The Playwright–Dramaturg Sharing & Social returns in 2026 as a year-long series of gatherings dedicated to script sharing, collective reflection, and connection between playwrights and dramaturgs.Across three evenings, each session invites you into a Community Script Circle, an open and supportive space where works-in-progress are read aloud and explored through dialogue. The focus is on process, creating room for questions, instincts, and unexpected discoveries to emerge through conversation.At ea
The Radicalisation of Mrs Mary Lim-Rodrigues premieres in September this year as part of Wild Rice’s 2026 season! But what you may not know is that Mary has been on a really long journey before making it to the stage.The play was first commissioned by Singapore Repertory Theatre in 2021, then developed as part of Michelle Tan’s Writer-in-Residence tenure at Centre 42 in 2022–23. A work-in-progress version of the play was showcased at the 2024 Singapore International Festival of Arts. In 2025, Wild Rice comm
As part of the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2026, Centre 42 presents a series of documentary films spotlighting the lives and careers of three Singapore theatre pioneers who championed our local arts and theatre scene throughout the 1990’s and beyond.Through this series, (re)discover William Teo, who brought us the Festival Village and led the well-known Asia-in-Theatre Research Centre; Christina Sergeant, who pushed amateur theatrics to greater heights and brought us professional mime; and Kuo
As part of the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2026, Centre 42 presents Creating spaces, Bringing people together: A Roundtable, where we explore and reflect on the careers of three Singapore theatre pioneers who championed our local arts and theatre scene throughout the 1990s and beyond.William Teo brought us the Festival Village and led the well-known Asia-in-Theatre Research Centre; Christina Sergeant pushed amateur theatrics to greater heights and introduced professional mime; Kuo Pao Kun creat
This March 2026, Centre 42 presents a vibrant line-up of showcases bringing brand-new stories to life.Spring Collection 2025/26: New Plays from Centre 42 opens with Pen Pals International 2025, a showcase featuring play excerpts from writers in the UK and Singapore developed over a six-month online exchange programme. It continues with the end-of-residency presentations from our Playwright’s Professional Development Residency (2024–2026), a culmination of two years of artistic exploration that has
As part of Spring Collection 2025/2026: New Plays from Centre 42, the End-of-Residency Presentations mark the culmination of two years of artistic exploration within the Playwrights’ Professional Development Residency (2024–2026). Emerging from this period are four strikingly original plays, developed by the playwrights through sustained research, writing, and experimentation.Amitha Pagolu explores how women across time and space rehearse questions of belonging to themselves; Raimi Safari traces the joys, t
Playwright Nabilah Said has been our Writer-in-Residence for the term 2025-2026, exploring new ways of working and revisiting existing plays to uncover fresh possibilities. Alongside developing her exciting Christmas Island play Territori, she has also created a special audio-play iteration of that play world.As part of Spring Collection 2025/2026: New Plays from Centre 42, this process-sharing session on 28 March invites Nabilah and fellow playwright Joel Tan to discuss the iterative nature of her practice