So, here’s the thing. The robots are coming; indeed, they are already here. With the emergence of generative artificial intelligence that creates text, images and sounds increasingly indistinguishable from that formed by human sensibilities, the meaning of meaning-making is in delicious flux.

In today's hyper-connected society we are undeniably losing our privacy. We willingly sacrifice privacy to stay connected to our digital lives. Is being tracked 24hrs a day healthy? What is this doing to our collective mindset? Do we value privacy or take it for granted? What is going to happen in the future?

Humans 2.0 pushes the boundaries of what circus can be. Intimate and primal, this thrilling symphony of acrobatics and aesthetics explores what it means to be human – not just as a noun, but a verb.

Centre 42 presents a collection of new performances devised by its resident artists and invited guests. Titled “there is no future in nostalgia,” after Arthur Yap's iconic poem about the fatigue of urban renewal, we invite artists to consider the tensions between new and old, the technocratic and the civic—and consider how they come to bear on the art of theatre-making.

CÉ LA VI, Singapore’s iconic club space pinnacling Marina Bay Sands sets the stage for Love Divine, a SIFA X performance spectacle plunging us into the creative recesses of Singapore’s Queen of Burlesque, SUKKI (formerly known as Sukki Singapora), Creative Director of Children of Venus a burlesque and vaudeville feast choreographed, curated and sprinkled with SUKKI’s divine touch, and the astonishing Daniel Kok and Luke George whose mind-blowing performance-installation Still Lives (Marina Bay) miraculously turns rope art into statements of care and social commentary.

“BLKDOG is for everyone who has dealt with trauma and grief. For anyone who has had to watch family members go through depression or loss. We live in a society where speaking about our emotions may never be understood; I spent my childhood never speaking about my emotions and now at the age of 30 I can finally speak up.” – Botis Seva

What can a bunch of talking rice cookers tell us about the past twenty years of Korean history?

One day when his electric rice cooker informed him that his meal was ready, Jaha Koo experienced a deep sense of isolation. ‘Golibmuwon’ (고립무원) is an untranslatable Korean word expressing the feeling of helpless isolation that characterises the lives of many young people in Korea today.

Abyss is about a deep resentment. It looks quiet but waving, void but solid.

In Korean, the term 'han' is a feeling of multiple layers of sorrow and sadness that represents the suffering of Korean lives from wars and colonialism. In order to relieve and resolve 'han', we try to talk, laugh and cry together, to confront the sadness and let it go, which is the deep purpose of this performance.

A Day, 2023 is a multidisciplinary installation combining performance and video installation, reflecting on the nature of time, space and our everyday relationships. You’re invited to wander through doors and liminal spaces, to discover new encounters that differ each day, and to imagine for yourself how everything connects.

In this remarkable performance of object theatre, Andrea Salustri explores the possibilities of polystyrene, one of the most common form of plastic. Watch as it comes alive and becomes the protagonist of the events on stage.

You can read 'lies' in the title, or 'eyes', or Pound, Yen, Euro and Dollar. Anyhow, whether falsities or currencies, it's about money.

It’s often said that fiction is a lie that tells the truth. NEW-ILLUSION invites you to step into that mysterious space of intrigue where reality and fiction blur into each other within the theatre space.

Between 1910 and 1940, as new immigrants flowed through the immigration station on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay, Chinese immigrants faced massive discrimination because of America’s earliest racist immigration legislations. This captivating one-act music-theatre performance tells their stories.

Nature and technology inspire each other in this multidisciplinary performance inspired by silkworms and algorithms.

The School is a participatory performance, taking place across multiple sites in Stamford Arts Centre. Step into The School, put on the uniform, and join fellow participants on a series of communal assemblies, group lessons, solo journeys, unexpected assignments, and strange encounters. Just like school as we think we know it, yet nothing like it at all.

Trapped in a bomb-shelter following a cataclysm, a narrator tells us the story of an apartment block in which the lives of its seemingly ordinary residents were anything but. A still-life painter ponders the permanence of objects

One of the most intelligent, disruptive musical voices of our age, experimental musician Holly Herndon dazzles in her first concert in Asia at SIFA 2022.

Join an immersive walking tour uncovering the stories and sites of Pulau Ubin.

A gripping multi-disciplinary work reimagining life in Singapore and the Philippines on the brink of a dystopian world order.

Take a trip into the unconventional mind of Turner Prize award-winning artist, Tai Shani, in this filmic performance.

A fantastical tale of two lost Singapore souls who cross the Devil's path in Australia.

Experience a coming together of film, laser display and live musical performance in The Once and Future.

In tandem with SIFA 2022's opening performance, MEPAAN, acclaimed Singaporean photographer Sean Lee showcases a selection of his works depicting a kaleidoscopic universe of flora and fauna.

Ahead of the festival, check out a series of essays that bring contextual colour to SIFA 2022’s performance offerings.

+GROW is a set of learning resources offering a contemplative perspective into artists' creative stances and strategies.

Facilitating +DISCUSS is a cast of two select individuals – Alfonse Chiu and Chong Gua Khee – whose diverse interests and specialisations deepen and expand the conversation.

When you’re stuck in a dream that seems larger than life, blurring the boundaries between imagination and your existence, what do you do? 

With the world in isolation, how can we better connect with each other through the language of art?

SIFA 2018 artist Nico Muhly has stitched together a hypnotic- ear-worm loaded listening journey based on works that explore travel and observation, both of which are sorely missing in our lives today. With pieces from Steve Reich to Benjamin Britten, Sam Armidon to Teitur, it is a smorgasbord of rhythms, textures and gorgeous sounds. 

With 100 battery-operated analogue keyboards, Japanese avant-garde sound artist ASUNA manipulates sound waves to create an intriguing and fascinating ambient wash of overlapping notes and sonic textures.

Listen to his playful genre-bending sonic experiments cross from ambient to hip-hop to low-fi pop and improvisation at #SIFA2019.

Creating the right production image demands hard work. Check out the making of Toy Factory Productions Ltd - Toy 肥料厂’s A Dream Under the Southern Bough: Reverie production visual! #SIFA2019

#SIFA2019 SPOTLIGHT: RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, A MAESTRO IN MARRYING MUSIC GENRES, CATEGORIES AND CULTURES

A modest artist who’s never absorbed by his global recognition and impressive awards (including an Oscar for best original soundtrack in the movie ‘The Last Emperor’!), Sakamoto is known for continuously pushing the boundaries of his artistry and paving way for unconventional musical expression. Having experimented in a divergent array of music genres from New Wave, electro-pop, classical and ambient sound sculptures, he finds excitement in breaking down the walls and combining these genres, categories and cultures.

This seemingly-inexhaustible energy has been serving fresh and dynamic creations to the world as seen from his rich catalogue of works that spans over four decades. Perhaps only taking a break after being diagnosed with throat cancer, Sakamoto took his introspective reflection on the essential nature of life and death and turned it into an album, his latest one – async.

Join Ryuichi Sakamoto in an intimate conversation as he speaks fluidly about drawing inspiration from his own battle with cancer for his latest album, his life and career.

Disgraced naval officer Chun Yu Fen wakes up in a dream and is thrust into a fantastical journey into the Ant Kingdom. Don’t miss this ambitious and highly-anticipated staging of beloved Ming dynasty playwright Tang Xianzu’s lyrical play by Toy Factory Productions Ltd - Toy 肥料厂

Invited to a castle for a soirée, young Austro-Hungarian cavalry officer, Hofmiller, slides into a destructive romance with Edith, the paralysed daughter of a wealthy family.

Initial delight turns to despairing rage when she realises Hofmiller only proposed to her out of pity. Find out how this emotionally-gripping play deals with the question of what true compassion and empathy is

Last night’s opening of Crowd by Gisèle Vienne was amazing! The endless series of 1990s Berlin rave party images formed by the dancers were stunning with movements that incorporated cinematic effects like slow motion, freeze frame, and the ‘jerky’ repetition of gifs.

With a VR headset and your movements tracked with an optical motion capture system, see your own body in the shape of an avatar embedded in a contemporary dance piece at VR_I.

Immersive and contemplative, this unique installation at the Festival House is a fascinating exploration of cutting-edge imaging technologies with artistic expressions of contemporary dance!

“Vienne is a master of Hollywood-scale theatricality, but here she excels at hypnotising the audience with as little as a blurred rhythmic deviation…” - Springback Magazine

“Gisele Vienne is a theatre maker who is not frightened by the darkest side of human nature.”  - The Skinny: Independent Cultural Journalism

“Unfamiliar but surprisingly beautiful, the “Crowd” draw the gaze like a magnet."  - Onassis

20 days to #SIFA2019! Have you spotted us around town yet?

An Overview of Ming Dynasty Drama: Focusing on Tang Xianzu and His Plays

Anticipating The Year of No Return: An Insight into the Creative Process

In a powerful 50-hour performance specially commissioned by SIFA, performance artists Nikhil Chopra transforms a white canvas into breathtaking landscapes of black ink, in a vivid expression of India’s bloody fight for freedom against colonial rule.