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No new insights into Monkey King myth in Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s Wukong experience
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The puppets are a treat in economical storytelling.
PHOTO: ALOYSIUS LIM
Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts 2026
Singapore Chinese Orchestra
Esplanade Concert Hall
March 7, 7.30pm
The Monkey King, Sun Wukong, has been a beloved character since Ming Dynasty author Wu Cheng’en penned the evergreen Journey To The West. His 72 transformations are the stuff of legend – a temple as disguise, a snake in battle or, when push comes to shove, indefinitely cloning to populate an army.
