ESPLANADE THEATRE

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in." One of the world's top ...

"Big-hearted", "accessible", "humourous" and "obscenely tear-jerking" were some of the phrases used to describe this heartwarming play by internationally celebrated Chinese playwright and director Stan ...

A personal story set against the backdrop of art, literature, and film, Leda and The Rage explores multiple perspectives of trauma through one woman's intimate ...

Performed with puppetry, How Did The Cat Get So Fat? is a fable/parable told through the eyes of Fatimah, a nine-year-old from a single-parent family. ...

“You look to me. Eyes close, eyes open. I remember too. Like the clouds we named her after, she drifted in and out of our ...

In Singapore for the first time, the National Theatre stages its acclaimed production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the winner ...

A theatrical presentation on modern relationships and ghost stories, inspired by the classical Chinese literary collection Liaozhai Zhiyi (Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio)....

The quintessential Christmas classic, The Nutcracker returns this holiday season. First staged in 2011, The Nutcracker brings audiences on a journey through the pre-WWI, turn ...

This October, SINGAPORE’S BEST COMEDIANS will have you in stitches as they take the stage in HAPPY EVER LAUGHTER: Standup Comedy Madness! Join them as ...

The merciless Chinese princess Turandot has made a solemn vow to never marry. Princes come from afar to seek her hand in marriage but she ...

For the first time ever, Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) is collaborating with the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) for a one-night-only performance. Celebration in Dance ...

Masterpiece in Motion is SDT’s annual triple bill of ballet gems consisting of the finest examples of international choreography. The performance will open with Choo-San ...

From the award-winning choreographer who brought you the iconic and wildly successful all-male ensemble in Swan Lake comes an enchanting, contemporary update of yet another ...

Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of Les Misérables opens at the Esplanade Theatre, Singapore in May for a strictly limited season. Set against the backdrop ...

On a sand-dusted stage set against a majestic wall of fossil reliefs, eight butoh dancers from the internationally renowned Sankai Juku enter into a sublime ...

From Harajuku style icon to international pop star, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is taking the world of popular culture by storm. Now, she brings her sparkling ...

Where there is life, there is death, and where there is death, there is life. In Dancing with Death, award-winning choreographer Pichet Klunchun creates a ...

Ek Mulaqaat, a love between poets, a marriage of words. The crumpled pages of a musty poetry book hold the story of two of Indias ...

The Big Groove (TBG) – Asia’s annual urban dance festival – celebrates urban dance with a festivity of events that promises to entertain all dance ...

Meenakshi Srinivasan, a consummate dancer with a dynamic stage presence, embodies both the sensitive and the playful in her dance. She will present the story ...

Crazy Christmas comes back with a BIG BANG! All our Crazy Christmas specials will be back to tickle us and put us in the mood ...

Action to the Word’s breathtaking all-male version of A Clockwork Orange. This electrifying and testosterone-filled physical theatre ”horror show” exquisitely captures and transcends the spirit ...

Join the Cat in the Hat as he takes you on a fantastical, bombastical and songtastical journey, bringing together elements from beloved books like Horton ...

A 15-year old boy runs away from home with an imaginary friend to escape a prophecy. An old man travels for the first time in ...

The Comedy Club Asia is thrilled to present the 6th Kings & Queens of Comedy Asia. The last five editions of this stand-up comedy extravaganza ...

In this original site-specific creation by T.H.E Dance Company’s resident choreographer from Korea, Kim Jae Duk, unexpected spaces in the Esplanade backstage become the playground ...

Akram Khan and Israel Galván—their names together set the scene. Witness the power, passion, and unrestrained expression in a meeting of two celebrated dance masters ...

After an unparalleled career that has spanned almost 35 years of both dancing ballet and contemporary work, Sylvie Guillem presents her final dance programme. A ...

Schubert by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot Some Other Time by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot mutual comfort by Edward Clug Sara by Sharon Eyal ...

The courtly, refined and sophisticated nature of court dances from the kraton (Javanese for “royal palace”) of Surakarta is known the world over. Join choreographer ...

In celebration of the Malayalee harvest festival and Singapore’s Golden Jubilee, Singapore Malayalee Association presents Onam Nite 2015: Bharatham Keralam, a celebration of Indian art ...

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! The Dim Sum Dollies tackle our early history in a flurry of feathers, sequins and three-inch heels! Super Samsui Women meet ...

Does Singapore have a SUPERHERO standing up for us? You bet your bottom CPF dollar we do! Just like our Singapore Flag has 5 Stars, ...

Lauded as one of the most exciting groups to emerge in world music in recent years, two-time Grammy and Emmy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir’s exuberant ...

Kuravanjis are Tamil dramas composed in traditional style, representing the aspiration of the soul to merge with the divine. Kannapar Kuravanji is the story of ...

The mischievously funny Dim Sum Dollies® are back with more delicious satire and a wickedly candid take on part 2 of The History of Singapore. ...

A company premiere for SDT, this grand finale to the 2014 season is a treat for all! The ballet follows the heroic adventures of the ...

In a dramatic tale of unrequited love and tragic irony, a proud and cynical aristocrat, Eugene Onegin, finds himself the victim of his own devices ...

Thrilling and audacious, Matthew Bourne’s legendary interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake transforms one of ballet's best-loved stories into a stylish contemporary tale, complete with extravagant ...

Beneath a floating canopy of giant, alabaster white lotus leaves, seven spectral figures embark on a spellbinding odyssey of transformation and enlightenment to unravel human ...

This April, Singapore’s best Comedians take to the Esplanade stage with one aim only – to make everyone of us HAPPY with Laughter forEVER! They ...

Act 1 – A Village in Galicia undefinedThe story begins as the burgomaster presents a new bell for the village and reminds all that the ...

Singapore Dance Theatre will open the 2014 Season with one of the greatest love stories in the classical ballet repertoire - Romeo and Juliet. Inspired ...

Cosi Fan Tutte or La Scuola Degli Amanti, (They All Do It, or The School for Lovers) – that most enigmatic and yet sublime of ...

Three deities arrive on Earth in search of goodness but they only discover it in the kind singing girl Shen Dai, whom they reward with ...

An epic masterpiece of contemporary Chinese theatre written and directed by acclaimed theatre visionary Stan Lai. Stories within stories; dreams within dreams. An idealistic doctor ...

Stan Lai’s magnum opus A Dream Like A Dream is a majestic production featuring more than 100 characters, that tells of interlocking lives and dreams ...

During the Ming dynasty, the juvenile Emperor Zhengde disguises as a commoner and travels to Jiangnan. He meets and falls madly in love with an ...

It's that time of year when the world falls in love... Crazy in Love with Christmas! For this year's Christmas bonus - the Dim Sum ...

A favourite among party people, Sober Til Sunday, affectionately known as Sober, was formed by professional musicians who perform covers of songs well loved by ...

SDT brings back the beloved classical ballet this Christmas season. The Nutcracker is set in a pre-WWI, turn-of-the-century, colonial Shanghai setting. Expect to see spectacular ...

The world-famous Bolshoi Ballet makes it’s only appearance in Asia this year with Swan Lake, an enchanting dance masterpiece of love, deception, and drama. Set ...

In a tale long lost to a forgotten past, two women’s lives intertwine, bound by devotion, redemption, and fate. As their story resurfaces through dance, ...

Two legendary warriors battle. One spares the other’s life. They meet again six years later to put an end to their rivalry. Taking the iconic ...

“Praying Mantis” is a contemporary dance and video art play that tells the story of Cloe a lost kid in the middle of the Bolivian ...

Immerse yourself as dancers and musicians break out into a party on stage, in this joyful, unmistakably-Irish work from Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre. From the ...

Thrilling audiences around the world, Grupo Corpo’s blend of ballet and Afro-Brazilian rhythm, exuberant energy, and rich visual expression create a dance vocabulary completely their ...

Centred on the theme of “heroes and heroines”, the Zhejiang Wu Opera troupe will perform four of their signature excerpts based on valiant characters from ...

Centred on the theme of “heroes and heroines”, the Zhejiang Wu Opera troupe will perform four of their signature excerpts based on valiant characters from ...

This well-known legend tells the story of how the scholar Xu Xian falls in love with Lady White Snake, a kind snake spirit. Their happy ...

Hailed as having changed the face of British theatre, Simon McBurney’s Complicite comes to Singapore for the first time with a powerful performance that shows ...

Masterpiece in Motion is SDT’s annual triple bill of ballet gems consisting of the finest examples of international choreography. The performance will open with Choo-San ...

Watch Monkey King ?????and the other characters including, Xuanzang and Zhu Bajie, from the classical Chinese epic, Journey to the West, come alive as Journey ...

A group of students are accused of committing a serious offense that no one wants to take responsibility for. Consequently, the entire group ends up ...

One of the world’s leading contemporary dance companies for young dancers, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (NDT2) is reputed for their impeccable technique and sublime virtuosity. ...

Hot shot, macho, strong, burly, fierce, garang, solid, grunting, ?ball-scratching, hunter-gathering provider – of laughs! In a word : KUMAR! ?No one man in Singapore ...

A leading bharatanatyam dancer from India, Urmila Sathyanarayanan is among the most dedicated and inspired bharatanatyam exponents today. Trained under gurus Padmashri K.N. Dandayuthapani Pillai, ...

Coppélia is both sentimental and charming, with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Leon, set to a ballet libretto by Saint-Leon and Charles Nuittier, with music by ...

From the creator of Nanta, JUMP and bibap, FLYING tells the story where a Hwarang Warrior and a goblin whom he's battling time-travelled to the ...

Starring Bharathnatyam dancer Padmashri Shobana and 14 more performers, this fantasy musical is based on the chronicles of the Hindu deity Krishna and features classical, ...

15-year-old Cio-Cio-san, otherwise known as Butterfly, has fallen in love with Pinkerton, a Lieutenant in the United States Navy. After secretly renouncing her ancestral religion ...

Crazy Christmas is an annual MUST-SEE! ?Catch this year's star studded cast with a great big band and a bevy of ?dancing gals we like ...