Time flies - just like that, another year has passed us by! Here at Centre 42, we said goodbye to 2025 with another edition of Singapore Theatre in ____! This annual project sees us tracking every theatre production in a year on a publicly accessible timeline, which is accompanied by an article discussing the trends we've observed from the data we gather. Join us in investigating the rise in ticket prices, observing the way the new Culture Pass initiative has impacted the scene so far, discovering the many productions that celebrated Singapore history and culture as part of SG60, and more!

Click below to read the Singapore Theatre in 2025 article! As a bonus, why not look back on some of Centre 42's very own showcases which made it into the theatre timeline too?

ESSAYS & WRITINGSSingapore Theatre in 2025

The Past is PresentIt's been on the forefront of everyone's minds this year - the 60th anniversary of Singapore's independence, marking another decade of growth and evolution for our little island. Befitting the year-long SG60 festivities, many theatre productions this year have explored and celebrated our history from various angles. We've seen shows inspired by key historical events and unique aspects of local culture, as well as restagings and adaptations of canonical theatre classics that keenly demonst

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Published: 29 December 2025

THE VAULT RESIDENCYThe Vault: PE*IS

PE*IS is a devised performance responding to Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral.One of theatre doyen Kuo Pao Kun's most well-known and beloved plays, Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral was first staged in 1995 by TheatreWorks (now T:>Works) as part of the Festival of Asian Performing Arts. Descendants explored the life and times of Admiral Zheng He, the legendary eunuch of China - his infamous castration and his historically renowned maritime expeditions in the 1400s. It drew parallels between his experien

Start: 7 March 2025

CREATION RESIDENCYGrand Theft Theatre (Singapore Edition) by Miriam Cheong and Adeeb Fazah

Our project, Grand Theft Theatre, is a devised theatrical performance based on interviews collected from theatre folk, other arts industry workers, art-interested audiences, and general members of the public, to recreate and depict pivotal moments in Singapore theatre. The concept is borrowed from the show of the same name by award-winning Australian experimental theatre collective Pony Cam.We envision Grand Theft Theatre to be a tongue-in-cheek, trans-genre work that employs devices ranging from lo-fi rete

Start: March 2025

PRESENTATIONSInversion - A New Play Reading by Sean Dunnington

A crew of Earth’s best and brightest scientists lands on Mars, tasked with building the first human colony. But when the mission goes awry, so does the chain of command. Stranded in an alien world with no orders and no way home, the crew is forced to confront the question: without rules, how do they survive each other, who calls the shots, and what happens next, after that, and way later? As the lines between here and there blur, nothing feels as distant as it once seemed.Join us for a reading of this new p

Start: 26 June 2025

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