Performing arts

Dance review

Playful, painful and pungent Batu examines how women experience and carry histories

Ayu Permata Sari and Hasyimah Harith’s Batu explores how women carry family and cultural memory through kitchen utensils.

Sacha Baron Cohen to star in Quentin Tarantino’s debut stage play

The play, a swashbuckling comedy, will open for previews in London’s West End on Feb 23.

The Kennedy Center appoints an artistic director amid turmoil

Expanding the reach of the Kennedy Center during its Trump era has proved difficult.

From Stranger Things to the West End: Gaten Matarazzo on why he gravitates towards theatre

Theatre review

Crack The Case: Wonderland is an immersive tea party worth crashing

Tan Rui Shan as the March Hare in Crack The Case: Wonderland.

Singapore artist Ho Tzu Nyen appointed performing arts festival Holland Festival associate artist

Ho Tzu Nyen will help shape the performing arts festival’s themes and showcase his work internationally.

Flamenco meets contemporary dance in Flamenco Sin Fronteras’ new show

Dancers from Flamenco Sin Fronteras and contemporary artists perform in Tierra Rota, Alma Viva (Broken Earth, Living Soul)

Thailand cheers as teen rocker Nene Royal clinches America’s Got Talent win

This photo taken on July 14, 2026 shows Thai musician Rattikarn "Nene Royal" Amloy (2nd R), 16, reacting next to Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (R) at Government House in Bangkok. A 16-year-old Thai rock singer and guitarist who has performed with the prime minister and Linkin Park won a top US television talent show on September 24, 2026, sparking celebrations back home. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP)

S’pore joins regional bid to add Malay dance form zapin to UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list

Zapin practitioners giving a demonstration of the dance at the Malay Heritage Centre on Sept 24.

Late-night DJ sets from UK’s Dialled In, comic Biswa Kalyan Rath headline Kalaa Utsavam festival

Popular Indian comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath presents his latest standup show, Inventions.

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