Theatre/plays

Mamdani speaks Mandarin to promote Broadway, and gets good reviews

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani impressed with a video of him speaking Mandarin recently.

Berlin theatre scraps pool event for black children citing ‘racist agitation’

The theatre’s new artistic director Matthias Lilienthal recently launched the pool project for eight weeks this summer.

10-course Michelin meal, buffets, gastrobar: Theatre companies take shows into food venues

Chef Ivan Brehm (left), owner of Nouri Restaurant, with playwright Huzir Sulaiman; and the cast of Choo’s Masquerade Party: A Buffet Of Hidden Agendas.

Jesus Christ Superstar musical reunites Singapore singers Tabitha Nauser and Frances Lee

Singaporean performers Tabitha Nauser (right) and Frances Lee will share the role of Mary Magdalene in the acclaimed musical Jesus Christ Superstar that will run at MBS Sands Theatre.

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.

The Necessary Stage founder Alvin Tan hands reins to Haresh Sharma after 39 years

Playwright Haresh Sharma (left) will take over the artistic direction of the company from Alvin Tan.

Theatre review

Moments of brilliance in Mehr Theatre’s Blind Runner but play runs out of momentum

Iran’s Amir Reza Koohestani and Mehr Theatre Group present Blind Runner at Esplanade’s The Studios season.

Fun With Kids

National Day deals at Mandai Wildlife Reserve; Aug 9 fun at National Museum of S'pore; Mandarin play The Forest Heroes

Did you know Ah Meng the orangutan, Bayu the Malayan tapir and Arlo the king penguin are born and raised in Singapore?

China holds air, navy patrol in South China Sea

Theatre review

Fragments Of Tuah pretty to look at, but patchy narrative fails to engage beyond Malaysian shores

Performer Faiq Syazwan Kuhiri stars in Fragments Of Tuah which kicks off the Esplanade’s Studios season.

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