night-shift workers.
A piece about energy and exhaustion, work and rest, Vampyr is a work of delirious black humour about the relationship between the non-humans (read: animals) that inhabit our territories and how we relate to their cultures when we consider humankind’s energetic projections for the future.
A critical and ironic dialogue is established between the myth of the European vampire and the reality of the Chilean hematophagous bat, a species that dies in large numbers due to wind turbines. This creation of an imagined mythology of a South American vampire presents a critical perspective on green neo-colonialism, which perpetuates practices of extraction and appropriation of colonial logic that are greenwashed under the guise of green energy production.
Vampyr is the third part of Chilean playwright and theatre director Manuela Infante’s exploration of the non-human that started with Estado Vegetal and How to Turn to Stone.

50 MILLION GRAMS: ARTIST TALK WITH ANTHONY CHIN
2025-05-24 16:00 - 17:00 | Battlebox, 2 Cox Terrace, Singapore, Singapore, 179622, Singapore
Join Anthony Chin for an engaging and in-depth exploration around his work, BMA, on this Saturday afternoon at Portals within the Battlebox. This is a unique opportunity to gain first-hand insights into his creative process, inspirations and research behind the work and other previous works in his established practice.
We recommend for guests to arrive 1 hour before the Artist Talk to explore the Portals exhibition. Due to limited walk-ins, please reserve your exhibition time slot (24 May, 3-4pm) here: Portals Exhibition
This Artist Talk is a programme complementary to Portals, an innovative visual arts exhibition that bridges Singapore’s wartime history with creative technology at the Battlebox. The Artist Talk and Portals are programmes of cmd.exe (“command prompt”), a new platform that explores the convergence of heritage and creative technology. Portals is commissioned as part of cmd.exe (“command prompt”), a new platform that explores the convergence of heritage and creative technology.
The exhibition runs from 28 March to 29 June 2025. More details of the exhibition, and its public programmes can be found at cmdexe.art.

Performance | Switch
2025-05-24 18:00 - 18:45 | STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore, Singapore, 238236, Singapore
Join us for a journey through poetry, music and movement inspired by pantun and Surrealism. Switch is like a living poem where each performer whispers from traditions, languages and influences to create an archipelagic soundscape. This performance is produced by Le Pavillon Rouge des Arts Hong Kong, and supported by the French Embassy of Singapore and STPI.

Arty Afternoon | Pin-tastic Crafts: Foam Printed Badges
2025-05-25 11:00 - 16:00 | STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore, Singapore, 238236, Singapore
Create one-of-a-kind badges, inspired by Wifredo Lam’s use of bold, expressive lines!
Experiment with mark-making by impressing lines into foam printing plates, then use them as stamps to create your masterpiece. Transform your handiwork into badges and wear them out proudly.
This drop-in session is a fun introduction to printmaking, which is suited for the little ones too.

i Light Singapore returns to light up Marina Bay and neighbouring precincts
2025-05-29 19:30 - 2025-06-21 23:00 | Marina Bay Singapore
29 May – 21 June 2025
Marina Bay and neighbouring precincts at South Beach, Singapore River, Raffles Place

Asia’s leading sustainable light festival, i Light Singapore returns from 29 May to 21 June 2025, to illuminate the city and connect communities through captivating light art installations. Organised by the Urban Redevelopment Authority and presented by UOB, this year’s Festival is anchored on the theme To Gather and inspired by the colour red to bring people from all backgrounds together to forge new memories and spark conversations on a more sustainable, shared future.

Festivalgoers can look forward to 17 new light art installations by 20 artists at Marina Bay, returning satellite site, South Beach, and new sites along the Singapore River and at Raffles Place.

Civic District Children’s Season 2025
2025-05-30 10:00 - 2025-06-29 19:00 | Various venues across the Civic District, Singapore
Embark on a fun-filled adventure these June holidays with Civic District Children’s Season 2025! At the heart of this district-wide celebration is the Little Explorer’s Trail – a self-guided journey of arts discovery across five iconic venues: The Arts House at The Old Parliament, Asian Civilisations Museum, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, National Gallery Singapore, and Victoria Theatre & Victoria Concert Hall.

Perfect for curious young minds, the trail invites children and families to discover art, heritage, music and stories as they explore each stop. Collect a stamp at every location and redeem an exclusive sticker sheet when you visit at least three!

Along the trail, enjoy exciting programmes such as puppetry and theatre at Flipside! at the Esplanade, outdoor performances at Little SIFA, SIFA 2025’s programme for families and children at Empress Lawn, literary fun at Monstrous Fun! at The Arts House, musical explorations at the SSO Open House at Victoria Concert Hall, engaging play at the Gallery Children’s Biennale at National Gallery Singapore, performances and activities at Children’s Season at ACM: Curious and Wonderful, and many more. With free and ticketed activities available at the Civic District throughout the holidays, there’s something to uncover at every turn.
Find out more at https://artshouselimited.sg/cvd-whats-on/childrens-season or follow @CivicDistrictSG on Facebook and Instagram for updates.

Monstrous Fun! 2025
2025-05-30 12:00 - 2025-06-01 17:00 | The Arts House 1 Old Parliament Ln, Singapore 179429, 1 Old Parliament Ln, Singapore 179429, Singapore, Singapore, 179429, Singapore
Get ready for a monstrously fun start to the June holidays! Embark on a literary adventure for the whole family at Monstrous Fun! Back for its fourth edition from 30 May – 1 Jun 2025, this programme presented by Arts House Limited is packed with hands-on workshops, and larger-than-life performances and activities, including a Drum-A-Story workshop with 2018 Cultural Medallion recipient Louis Soliano.

Families can also look forward to the debut of Monster Parade, where children and their parents are encouraged to don the monstrous costumes and accessories they created at the various drop-in activities during the weekend in this fun procession led by resident monster, Britney! Fan-favourite Monster Hunt also returns with a twist—this year, it’s co-created with students from School of the Arts (SOTA) who have conjured up an imaginative experience that introduces participants to the nooks and crannies of The Arts House. You can also discover literary gems at The Monstrous Fun! Book Fair or enjoy various interactive performances and activities, including an outdoor community visual art installation A Message to My Little Monster at The Arts House lawn.

Monstrous Fun! invites families with children aged five and above to discover and create lasting memories together through a wondrous world of words and stories.

For full programme details, stay tuned to https://artshouselimited.sg/tah-monstrous-fun or follow The Arts House on Facebook and Instagram.

Animal Farm (variation)
2025-05-30 19:00 - 2025-06-01 19:30 | Empress Lawn, Victoria Theatre & Victoria Concert Hall, 11 Empress Pl, #01-02, Singapore, 179558, Singapore
Animal Farm (variation), presented by The Finger Players, is a site-specific performance adapted from an excerpt of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. This 30-minute presentation invites audience members to get up close with life-sized puppets, while immersing themselves in the dramatic tension shaped by speech, music, and movement.

A Kind of Magic
2025-05-30 19:00 - 2025-06-22 16:00 | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
An exhibition by Juliana Tan
Curated by Ng Hui Hsien
30 May to 22 Jun 2025
Objectifs Lower Galleries
Opening: Fri 30 May 2025, 7pm – 9pm
Free admission
Related events
Artist Talk with Juliana Tan and Ng Hui Hsien (Please register here)
Sat 14 Jun 2025, 2pm – 3.30pm
Free admission
A Kind of Magic is a photographic journey through a city that no longer exists. Traversing an interplay between imagined and experienced realities, the images serve as a portal to a temporal landscape that has been irrevocably altered by external forces. Rooted in the artist’s personal displacement from 1998 Indonesia, a period marked by significant societal unrest and racial tension, the work transforms personal narrative into a resonant exploration of universal themes: displacement, remembrance, and the enduring quest to reclaim our own story.
About the artist
Juliana Tan is a photographer whose work is rooted in the ephemeral. Her instinct is underscored by her rapt yet gentle observation of the world around her. Juliana’s sensitivity to shifting lights, hues and timing deftly informs her images as an intimate, yet infinite, dialogue—a single moment in time captured within the process of becoming.
Her first monograph, A Kind of Magic, was published by Jordan, jordan Édition in 2025. Her work Clear Mandate, in collaboration with Khoo Guo Jie, was shown at Angkor Photo Festival 2020.
About the curator
Ng Hui Hsien works as an artist, educator, and curator. Through her artworks, she seeks to evoke stillness and wonder, especially towards our inner landscapes and the more-than-human world. Her artworks have been internationally exhibited in institutions and festivals, including the MOU Museum of Onomichi City University (Japan), GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts (Germany), Reykjavík Museum of Photography (Iceland), and Comma Space (Singapore).
As an independent curator, Hui Hsien has worked with Angkor Photo Festival (Cambodia) and The Private Museum (Singapore) to present a projection screening and an exhibition respectively in 2024.

Starlight: A Symphony of Home
2025-05-30 19:30 - 20:30 | Bedok Town Square, 208C New Upper Changi Rd, Singapore 463208, 463208, Singapore
Across three nights, Starlight brings together some of Singapore’s most beloved voices and brightest new talents—meeting on stage, exchanging stories, and finding harmony in the spaces between generations.
Curated and produced by NAC Young Artist Award recipient Ruth Ling—who also helmed Sing Love—Starlight invites you into an evening of songs shaped by memory, place, and possibility. Through original music and familiar favourites, these artists trace the quiet, everyday moments that make a home: the people we gather with, the stories we carry, the future we’re still writing together.
Guided by the visual imagination of Brian Gothong Tan, Starlight is less a performance than a meeting point—a space to listen, to remember, and to celebrate the voices that will carry us forward.

Waiting For Audience《等待观众》
2025-05-30 20:00 | School of the Arts Singapore (SOTA) — Drama Theatre 1 Zubir Said Dr, Singapore 227968, School of the Arts Singapore (SOTA) — Drama Theatre 1 Zubir Said Dr, Singapore 227968, Singapore, Singapore, 227968, Singapore
An old theatre reaches its last performance night.
Two actors—A and O—find themselves sharing the stage.
They bicker,
they compete,
they create,
they wonder,
and they
wait…
and wait,
and wait.
“We exist because they exist.”
“Every play has a beginning / And an end / Life is the same.”
But will the audience ever come?
Playful yet meaningful, Waiting for Audience challenges us to rethink the bond between performers and spectators, drawing inspiration from physical theatre, clowning, absurdist humour and Chinese crosstalk.

Waiting for Audience invites us to step into the story and play a key role in completing a unique theatre experience, to join in the celebration of the power of live performance to connect what is on and off stage. Don’t miss this bold creation by Nine Years Theatre founders Nelson Chia and Mia Chee.
《等待观众》
一座老旧的剧院迎来了它的最后⼀夜。
两个演员，A 和 O，同时出现在舞台。
他们争吵，
他们较量，
他们创作，
他们开始思考，
然后他们
等待…
等待，
再等待。

“我们的存在，是因为他们存在。”
“每场戏都有个开始 / 也有个结束 / 生命也一样。”
可是，观众会来吗？
这部诙谐又深刻的作品融合形体剧场、小丑元素、荒诞幽默以及传统相声的灵感，挑战观众重新思考演员与观众之间的联系。
《等待观众》邀请你走进故事，成为这个独特剧场体验的重要部分。让我们一起享受通过现场表演彼此连结的感觉。
由「九年剧场」创始人，谢燊杰与徐⼭淇倾⼼呈献，不容错过的大胆创作！

Flipside 2025: Bill's 44th
2025-05-30 20:00 - 21:00 | Esplanade Theatre Studio, 1 Esplanade Dr, Singapore, 038981, Singapore
“…buoyant, mesmerizing, joy-inducing…”
– New York Times
“This isn’t the birthday that Bill had hoped to have. But for the audience, his 44th is a gift.”
– New York Times
★★★★★
“A celebration of life, memory and the passage of time, brilliantly executed and truly unforgettable.”
– One4Review
“Manjuck and James have created a show that evolves from this gentle comedy, with its absurdist elements, to this touchingly heartfelt reflective piece about [loneliness] and truly finding yourself and loving that person you discover.”
– The New Current
The streamers are hung, the punch has been spiked, and the cake is just begging to be eaten! Now, all Bill has to do is wait for his guests to arrive.
Created and puppeteered by Dorothy James and Andy Manjuck, Bill’s 44th is a non-verbal, comedic puppet show for adults performed with an original score, centered on one very worried leading man, Bill. Many styles of puppetry, raucous balloons, and a cheeky piece of crudité all collide to examine the pitfalls of impatience, the wonder of loneliness, and the universal passage of time.
Want to learn from the experts themselves? Check out Andy and Dorothy’s Puppetry Performance Workshop, perfect for theatre practitioners and students to enhance their skills.

Waiting For Audience
2025-05-30 20:00 - 2025-06-01 16:00 | SOTA Drama Theatre, 1 Zubir Said Dr, Singapore 227968, 227968, Singapore
An old theatre on its last night.
Two actors, A and O, find themselves sharing the stage.
They bicker,
they compete,
they create,
they wonder,
and they
wait…
and wait,
and wait.
“We exist because they exist.”
“Every play has a beginning / And an end / Life is the same.”
But will the audience ever come?
Playful yet meaningful, this production draws inspiration from physical theatre, clowning, absurdist humour and Chinese cross-talk, and challenges us to rethink the bond between performers and spectators.
Waiting for Audience invites you to step into the story and play a key role in completing this unique theatre experience. Join us in celebrating the power of live performance to connect you and me.
Don’t miss this bold creation by Nine Years Theatre founders Nelson Chia and Mia Chee.

Hossan-AH! In The High Arts
2025-05-30 20:00 - 2025-06-01 16:00 | Victoria Theatre, 9 Empress Pl, 179556, Singapore, 179556, Singapore
A spectacular journey through Singapore’s arts scene.
Join the OG Singapore Boy Hossan Leong in an extraordinary theatrical experience that weaves four decades of artistic evolution through the eyes of someone who lived through it all. This performance of song and storytelling is inspired by Hossan’s personal journey—which mirrors Singapore’s own cultural awakening—from church pianist to becoming one of the nation’s most versatile entertainers.
Be dazzled as Hossan does EVERYTHING—acting, singing, stand-up—taking you on his own exhilarating ride from the 1980s to today. Experience beloved songs reimagined, and hilarious personal anecdotes about the highlights and moments of despair that shape our artistic identity.
Watch as cultural influences converge to create something uniquely Singaporean. This witty, nostalgic, and thoroughly entertaining exploration connects the dots between our past and present, revealing the joy of discovering who we truly are through the arts. Don’t miss this celebration of every artist, arts lover, and dreamer who has contributed to Singapore’s creative soul.

COLONY – A True Colors Project
2025-05-30 20:00 - 2025-06-01 20:00 | Drama Centre Theatre, National Library, Victoria Street, Singapore
Diverse dancers from Southeast Asia and Japan create the imagined world of a colony through dance and movement. Each expressing their personal challenges and aspirations beyond their limitations and comfort zones.
They live in enforced proximity in an urban tenement, yet exist as disparate entities distanced by prejudice, ignorance and fear.
They struggle to make connections despite their differences, while negotiating long-held preconceptions of what it means to be perfect, complete, normal, valuable, human.
In the natural world, the survival of any colony of organisms depends on its ability to function as a single cohesive collective. Differences, diversity, perceived strengths and weaknesses are embraced as necessities – sine qua non – “without which, not.”
And so too it is with our colony.
COLONY – A True Colors Project is the result of an intense collaborative experiment. A blank canvas on which the artistic director, choreographer, composer, film director, dancers and designers organically paint a narrative in dance, music and film.
Unscripted films are seamlessly woven in. They give the audience a peek behind the curtain, revealing the most sacred element of any artist’s creative journey – the rehearsal space.

stray gods
2025-05-30 20:00 - 2025-06-01 21:00 | SOTA Studio Theatre, 1 Zubir Said Drive, Singapore, 227968, Singapore
久唔唱歌忘記歌
(A long time without singing, you forget the song)
Has all my revelry now stung me blind
Whose now am I, if here no longer mine
But of the whims of winds and ghosts and rivers
A hundred mouths in breath in width and bigger
Than life. I lie beside myself, both quiet, still wet
With shock as two cuts parallel in the same flesh
Prized cub, whose limb from limb I cleft
His head screams in my hands
weish presents a new body of work that draws from an ancient text and incorporates the dying songs and language of her heredity. In this SIFA 2025 commission, she builds upon and looks beyond her signature sonic palette to discover new approaches to storytelling through music.

PRISM 48
2025-05-31 | The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament Lane, Singapore, Singapore
More Than Ever, we seek dialogue.
In 2025, Singapore marks its 60th year of independence. How has our cultural identity evolved, and what can we learn from the evolutions of other cultural narratives and strategies? This conversation series reflects on these questions through the lens of SIFA.
How do we take the measure of the yawning gulf and uncanny symmetries between a self-perceived cultural desert and a key global node? What is the relationship between festival-making and nation-building? What are the hallmarks and impact of Singapore storytelling? Decades into our post-colonial existence, how has our relationship with Asia’s traditions changed? How do we master the art of plugging into global circuits, and what does participation in such circuits mean for art-making in Singapore? What new forms have we invented to make space for difficult conversations? What are the imperatives and challenges of incubating new creative voices in the post-pandemic landscape?
In 1977, the first Singapore Arts Festival kicked off with performances from 77 groups over seven days. In the festival’s 48th year, these six conversations take stock of how far we have travelled, and the journey ahead.

Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025: Tomorrow, We’ll Be…
2025-05-31 - 2026-03-29 | National Gallery Singapore, 1 St Andrew's Rd, #01 – 01,, Singapore, 178957, Singapore
The family-favourite Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025 is back with multi-sensory and immersive installations where art meets play! As National Gallery Singapore celebrates its 10th anniversary, the fifth edition of the Biennale invites the young and young at heart to dream big, express their creativity, and explore a hopeful and inclusive future shaped by the core values of Joy, Kindness, Love, and Dream.

Through interactive installations by artists from Singapore and Asia, children across ages – even from as young as babies – can express themselves freely and be immersed as active participants!

Highlights include Dance Dance Chromatics by Singaporean artist Wyn-Lyn where a seamless canvas of digital ‘paintings’ are activated via movement; and Japanese artist Hiromi Tango’s series of large-scale colourful flowers with petals carrying words of kindness engraved in Braille.

For more information, please visit: nationalgallery.sg/GalleryChildrensBiennale2025

Kitchen Lithography Workshop | Carbonated Creations
2025-05-31 10:00 - 12:00 | STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore, Singapore, 238236, Singapore
Did you know that common household items such as aluminium foil and Coca-Cola can be used in printmaking?

This hands-on workshop introduces kitchen lithography, an accessible technique based on the same principles as traditional lithography, where an oil-based material repels water to form an inked image.

Be inspired by Wifredo Lam’s works which blended surrealism with natural forms. Create bold, line-based compositions that echo Lam’s expressive hybrid imagery. Introduce colour through a simple stencil technique, layering vibrant forms over monochrome prints to create dreamlike visuals.

Recommended for ages 12 and above.

Flipside 2025: Introduction to Unicycling Workshop
2025-05-31 11:00 - 12:00 | Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, 1 Esplanade Dr, 038981, Singapore
Looking for a fun unique experience? If you are a beginner or are new to unicycling, this workshop is the perfect place to start. The skill of unicycling is both challenging and extremely enjoyable to master, and it is a chance to enhance your core strength, concentration, and balance.

With the help of Aqeel, an experienced unicyclist, you will have the opportunity to practice your first pedal strokes on a unicycle in a safe and relaxed environment.

No prior experience or fitness level is required, this course is open to everyone.
