Arts festivals

Pesta Raya – Malay Festival of Arts 2026

Macbeth is remade through Minangkabau randai folk theatre tradition

Randai Macbeth plays at the Esplanade Theatre Studio from April 16 to 19 as part of Pesta Raya – Malay Festival of Arts 2026.

‘May have no choice but to cancel’: Singapore Fringe Festival 2027 donations short of target

Invisible by ART:DIS and The Necessary Stage at the Singapore Fringe Festival 2026.

Ong Keng Sen directs Jacintha and Dick Lee at Sifa 2026; plus Jeremy Tiang’s Obie Award-winning play

Veteran singer Jacintha Abisheganaden (left) will tell her life story and share a stage with long-time collaborator Dick Lee in Lush Life at the Singapore International Festival of Arts.

Pesta Raya 2026 brings film La Luna to the stage and Zainalabidin’s 50th anniversary concert

The Esplanade has commissioned Malay-language theatre company Teater Ekamatra to adapt director M. Raihan’s La Luna (2024) – Singapore’s entry to the Oscars in 2025 – for the stage.

Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts 2026

Absurd Taiwanese and South-east Asian folktales of metamorphosis in Tall Tales: Bananas & Ang Ku Kuehs

Taiwanese theatremaker Wang Chia-ming (left) and Singaporean theatremaker Oliver Chong's Tall Tales: Bananas & Ang Ku Kuehs premiere at the Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts 2026.

Singapore butoh dancer uses traditional art form to warn about the dangers of technology

dlcomma - In Morningstar, Elden Zachery plays a techno-cult leader to highlight his worries about people’s growing reliance on artificial intelligence (AI).
Credit: RE:Evente

Art takes over everyday spaces for Singapore Art Week

(From left) IMBA CEO Michael Lee; Gardens by the Bay CEO Felix Loh; Colombia Ambassador Margarita Manjarrez; Mr Fernando Botero Quinta, grandson of the late Colombian artist Fernando Botero; and Mr Fernando Botero Zea, co-president of the Fernando Botero Foundation unveiling the sculpture Horse at Silver Garden in Gardens by the Bay on Jan 23.

Forum: Feedback will help Biennale be more accessible and inclusive

Arts festival in Adelaide faces exodus after dropping Palestinian Australian author

Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah had her invitation to Australia's leading Adelaide Festival rescinded by organisers.

Forum: Time to call it a day for the Singapore Biennale

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