The Finger Players

In a forgotten corner of a studio, where the edges of reality blur into liminality, a faceless maiden lies. The lingering shade of a skilled artist, she counts dust motes and avoids thinking about the past.Her stasis breaks with the arrival of a cat, who has brought a boisterous girl with him. Having lured her in with unmet promises of pets, he orchestrates a meeting between the maiden and the girl - two souls on either side of life. The girl is bursting with curiosity, full of boisterous creativity.What mi

Cat and the Faceless Maiden (2025)

Performer

Puppeteer

It begins with a revolution. A group of downtrodden animals overthrows their owner, seeking to build a utopian society founded on fairness and equality. However, cracks soon appear when Napoleon, a power-hungry and manipulative porker, rises to leadership, using propaganda and violence to consolidate control. The animals quickly find themselves at the mercy of totalitarian tyranny, shackled by the very principles that were meant to set them free.Based on George Orwell’s political satire Animal Farm, this th

Animal Farm (2025)

A devoted dance teacher is on the edge of a nervous breakdown because of the dwindling enrolment in his classes and imminent foreclosure of his dance school. Who among us has the power to save his spirit and his passion for teaching? A comedy of errors that takes place in real life, drawing its inspiration from the harshness of life and the will to accept differences and change.

An Octopus, A Cat And A Dog Walk Into A Barre... (2023)

Cast

Adib Kosnan

Three siblings, Azhar, Ashraf and Azura face the unenviable task of settling their Bapak’s estate and other affairs after he passed away.&nbsp;Expect disappointment, despair, tension and regret to loom large in this family drama as they try to carry out their responsibilities while grappling with their own regrets and the grieving process.&nbsp; Audience participation is key to help the siblings come to a decision about what they should do and resolve the crisis in this thought-provoking forum theatre. Do w

Sukar (2022)

Wild Rice

From award-winning playwright Thomas Lim (Grandmother Tongue, Supervision) comes Straight Acting, a hopeful, heartfelt comedy about the drama of trying to keep things straight... when you’re anything but.

All Olivia and Jaime want to do is start a family and make a life together&nbsp;– something they can’t easily do in straight-laced Singapore. To make
the system work for them, Olivia and Jaime get their gay best friends, Russell and Jia Ming, in on the act. Together, they pretend to be two happy, heter

Straight Acting (2021)

A new day, a new light.  

A maker goes about fixing theatre objects meant for forever archival, every object a glint of his self and of time. Life finds its way through his hands into these objects and back into him again, and little mournings come on like waves – gentle, subdued, but never crushing. His time in the workshop is marked by the sounds of drills starting up, of sandpaper smoothening rough edges, of mallet against surfaces, of bird calls outside the window, of wind, of rain.  

As he counts

Little Mournings (2021)

Euginia Tan

“Come on Pa. We are two big-sized humans. It is one small animal. We can catch it!”The Rat Trap centers around a retired, elderly father, Mr. Soh and his daughter, Shih-An, attempting to catch an intrusive rat appearing in the house. Mr. Soh’s alcohol addiction and his daughter’s waning patience begin to get in the way.Starring veteran actor Lim Kay Siu, Yap Yi Kai and Darren Guo playing a humanized rat, The Rat Trap revolves around a tender relationship between father and daughter, their shared love for mu

The Rat Trap (2021)

Emergency Stairs

It always begins with a question. A provocation.

Q: Can we change the way we make theatre in the future?

A: Standby….

Offstage by Emergency Shelter—the training and research platform of Emergency Stairs—is a long-term research and experimental project. It seeks to understand, engage in dialogue with, and challenge the systems under which we make art. In Offstage 1.0, Emergency Shelter reimagined offstage roles as characters. In Offstage 2.0, the entire creation process was opened up to our audience

Offstage 3.0 (2021)

Marketing

It’s a perfectly ordinary day in a perfectly ordinary café in Singapore. Or is it?

Two old friends chat and snap selfies over plates of fried chicken and aglio olio pasta. The three wait-staff bicker and constantly refill cups of coffee while waiting for their shifts to end.

But something strange is brewing both inside and outside of the café. Perhaps it’s finally time to wake up and smell the coffee – if it’s not already too late to do so.

A darkly funny psychological thriller with a conscience,&n

Cafe (2020)

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

“Everyone should have a chance to be King. Now, it’s my turn."

Based on the famous 16th-century epic novel by Wu Cheng’en, this is an action-packed tale of the roguish Monkey King and his exploits in a Journey To Nowhere.

Ingenious, witty, violent and impatient, Monkey has been imprisoned because of the chaos he has wrought in heaven. To be redeemed, he must guide the Buddhist monk Tripitaka on a mystical quest. Together with lovesick Pigsy, they encounter demons, spirits, dragons and gods on what see

Journey To Nowhere (2020)

Costume Coordinator

Props Coordinator

“Come on Pa. We are two big sized humans. It is one small animal. We can catch it!”Catch the live streaming of The Rat Trap by Euginia Tan (Work-In-Progress) - A Dramatised Reading, followed by a Q&amp;A session with the cast and creatives right after!

The Rat Trap (2020)

GroundZ-0 原。空間

It's Friday night. Everyone is out painting the town red. A car in a secluded spot near a bar quietly holds a bloodied corpse. This looks like a murder, but nothing is as it seems.A high-ranking police officer, a dedicated educator and an award-winning entrepreneur cross paths in the bar. The chance encounter leads these three individuals down a rabbit hole that ends in blood. Was it a murder or a suicide? An act of self-defence or a retaliation to a rape?As everyone presents their testimony to the jury, th

Prism of Truth《眾相》(2020)

Offstage 2.0 is an attempt to rethink the value of theatre. We investigate the question: What is the value of theatre from the perspective of different roles?

Value can be a question of economics, but there are also societal values, ethical values, aesthetic values. We will interview key decision makers in Singapore’s cultural ecosystem about the value of theatre. What is the value of theatre from their different perspectives? What value do they offer to theatre? What are the values that guide their deci

Offstage 2.0 (2019)

Researcher

Toy Factory Productions Limited

12 stories, banded together by its Singaporean protagonists, which are otherwise strangers to each other. Each story is a part of the montage of millions of moments that lead us to the cosmopolitan, urban powerhouse that Singapore has become. Told by an ensemble of 7 actors,&nbsp;Here &amp; Beyond&nbsp;attempts to create a theatrical world in which to house 12 startlingly honest short stories that tell of the inimitable feelings, struggle and ideals that make us who we are.


Here and Beyond (2018)

A literary hermit with unfulfilled ambitions is abused by a corrupt official.

A shady foreign lady seeks to rent a room to run an equally shady massage parlor.

A middle-aged widower hires an alluring tutor to help his dim-witted son, who has yet to graduate after more than 20 years.

In a house with an expired lease,&nbsp;
A profanity-spewing dog
And a racy fox spirit idol&nbsp;
Bear witness to all that transpires

Man or ghost? Fox or demon?
Was it all real or false? Truth or illusion?

Ins

Citizen Dog (2018)

Do our roles define us, or do we define our roles?

I am just a writer.
I am just a director.
I am just a producer.
I am just a stage crew.
I am just a light designer.
I am just a stage manager.
I am just a sound designer.
I am just a ticketing personnel.
I am just a marketing personnel.
I am just…

In life, we play many roles – as parent, children, employers, employees, workers, consumers, thinkers, doers, and so on. Sometimes these roles are liberating and enjoyable. Sometimes, they are oppre

Offstage 1.0 (2018)

Producer

“When is life worth living; when is death worth celebrating?”

The notion of death and reincarnation has fascinated mankind’s consciousness, religions and literature since time immemorial.

Poop! chronicles the aftermath of a suicide: A GRANDMOTHER bargains with divine powers to release her SON’S soul from hell. Failing which, she brings him home; she takes over the reins of bringing up her GRANDDAUGHTER, while keeping her DAUGHTER-IN-LAW at bay, saving the GRANDDAUGHTER all for herself She tries to ins

Poop! (2017)

To escape her fate in China, Swee Leng and her friends sail across oceans to find hope and a better life in Nanyang. Upon their arrival, the women earn their keep as helpers to the men at construction sites, making a name for themselves as Samsui women. However, repeated taunts from people around them as well as conflicts between Swee Leng and her friends threaten their solidarity and friendship.

Friends become foes and family turns into enemies, until a fire at Bukit Ho Swee brings them together again. 

Samsui Women: One Brick at a Time (2017)

I Theatre

Welcome to the Farmyard! Come and meet three famous feathered friends - the stars of three classic tales - The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs, and her greedy owner; The Little Red Hen, with bread to bake, but lazy friends; and Chicken-Licken - with that scary acorn.&nbsp;

This talkative trio of feathered friends will sing, dance, show and tell you their tales - and don't be surprised if they share some valuable farmyard wisdom on the way.

This brand new, interactive, fun, musical production is guaran

Poultry Tales (2017)

The Theatre Practice

Lao Jiu,&nbsp;a Singapore classic that has stood the test of time, will awake your aspiration to pursue your dream.

Lao Jiu, literally "the ninth child", is the only son in the family. An incredibly intelligent boy on track to win a prestigious scholarship, but he finds his true calling in the declining traditional puppetry arts. Torn between his dream and responsibilities, will Lao Jiu follow his heart; or will he cave to the needs of his family, seeking wealth and success?

Lao Jiu: The Musical&nbsp;

Lao Jiu: The Musical (2017)

Nine Years Theatre

SIFA is proud to open its 2017 edition with Art Studio, a Singapore-Mandarin theatre commission performed with English surtitles. Set against the backdrop of Singapore's changing landscape from the 1960s to the new millennium, Art Studio begins with the story of a young school drop-out, Ji Zong, who is coerced by his friend to become a model for life drawing by a group of artists.

From that point on, the narrative branches out, weaving the lives of these wildly disparate artists into a web of intriguing 

Art Studio (2017)

With an accidental wish, Toni Lee, a youngster from present-day Singapore quite unexpectedly meets a Magic Paintbrush, and is transported back in time to a Southern Province of China. There Toni is transformed into Ma Liang, and in a series of crazy magical adventures, Ma Liang's story unfolds.

Meet the tuneful Phoenix who guides and helps Ma Liang with his quest. Watch out for the comical Palace Guards, Sotong and Shrimp, as they try to capture Ma Liang for the cruel, greedy Emperor and his wicked schem

The Magic Paintbrush (2016)

Look in the mirror, what do you see? Is that you in the present, from the past or the future? You smile into the mirror and your reflection smiles back, and your past and future vanishes along with it.&nbsp;

Last year, The Practice Lab members dug deep within their personal experiences, setting off a series of improvisation, and revisiting their existential present in the process. That was our last performance staged in our old space, Stamford Arts Centre.&nbsp;

This year, The Practice Lab, led by Lab

Uproot (2016)

Creator

David Khoo

A hundred years in the future, Singapore is run by an artificial intelligence composed of the preserved minds and memories of its greatest leaders and citizens. A regular broadcast of Balek Kampung, Symphonic 924’s evening programme, takes a headfirst plunge into the surreal end of the pool after being shoved off the diving board of humdrumness by a spiritual awakening within the artificial intelligence. As improbable as it sounds, hilarity ensues.


Balek Kampung (2016)

FATE is when the scholar Sang Xiao meets the vixen fox Ying Ning.
AFFECTION is when Ying Ning hides her identity to be with a mortal.
MISHAP is when the priest Cheng Ban Xian exposes her secret.
FOLLY is when Sang Xiao is tricked by the water spirit Feng San Niang.
LOVE is when Ying Ning risks her life to enter the Underworld.
Will the bittersweet lovers escape the bane of King Yama and change their destiny?

From the creative talents behind&nbsp;If There're Seasons...&nbsp;and&nbsp;Lao Jiu: The Musi

Liao Zhai Rocks! (2016)

Against the current, they battle upstream.
Against the current, they struggle to return home.

In spite of all hazards, they single-mindedly trace their journey home.

Kuo Pao Kun's 1991 production&nbsp;0Zero01&nbsp;conjured the imagery of salmons swimming against the current, in search for their roots. This year, inspired by&nbsp;0Zero01&nbsp;- excavating personal memories, family histories and cultural origins, The Practice Lab will revisit their existential present and reignite their primal thirst f

Upstream (2015)

Designer

Think you know all about Aesop's Fables?

Aesop's collection of 665 fables dates back 2,600 years. For this fun-filled 50-minute musical extravaganza for children and families we have chosen around 8 to present to you. Don't expect the usual fare. This isn't JUST a musical for children! We will be turning the art of storytelling on its head to lead the audience through the lives, lunches and misadventures of a truly miss-matched band of scruffy, silly and sometimes stubborn creatures, as they slowly and p

Aesop's Fables (2015)

Living in an increasingly crowded city, what does space mean to you? A house? A room? Or a virtual fantasy world?&nbsp;

Three performances, three spaces, three different predicaments. Bringing you on a journey through perseverance against letting go, through desire against fear, and through patience and persistence.&nbsp;


3 Rooms (2014)

Co-Creator

Co-Designer

百行之首阖府感动故事

是否已记不起上一次回家是什么时候？是否事业已像蔓藤般铺盖了你所有私人空间？

哑叔，一个从小被遗弃靠捡破烂为生的哑巴，盼望幸福有一天降临。清晨陋巷的弃婴声，改变了他单调无依的日子。弃婴阿美长大成了拥有天籁般歌喉的美丽女子，与相依为命的哑叔，过着充满乐符的天伦生活。

阿美被唱片公司送上歌唱的星光道路。她与哑叔、情人、童年的玩伴、成长的小屋与简单的生活有了一片摸不着看不到的玻璃隔膜。当她在大舞台上发光发亮时，年老的父亲已在老旧的收音机旁，渐渐睡去……


Glass Anatomy: The Musical (2014)

Romeo and Juliet&nbsp;remains one of Shakespeare's most-performed classics, with the titular star-crossed sweethearts still the shining beacons of indomitable young love.&nbsp;

Set in aristocratic Verona, the vicious blood feud between the lovers' families, the Montagues and the Capulets, is blind to reason, not to mention romance.&nbsp;

Young men perish in their prime, friends invoke curses on each other, and Romeo and Juliet's right to love is inexorably denied... all in the name of an age-old enmit

Romeo & Juliet (2014)

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People (2014)

Production Manager

Grimm's Fairy Tales have fed the imaginations of generations of people, young and old for 200 years. Now, celebrate these stories with us, through this full-scale Broadway-standard Musical.

Why watch one story, when you can enjoy a whole collection? Each has been carefully selected, and crafted to maintain the original flavour, but now made accessible for a whole new generation!

What stories will we tell? Look out for Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, The Valiant Little Tailor and Little Red Riding Hood. W

Grimm's Fairy Tales (2013)

The Caucasian Chalk Circle was written in 1944 while Brecht was living in exile in the United States during The Second World War. Its German premiere was in 1954 at the Theater Am Schiffbauer Damm, Berlin. The Caucasian Chalk Circle Is now considered one of the Brecht's most important plays and it is one of the most widely performed German plays in the international repertory in both professional and university theatres. It is perhaps the finest example of Brecht's "epic-theatre" style and is structured as 

The Caucasian Chalk Circle (2010)

Lighting Operator

Drama Box

The Next Generations&nbsp;is about the unfulfillment of three women from two generations; whom are trapped by the fact that there is only one male from the younger generation. It explores the status of the traditional versus the contemporary female in a male-oriented society.&nbsp;

The only male - the son - is an Aids-stricken homosexual, and his homosexuality terminates the family tree. It is a grave issue concerning blood ties and carrying on the family name. Against the Lim family's idea of collective

The Next Generations (2010)

Stage Crew

Who Cares About Me?&nbsp;is a forum theatre play about youths who are being alienated. The play explores the sense of identity of a teenager and how alienation plays a part in his life. Ostracized, disengaged and outcast, Joey finds himself unable to communicate with his new classmates and struggling in his repeat class. His laptop was confiscated when he attempted to cheat during a class test. As he tried to retrieve his laptop, he got into more serious trouble. Is he plain defiant? Is he a burden to his c

Who Cares About Me? (2009)

Theatre Practitioner

Teacher

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