Esplanade

Pesta Raya – Malay Festival of Arts 2026

Malaysian singer Zainalabidin to stage final concert in Singapore

Veteran Malaysian singer Zainalabidin's music career spans 50 years.

Dance review

Ethic of care built into family-friendly dance production Chotto Desh’s every gesture

Nico Ricchini in Akram Khan Company's Chotto Desh.

Arts Picks

Catch dance shows by Barrowland Ballet and Akram Khan at Esplanade’s March On festival

A tiger upends a family’s dynamics in Barrowland Ballet’s Tiger Tale, for audiences aged seven and up.

Theatre review

Post-apocalyptic humanity burns brightly in stunning and near-perfect sci-fi theatre The Sun

Taiwanese company 4 Chairs Theatre ignites a classic Japanese fable of sun-fearing humans.

Theatre review

Actress Jiang Shan shines as Empress Dowager in extravagant palace drama Deling And Cixi

Late Qing palace drama Deling And Cixi featuring actresses Lang Ling (left) and Jiang Shan (right) plays at Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts 2026 till Mar 1.

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.

Four more shows to catch at Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts 2026

The four shows should guarantee a neigh-ing good time.

Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts 2026

‘I can’t rehabilitate her’: Deling And Cixi humanises Empress Dowager without making her the good guy

Deling and Cixi is a late-Qing court drama showing the existential clash between East and West.

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.

Huayi – Chinese Festival Of Arts 2026

Veteran actress Tian Shui, who co-stars with King Shih-chieh in Le Pere, teared up in rehearsals

Chinese national first-class actress Tian Shui (left) and Taiwanese actor King Shih-chieh (right) star in the Mandarin adaptation of award-winning play Le Pere (The Father) as part of Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts 2026.

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