Sifa/Singapore International Festival of Arts

ST’s picks of the best shows at SIFA 2026

The Straits Times’ arts team of editor Ong Sor Fern and writers Clement Yong and Shawn Hoo picks their best watches.

Singapore International Festival of Arts attendance breaches 100,000, ticket sales jump 40 per cent

Automata: Crawling Under Tiger at Singapore International Festival of Arts 2026.

Dance review

Planet [wanderer]: A hypnotic blend of dance, installation and performance art

Planet [Wanderer] by Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa is part of the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2026.

Theatre review

Singapore singer Jacintha steps beyond comfort zone in Lush Life to mixed results

Lush Life is a biographical theatre work inspired by the life of jazz singer Jacintha Abisheganaden.

Theatre review

Lee Hye-young’s more muted Hedda Gabler takes some joy out of Ibsen

Hedda Gabler is played by South Korean actress Lee Hye-young.

Dance review

T.H.E. Dance Company’s Strangely Familiar a sketchbook of musings on relationship between body and technology

T.H.E. Dance Company's Strangely Familiar is part of the Singapore International Festival Of Arts 2026.

Theatre review

In Last Rites, five Asian stage legends deliver a masterclass in living artistically

(From left) Singaporean actor Yong Ser Pin, Indonesian dancer Didik Nini Thowok, Japanese Noh actor Kanji Shimizu and South Korean actors Jung Dong-hwan and Nam Geung Ho form the star cast of Last Rites at the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2026.

Theatre review

Down syndrome actors deconstruct Hamlet and what makes good theatre or acting

Pervuian theatre company Teatro La Plaza's Hamlet takes vignettes from Shakespeare's play to deconstruct assumptions around good theatre and acting.

Theatre review

Sifa 2026: Festival Village productions a mixed bag for a mass audience

Jo Tan in Makan Culture, an interactive food-themed show that is part of the Festival Village programme in Sifa 2026.

Theatre review

Sifa 2026: Three-hour Lacrima is a slow burn about the fashion industry’s toll that finds its way into the gut

What is the human cost of a wedding dress? Lacrima stretches the limits of patience but comes with its own satisfaction.

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