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Fun With Kids

Free horse-themed hongbao, maths fun for lower primary kids, The Gruffalo’s Child show

Collect hongbao from 49 participating museums, heritage institutions, and galleries.
Collect hongbao from 49 participating museums, heritage institutions, and galleries.

Theatre review

Sofie Buligis addresses Malay identity in one-woman show Celup

Sofie Buligis asks what it means to be Malay.
Sofie Buligis asks what it means to be Malay.

‘It’s not a secret’: Broadway legend Lea Salonga confirms separation from husband

Tony Award-winning singer Lea Salonga plays the villainous innkeeper Madame Thenardier in the Singapore run of Les Miserables: World Tour Spectacular.
Tony Award-winning singer Lea Salonga plays the villainous innkeeper Madame Thenardier in the Singapore run of Les Miserables: World Tour Spectacular.

Theatre review

Invisible is a rare work that passes the Fries test for disability

Actress Jaspreet Kaur Sekhon, who is born with Down syndrome, stars in Invisible by ART:DIS and The Necessary Stage at the Singapore Fringe Festival 2026.
Actress Jaspreet Kaur Sekhon, who is born with Down syndrome, stars in Invisible by ART:DIS and The Necessary Stage at the Singapore Fringe Festival 2026.

Campus Superstar 20 years later: Season 1 winner Cheeyang Ng lives in NYC, works in musical theatre

Campus Superstar's first winner Cheeyang Ng has degrees in music and fine arts.
Campus Superstar's first winner Cheeyang Ng has degrees in music and fine arts.

Theatre review

A Lesbian Love Story: The Musical is a warm-hearted, tuneful trifle that entertains

sfstory16 - A Lesbian Love Story: The Musical opens at the Esplanade Theatre Studio on Jan 15. 
Credit and copyright: CRISPIAN CHAN
sfstory16 - A Lesbian Love Story: The Musical opens at the Esplanade Theatre Studio on Jan 15. 
Credit and copyright: CRISPIAN CHAN

Singapore actor Faizal Abdullah plays The Tempest’s Caliban at London’s Shakespeare’s Globe

Faizal Abdullah (right) with castmate Sophie Steer during rehearsals for The Tempest.
Faizal Abdullah (right) with castmate Sophie Steer during rehearsals for The Tempest.

Celup and A Lesbian Love Story: The Musical – Two more acts at Singapore Fringe Festival 2026

(From left) Sofie Buligis in Celup, Coco Wang Ling, Natalie Yeap and Melissa May Garcia in A Lesbian Love Story: The Musical
(From left) Sofie Buligis in Celup, Coco Wang Ling, Natalie Yeap and Melissa May Garcia in A Lesbian Love Story: The Musical

Singapore Fringe Festival 2026: Hotel play Invisible refuses to ghettoise disability

From left: Jaspreet Kaur Sekhon, Deonn Yang, Periyachi Roshini and Dalifah Shahril in Invisible.
From left: Jaspreet Kaur Sekhon, Deonn Yang, Periyachi Roshini and Dalifah Shahril in Invisible.

Curtains closed in most Greek theatres as actors strike

People seeking shade under umbrellas while visiting the Herodes Atticus Theatre under the Acropolis in Athens in July. Most theatres were closed in Greece on Dec 27.
People seeking shade under umbrellas while visiting the Herodes Atticus Theatre under the Acropolis in Athens in July. Most theatres were closed in Greece on Dec 27.

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