Esplanade

Deep-dive into four shows at Esplanade’s Studios season on from July 24 to Sept 6

Claire Teo’s first play, Monstress, takes inspiration from Medea and Medusa and is about family abuse in Singapore. It is part of the Esplanade’s The Studios programme.

Handle With Care presents theatre packed into a shoebox with no cast and crew

Belgian experimental theatre group Ontroerend Goed is presenting Handle With Care at Esplanade’s The Studios season in 2026.

The Studios 2026

Claire Teo’s Monstress finds troubled Medeas and Medusas in a S’pore HDB estate

Claire Teo has written her first play, Monstress, which will be part of the Esplanade’s The Studios programme.

Iranian work Blind Runner is defiant artmaking across borders

Iranian theatremaker Amir Reza Koohestani’s Mehr Theatre Group is presenting Blind Runner at Esplanade’s The Studios 2026 season.

Arts Picks

Naughty, funny works by pioneer sculptor Ng Eng Teng in a teaser exhibition

The Evocative Head: Fragmentation As Language In Ng Eng Teng’s Works is on at NUS Museum.

Iran’s Blind Runner and Malaysia’s Fragments Of Tuah headline Esplanade’s The Studios season

Fragments Of Tuah is a documentary drama based on research into the life of the legendary Malay hero Hang Tuah

Theatre review

Puppet stars in family-friendly stage adaptation of Roald Dahl’s anti-bullying tale The BFG

The BFG first premiered at Stratford-upon-Avon.

Theatre review

Teater Ekamatra’s La Luna a crowd-pleasing, if simplistic, fable

Teater Ekamatra's La Luna, commissioned by the Esplanade, is an adaptation of the film of the same name that was Singapore’s 2025 entry for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars.

4.8m-tall The BFG among puppets in Royal Shakespeare Company’s show in Singapore

Roald Dahl's The BFG, which premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in November 2025, will play 17 shows at the Esplanade Theatre in Singapore from April 22 to May 9.

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.

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