Performing arts

Busking blues: S’pore’s street performers have more locations but face smaller crowds, tighter rules

Busker Bryan Wong performing at Clarke Quay. Mr Wong dazzles his watchers with acrobatic stunts using props like a Leviwand – a stick that appears to float on an almost invisible string – and hula hoops.

From sunlight to spotlight: A day in the life of buskers in Singapore

jnbusking - Ms Caroline Cornelius-Jones, 56, a bubble artist, enthralling the audience at East Coast Park on Jan 24, 2025. ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY

Theatre review

Secondary: The Musical asks tough questions of Singapore’s educational system and meritocracy

Secondary: The Musical by Checkpoint Theatre was first staged in 2024.

Voilah! 2026 spans immersive ocean exhibition and Islamic objects from the Louvre

vOilah! has a French food market at VivoCity as part of its continued partnership with Mapletree.

Breakdancing opera countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski comes to Singapore

Jakub Jozef Orlinski is on an intense Asia tour that has proven just how much people still crave opera.

Theatre review

Lao Jiu: The Musical’s evergreen appeal with universal story of youthful idealism and identity

sflao04 - The Theatre Practice restages its popular Lao Jiu: The Musical. CREDIT AND COPYRIGHT: TUCKYS PHOTOGRAPHY

Dance review

T.H.E. Dance Company’s new Liminal platform showcases mid-career choreographers

The Rooms Inside by Fiona Thng is part of a triple bill in Liminal.

Theatre review

Stage adaptation of Murakami’s End Of The World And Hard-Boiled Wonderland values beauty over pain

Tatsuya Fujiwara and Misato Morita in End Of The World And Hard-Boiled Wonderland.

Theatre review

Constellations a fizzy multiverse romance made sweeter by chemistry of two leads

Juliana Kassim Chan and Marwyn Ho in Constellations.

Geisha spectacle in Japan’s Kyoto celebrates arrival of spring

Geisha and maiko (apprentice geisha) take part in a rehearsal for the annual "Miyako Odori" -- which means "capital city dance" in Japanese, at the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo in Kyoto on March 31, 2026. Against a backdrop of blooming cherry blossoms, a group of geishas elegantly shuffle onto a stage in Japan's Kyoto city to begin a centuries-old performance celebrating the arrival of spring.
Dressed in sky blue kimonos emblazoned with flowers, the dancers twist and twirl in unison in front of hundreds of spectators eager to see the annual "Miyako Odori" in the nation's spectacular ancient capital. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

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