Centre 42 is a non-profit arts organisation championing the creation, promotion, and documentation of Singapore stories for the global stage.

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

First presented on 14 December 2017 at 42 Waterloo Street, Year in Review is Centre 42's annual round-up of Singapore theatre. This ongoing project sees Centre 42 tracking a year's worth of local theatre productions, and sharing interesting observations, trends, and statistics from the data that we collect. Together with the local theatre community, we reflect on how the theatre scene is growing and evolving over time. As part of Centre 42's 10th Anniversary celebrations in 2024, we created a mini-exhi

Singapore Theatre in 2017 is created by Centre 42 as an attempt to document all local theatre productions in the year 2017 in a timeline, as a visual representation of the vibrancy of the Singapore theatre scene. Singapore Theatre in 2017 was exhibited in the Centre 42 courtyard from 14 December 2017 to 31 January 2018. Responding to public feedback, the panels have been revised. At this point, they capture 133 dramatic works that were staged in 2017. Click on the PDF be