Performing arts

Sexist, racist, ageist: Singapore Lyric Opera updates Mozart’s The Magic Flute

Singapore Lyric Opera's The Magic Flute, directed by British opera director Harry Fehr, will tackle its flaws and opt for a minimalist look.

Kennedy Center Honors fete performers, but Trump takes spotlight

US President Donald Trump, who had a hand in picking the recipients, did not attend Kennedy Center events during his first term.

Dance review

Singapore Ballet’s Cinderella a light-hearted crowd-pleaser marred by minor hiccups

jcballet05 - Kwok Min Yi and Satoru Agetsuma reprised their roles of Cinderella and Prince from the 2023 staging of the ballet.
Credit: BERNIE NG

Branded Content

In Singapore’s largest inclusive orchestra, a single breath cues the music

Ms Siti Sakinah Zainal, 29, who is blind and started learning the piano by playing along to her father singing Malay songs, begins one of The Purple Symphony’s songs.

From short-term work use to errant abuse: How the Performing Artiste Work Permit scheme was misused

Dance review

Sigma Contemporary Dance explores urban spaces in Soft Archives

ecsoft30 - Sigma Contemporary Dance staged Soft Archives its first show at its new space in Tanjong Pagar Distripark.
Credit and copyright SROYON MUKHERJEE

Cultural Medallion 2025

Toy Factory Productions’ Goh Boon Teck builds on family legacy in theatre

(From left) Chairman of the National Arts Council Ms Goh Swee Chen, President Tharman Shanmugaratnam conferring the Cultural Medallion to 2025 recipient Mr Goh Boon Teck.

Theatre review

Checkpoint Theatre’s The Fourth Trimester tells men to step up as parents

Isabella Chiam and Joshua Lim as struggling early parents in The Fourth Trimester.

Crowdfunded Singapore Fringe Festival 2026 returns with four shows and two panel discussions in January

TNS is collaborating with charity group ART:DIS for Invisible, a play addressing invisible disabilities such as learning disabilities and chronic illnesses.

BookTalk: Hong Kong director Tang Shu-wing says real books have real materials and so real lives

Tang Shu-wing in the Intercultural Theatre Institute library.

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