Theatre review

Theatre review

Pangdemonium’s 9/11 musical Come From Away finds uplifting fable in ugly tragedy

Come From Away is Pangdemonium’s final production.

Theatre review

Veteran actresses Noorlinah Mohamed and Karen Tan ground gimmicky Getting To Know You

Theatre review

Claire Teo’s Monstress an empathetic window into unseen struggles and horrors

shmonstress05 - Monstress, written by Claire Teo, is part of the Esplanade's 2026 Studios season.
Credit: PHOTO: POH YU KHING

Theatre review

Gateway Arts’ The Parting Glass aptly sets men’s mental health drama in a gastrobar

Actor Rishi Vadrevu shines in Gateway Arts’ The Parting Glass, written by Chris O’Connor and adapted by Krish Natarajan, at live music bar The Blackbird.

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Munah Bagharib, Siti Khalijah Zainal and Siti Hajar Gani reign supreme in 3 Queens

(From left) Siti Hajar Gani, Munah Bagharib and Siti Khalijah Zainal star in The Necessary Stage’s 3 Queens.

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A Matter Of Taste at Michelin-starred Nouri serves up sensuous biography

Checkpoint Theatre and Restaurant Nouri’s collaboration A Matter Of Taste offers a biography of the restaurant’s Brazilian founder Ivan Brehm.

Theatre review

Agam Theatre Lab’s Kai Varisai fails to make a wish on its cursed monkey paw

Karls Karthikeyan lolls his tongue and jerks his head as an eccentric senior historian.

Theatre review

Tabitha Nauser and Frances Lee bring different shades of Mary Magdalene to Jesus Christ Superstar

Singaporean singer Tabitha Nauser (left) and Frances Lee as Mary Magdalene in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar.

Theatre review

Multiple Bad Things’ intriguing vignettes do not quite add up to an idea

Australian theatre company Back To Back Theatre’s Multiple Bad Things plays at the Singtel Waterfront Theatre as part of the Esplanade’s Studios season.

Theatre review

Handle With Care is a modest effort at unrehearsed storytelling with a box as the director

A Singapore audience trying out Ontroerend Goed’s Handle With Care.

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