Performing arts

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)

Arts Picks

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei shows his Lego brick works at Tang Contemporary in first solo here

The crows in Ai Weiwei's Wheat Field With Crows have been supplanted by the drones of war.

Death Note star Tatsuya Fujiwara returns to Singapore stage for play based on Haruki Murakami book

jstatsuya31 - Japanese actor Tatsuya Fujiwara stars in the play End Of The World And Hard-Boiled Wonderland.

PHOTO: ESPLANADE – THEATRES ON THE BAY

Concert review

Bold staging of Verdi’s Macbeth by rising opera company Lirica Arts

Martin Ng (left) and Zhang Jie both delivered confident turns as the lead characters in Lirica Arts' staging of Verdi's Macbeth.

Dance review

Singapore Ballet’s Coppelia revival impresses with strong leads

ecballet27 - Janek Schergen as Dr Coppelius and Kwok Min Yi as Swanilda (pretending to be the Coppelia doll).

Credit / Copyright: Bernie Ng

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