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"8th Objectifs Documentary Award Exhibitions",
"Blast from the Past",
"DRAGGED & DRAWN featuring Sapphire Blast",
"Evan Goh",
"The Silent Crackers",
"IMPROV LEAGUE (26 MAY)",
"Open Mic Comedy Tuesdays",
"LEARN IMPROV TODAY! Improv Taster Sessions",
"Kavya & Maximus",
"[SIFA 2026] Rupture",
"nateli & friends",
"The Slow Living Club: Mindful Hobbies Night",
"GLORIOUS CLASSIC TRIVIA @ MONK’S BREW CLUB (2026)",
"[SIFA 2026] We Live Here",
"BALLS! Drag Queen Bingo",
"[SIFA 2026] Past Present Future: A Series of Documentary Films",
"The Sun Room Trip: Sonic Colours",
"Voyage",
"Beachcombing: A Found Poetry Workshop",
"Chaos in Rhythm",
"Sangam",
"IDENTITÉ",
"Qin Li-Wei Plays Shostakovich • Mahler 7",
"HXP (KR) Live in SG",
"IN OTHER WORDS | MULTIDISCIPLINARY IMMERSIVE SHOW",
"Funny Fridays",
"Aerial Open Stage",
"When Strangers Meet…",
"Slow Art with Friends (Guided)",
"Aku Bersaksi...(I Bear Witness...) by Syafiq Halid Closing Activation",
"SuperBash vol 49! Featuring Truth Be Known, Graycode, KINH (VN), 7 Pound Vein more!!",
"That Incredible Gig In May",
"JOELLE EP Launch",
"Trivia Night at Esplanade!",
"FILMHOUSE HOUSEKEEPING (IT'S A WRAP!)",
"Lil' Shake Mixtape",
"Introduction to Contact Juggling Workshop",
"Between the Lines"
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"textContent": "### Ongoing\n\nThru 30 May: 8th Objectifs Documentary Award Exhibitions. The 8th Objectifs Documentary Award Exhibitions will feature documentary photographers from Cambodia, The Philippines, and Indonesia, showcasing important stories from the region. Catch them in person on Sat 11 Apr afternoon in a series of exhibition talks! Objectifs Centre for Photography & Film. Free.\n\n### Monday, 25 May\n\nMon, 6:45pm & 7:45pm: Blast from the Past. Is it possible to be nostalgic for an era that you never lived in? Taiwanese-Canadian indie singer-songwriter Anie Fann wants to know. Performing beloved classics from The Carpenters, Elton John, Cyndi Lauper and other iconic music artists, Anie will be covering the oh-so-familar tunes that are constantly being rediscovered by later generations and that continue to provide the soundtrack for our lives. Esplanade Concourse. Free.\n\nMon, 7pm: DRAGGED & DRAWN featuring Sapphire Blast. A life drawing session with a drag queen model? Yes! Prizes to be won in competition rounds? Yes! A full food and drink menu? Yes! All levels of drawing welcome! Bring your own materials! All mess-free media welcome. No materials of your own? We have some paper and pencils available! Hard Rock Cafe. $20.\n\n### Tuesday, 26 May\n\nTue, 6:45pm & 7:45pm: Evan Goh. With roots in both English and Mandarin, Evan Goh will be performing songs from his childhood to young adult years that have influenced his musical journey. Take a trip back down memory lane with songs from the '90s, '00s and '10s! Esplanade Concourse. Free.\n\nTue, 7pm: The Silent Crackers. The Silent Crackers is a performance-led research project examining labour, diaspora, and performative silences amid the rise of global protectionism, with Singapore as a central observation point. The project focuses on migrant workers, gendered experiences, and cross-generational labour, investigating how resurgent conservatism and tightened borders reshape mobility, belonging, and cultural expression. Esplanade Rehearsal Studio. Free (RSVP).\n\nTue, 8pm: IMPROV LEAGUE (26 MAY). Jon and Hirzi captain opposing teams, each bringing guest performers (from theatre legends to internet stars, to improv icons and sometimes possibly YOU!) to compete across short-form games, duo scenes, prompt-based challenges, and audience-driven chaos. Each night, is themed to an occasion. Mama Shelter Singapore. $35.\n\nTue, 8pm (Weekly): Open Mic Comedy Tuesdays. Come watch local and foreign comics take a crack at doing stand-up comedy. We give you a lineup of 12+ comics doing their 3-5-minute stand-up routines. 18+. The Lemon Stand. $27.31.\n\n### Wednesday, 27 May\n\nWed, 1:30pm: LEARN IMPROV TODAY! Improv Taster Sessions. Explore what spontaneous storytelling is like, & why they're just as useful in daily life as they are on stage. No background in theatre and performance needed! Larks Improv Theatre. $22.\n\nWed, 4pm, 6:45pm & 7:45pm: Kavya & Maximus. Spanning across the decades and through genres, join the duo of Kavya & Maximus on a journey through the eras from Queen, to Disney classics, and more recent songs from gentle R&B fairy, Raveena. Esplanade Concourse. Free.\n\n### Thursday, 28 May\n\nThu thru Sun, 6:30am: [SIFA 2026] Rupture. RUPTURE is a performance rooted in volcanic activity and seismic research. The project experiments with translating the Earth's deep, invisible processes into sound. Wayang Stage @ Festival Village. Free.\n\nThu, 6:45pm & 7:45pm: nateli & friends. Led by up-and-coming Singapore singer-songwriter nateli, with a band stacked with musicians from diverse backgrounds, audiences can look forward to covers of classic pop hits and timeless tunes like Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Smooth Operator, and more. Esplanade Concourse. Free.\n\nThu, 7pm: The Slow Living Club: Mindful Hobbies Night. Slow hands, open mind: a drop-in craft night to slow down and be here. A mindful evening for young adults (18-35) exploring what it feels like to actually slow down. Not as a concept, but as something you can experience with your hands. 18-35 years old. Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre. $6.34.\n\nThu, 7pm (Weekly): GLORIOUS CLASSIC TRIVIA @ MONK’S BREW CLUB (2026). Get ready to flex your brain muscles at Monk’s Brew Club with trivia nights that test your knowledge and have you laughing all the way! Monk's Brew Club. $13.68.\n\nThu & Fri, 7:30pm: [SIFA 2026] We Live Here. We Live Here unites two theatre practitioners from different countries and training backgrounds, blending their expertise in Biomechanics and Laban Movement Analysis to push the boundaries of physical theatre and collaborative creation. They explore what it means to live: to move, to connect and to share space – inviting audiences to join them in movement and dance. Wayang Stage @ Festival Village. Free.\n\nThu, 8pm: BALLS! Drag Queen Bingo. This is not your grandmother's bingo! Becca D'Bus is your call girl, she's grabbing balls and making calls. Your ticket gets you 5 BINGO cards and your first drink! Make lines and shapes and win prizes! YAY! 18+. HOST Queer Bar (Venue is up two flights of stairs). $32.\n\n### Friday, 29 May\n\nThu thru Sun, 6:30am: [SIFA 2026] Rupture. See Thu.\n\nFri & Sat, 6pm (Fri): [SIFA 2026] Past Present Future: A Series of Documentary Films. 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. The Arts House. Free.\n\nFri, 6:30pm: The Sun Room Trip: Sonic Colours. Swirl into a night of sound where reality softens at the edges and music takes on a colour of its own. Sonic Colours Vol. 1 is a vibrant collision of psychedelic rock, garage, prog and experimental waves - a sonic trip unfolding in real time. Sunroom Studios. $25.20.\n\nFri thru Sun, 6:30pm & 9pm (Fri & Sat): Voyage. A solitary man climbs aboard his moving bed and begins a voyage through a surreal landscape, drifting between dreams and reality. In this dreamlike object theatre adventure, Marine Boy presents a breathtaking homage to life’s fleeting, tender moments. Esplanade Forecourt Garden. Free.\n\nFri, 7pm: Beachcombing: A Found Poetry Workshop. Write your own poems inspired and found from the library's collections of news clippings, books, advertisements and maps about Singapore's coast. Generate poetry from freewriting. Read and respond to your fellow participants' words. Collect phrases and images and assemble them into something new. Do what the sea has always done: make it new. Central Library, Programme Room 1. Free (RSVP).\n\nFri thru Sun, 7pm (Fri): Chaos in Rhythm. Four tap dancers attempt to come together as a “very serious” orchestra—but with big personalities, clashing rhythms and a lot of chaos, things don’t go quite as planned. Through playful competition, unexpected harmony and plenty of humour, they slowly discover how to listen, collaborate and make music together. Esplanade Concourse. Free.\n\nFri thru Sun, 7pm (Fri): Sangam. Bornfire Circus returns to Flipside with their latest production, Sangam — a piece that traces the journey of diverse individuals overcoming daunting challenges in their search for a new life. Sangam blends acrobatics, juggling and theatrical storytelling to portray the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped Singapore. Esplanade, DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre. Free.\n\nFri, 7:30pm: IDENTITÉ. This lineup moves across distinct genres, each act driven by its own sense of passion and focus. From restraint to release, the night traces how desire is shaped through sound—held, sharpened, and pushed forward with intent. Each set carries a clear direction, closing the month with purpose and force. Featuring: seer, Kitasuka, Iman’s League, Cesspit. RASA Space. $30 (Doors).\n\nFri, 7:30pm: Qin Li-Wei Plays Shostakovich • Mahler 7. The Orchestra of the Music Makers presents an evening of powerful 20th century repertoire featuring world-renowned cellist Qin Li-Wei and conductor Alexandre Bloch, former Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lille. Experience two towering masterworks in one unforgettable concert. Esplanade Concert Hall. From $18.\n\nFri, 7:30pm: HXP (KR) Live in SG. rock n roll is soooo in right now i promise…OSL & thekelikosound presents… HXP (KR) Live in SG. with local acts: Slump, Muff. Room 526. $15 (presales); $22 (doors); $12 (students).\n\nFri, 7:30pm: IN OTHER WORDS | MULTIDISCIPLINARY IMMERSIVE SHOW. Part of the Voilah Festival, this larger restaging of an Esplanade production reimagines French and Western musical heritage, and weaves together the worlds of Gabriel Fauré, Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Frédéric Chopin and beyond into a bold, atemporal sonic landscape. Alliance Française Singapour. $35 (concession available).\n\nThu & Fri, 7:30pm: [SIFA 2026] We Live Here. See Thu.\n\nFri, 8pm (Weekly): Funny Fridays. Join us every Friday for Singapore's funniest and best new comedians at The Lemon Stand Comedy Club. 18+. The Lemon Stand. $32.54.\n\nFri thru Sun, 8:15pm & 9:45pm (Fri): Aerial Open Stage. The Aerial Open Stage returns for its eighth year, showcasing artists from Singapore and the wider region. Produced by Bornfire Circus, this year's performances will feature apparatus including straps, hoop, hammocks and silks, with a special group act created by guest choreographer Shirley Wong. Esplanade, DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre. Free.\n\nFri, 8:30pm (Fri): When Strangers Meet… What could possibly unfold when muted characters in larval masks meet in a hospital? Don’t miss this hilarious yet moving non-verbal mask performance—an exploration of what happens when strangers meet. Esplanade Concourse. Free.\n\n### Saturday, 30 May\n\nThu thru Sun, 6:30am: [SIFA 2026] Rupture. See Thu.\n\nFri & Sat, 12pm (Sat): [SIFA 2026] Past Present Future: A Series of Documentary Films. See Fri.\n\nSat, 1pm (English) & 3pm (Mandarin): Slow Art with Friends (Guided). Slow Art with Friends offers a refreshing take on your regular guided museum experience. In this group experience, facilitators will guide you through activities inspired by He Xiangning’s art and life. Each activity contains an exercise in “slow looking”, a practice that encourages you to look a little longer at art. National Gallery Singapore. $8 (general admission ticket required).\n\nFri thru Sun, 2:30pm (Sat & Sun): Chaos in Rhythm. See Fri.\n\nSat, 5pm & 8pm: Aku Bersaksi...(I Bear Witness...) by Syafiq Halid Closing Activation. Syafiq Halid will be presenting 2 closing performances to mark the closing of the exhibition, Aku Bersaksi… (I Bear Witness…) in which Syafiq Halid posits Aliwal Arts Centre as a sentient archive for the arts. If our bodies, our works, these buildings will perish someday, why wait till then to remember? If the arts centre is asked today, “what have you bore witness to?,” what would it say and how would it sound? Aliwal Arts Centre. Free (RSVP).\n\nSat, 5:30pm: SuperBash vol 49! Featuring Truth Be Known, Graycode, KINH (VN), 7 Pound Vein more!! Presented by ToughLive and hosted by the one and only Subash, frontman of Truth Be Known, SuperBash! Vol 49 is officially open. From the grit of the underground, this is an evening of unrelenting noise, heavy riffs, and pure, unfiltered chaos. Room 526. $25 (general); $30 (doors).\n\nSat, 6pm: That Incredible Gig In May. Featuring: Rathmock, Tariot, MAO.A, Saving Medusa,. Cakar, Mantra, Maneaters, Lies Upon Death. Wire Entertainment Live House. $19.90.\n\nFri thru Sun, 6:30pm & 9pm (Fri & Sat): Voyage. See Fri.\n\nFri thru Sun, 7pm & 9:45pm (Sat & Sun): Sangam. See Fri.\n\nSun, 7pm: JOELLE EP Launch. Join JOELLE at Sunroom Studios for the launch of her EP Risk, where she’ll debut fresh new arrangements of her songs, including her latest track, Hesitation Is My Crime. She’ll be joined by singer-songwriter, Ezekiel Tok, bringing his signature chill acoustic vibes, as well as the talented duo, Unagi Tapes, performing their original music. Sunroom Studios. $23.34.\n\nSat & Sun, 7pm: Trivia Night at Esplanade! Miriam is sick of always losing to her family at trivia nights, especially when her parents are the only ones who know who Nadia Comaneci is. Determined to turn the tables, she is assembling an elite team of trivia buffs at the Esplanade Concourse! Esplanade Concourse. Free.\n\nSat, 8pm-late: FILMHOUSE HOUSEKEEPING (IT'S A WRAP!). We’ve spent the past month warming up the space with a spectrum of sounds – singing, jamming, vibing, and everything in between. Get up on your feet and down on the floor for one more night to top it all off, with fuzz, groove, distortion, and rhythm, performed by our very own young homegrown acts. Filmhouse. Free entry, donations appreciated.\n\nFri thru Sun, 8:15pm (Sat & Sun): Aerial Open Stage. See Fri.\n\nSat & Sun, 8:30pm: Lil' Shake Mixtape. Patch and Punnet has once again enlisted the swag of the Lil’ Shake crew, a group of performers who spit rhymes about Shakespeare—reimagining the bard and his works through the lens of rap. Esplanade Concourse. Free.\n\n### Sunday, 31 May\n\nThu thru Sun, 6:30am: [SIFA 2026] Rupture. See Thu.\n\nSun, 1pm: Introduction to Contact Juggling Workshop. Often described as gravity-defying crystal ball manipulation, contact juggling is a form of object manipulation which uses balance to create the magical appearance of lightness with a single ball. In this workshop, learn a short sequence featuring rolling, isolations and balances—designed to introduce the fundamentals of this mesmerising art form. Esplanade Rehearsal Studio. $25.\n\nFri thru Sun, 2:30pm (Sat & Sun): Chaos in Rhythm. See Fri.\n\nFri thru Sun, 6:30pm (Sun): Voyage. See Fri.\n\nFri thru Sun, 7pm & 9:45pm (Sat & Sun): Sangam. See Fri.\n\nSat & Sun, 7pm: Trivia Night at Esplanade! See Sat.\n\nSun, 7:15pm: Between the Lines. Between the Lines is all about the first draft and unfinished lyric that is still on its way to becoming. Raw material is defenceless and pure, making it the perfect meeting place for true connection. Expect a night filled with introspective musical acts and poets presenting their written works, new and old, where there’s no need for polishing just yet. Sunroom Studios. $26.53 (general, bundles available).\n\nFri thru Sun, 8:15pm (Sat & Sun): Aerial Open Stage. See Fri.\n\nSat & Sun, 8:30pm: Lil' Shake Mixtape. See Sat.",
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