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Life Theatre Awards

Life List: 10 trends to look forward to in 2026

Arts blockbusters and new directors: Save these dates

(Clockwise from top left) American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein’s Reflections On Crash (1990), Singaporean artist Sim Chiyin’s Interventions: Farming (2018), theatremaker Chong Tze Chien, Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu and Wild Rice’s satire G*d Is A Woman.
(Clockwise from top left) American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein’s Reflections On Crash (1990), Singaporean artist Sim Chiyin’s Interventions: Farming (2018), theatremaker Chong Tze Chien, Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu and Wild Rice’s satire G*d Is A Woman.

Life Awards 2025

The Look Back In Wonder Award goes to Singapore theatre’s history plays

Has SG60 thrown up some of the most iconic contemporary Singapore history plays? The Straits Times looks back at 2025 in theatre.
Has SG60 thrown up some of the most iconic contemporary Singapore history plays? The Straits Times looks back at 2025 in theatre.

From Singapore stage to Hollywood: Actor Yao brings the South-east Asian experience to Sinners

Yao, as Bo Chow in Sinners (2025)

Source: WBEI
Yao, as Bo Chow in Sinners (2025)

Source: WBEI

Secondary: The Musical, The Finger Players win big at ST Life Theatre Awards 2025

Secondary: The Musical
Secondary: The Musical

ST Life Theatre Awards: Weish’s musical, Sharon Au family drama, Nusantara fairy tale top nomination list

Weish’s Secondary: The Musical, and Nelson Chia’s Mandarin family drama, Everything For You, have emerged joint front runners at The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards 2025.
Weish’s Secondary: The Musical, and Nelson Chia’s Mandarin family drama, Everything For You, have emerged joint front runners at The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards 2025.

Election satire Geng Rebut Cabinet by playwright Alfian Sa’at seeks a third term with audiences

shgrc/ST20240815_202401600475/Ng Sor Luan/Teater Ekamatra restages playwright Alfian Sa’at’s Geng Rebut Cabinet (GRC) after its sold out runs in 2015 and 2016. (L-R) Sani Hussin, Serene Chen, Dalifah Shahril, Farah Ong and Fir Rahman at rehearsal. Photographed on Aug 15, 2024.
shgrc/ST20240815_202401600475/Ng Sor Luan/Teater Ekamatra restages playwright Alfian Sa’at’s Geng Rebut Cabinet (GRC) after its sold out runs in 2015 and 2016. (L-R) Sani Hussin, Serene Chen, Dalifah Shahril, Farah Ong and Fir Rahman at rehearsal. Photographed on Aug 15, 2024.

Wild Rice founder Ivan Heng to receive honorary doctorate from Scotland

Singaporean theatremaker Ivan Heng will receive an honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on July 4.
Singaporean theatremaker Ivan Heng will receive an honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on July 4.

ST Life Theatre Awards 2024: G*d Is A Woman wins best production, Sharda Harrison is best actress

Wild Rice’s G*d Is A Woman (left) wins Production of the Year, while Sharda Harrison wins Best Actress for playing Emma in Pangdemonium's People, Places And Things.
Wild Rice’s G*d Is A Woman (left) wins Production of the Year, while Sharda Harrison wins Best Actress for playing Emma in Pangdemonium's People, Places And Things.

ST Life Theatre Awards 2024 nominees: Shakespeare, Doubt, Brown Boys and G*d Is A Woman

(Clockwise from top left) Krish Natarajan, Adib Kosnan, Gosteloa Spancer, Shahid Nasheer and Ebi Shankara meet, squabble and get drunk in the play Brown Boys Don't Tell Jokes by Checkpoint Theatre.
(Clockwise from top left) Krish Natarajan, Adib Kosnan, Gosteloa Spancer, Shahid Nasheer and Ebi Shankara meet, squabble and get drunk in the play Brown Boys Don't Tell Jokes by Checkpoint Theatre.

ST Life Theatre Awards: The Fourth Trimester wins Production Of The Year

cxaward08 - Checkpoint Theatre's The Fourth Trimester. Credit: CRISPIAN CHAN 
cxaward08 - Checkpoint Theatre's The Fourth Trimester. Credit: CRISPIAN CHAN 

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.