View SIFA 2024 Festival Guide
Read MoreThe Prose and the Passion
Journey through E.M. Forster's worlds as multiple timelines converge in a lyrical exploration of human connection.
Read MoreThe choreographic world of Trajal Harrell:
Workshop with Ondrej Vidlar
Explore diverse choreographic styles and practices to imagine new movement possibilities: for dancers of all levels.
Read MoreLeonardo! A Wonderful Show
About A Terrible Monster
A whimsical puppet show about a not-so-terrifying monster and his quest to scare!
Read MoreView SIFA 2024 Festival Guide
Read MoreThe Prose and the Passion
Journey through E.M. Forster's worlds as multiple timelines converge in a lyrical exploration of human connection.
The choreographic world of Trajal Harrell: Workshop with Ondrej Vidlar
Explore diverse choreographic styles and practices to imagine new movement possibilities: for dancers of all levels.
Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster
A whimsical puppet show about a not-so-terrifying monster and his quest to scare!
Read MoreProgrammes
SIFA’s prime offerings encompassing new commissions, fresh iterations of works, and the presentation of outstanding works from around the world and Singapore.
Little Sifa
A space for young hearts and curious minds.
Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster
by Manual Cinema (US)
A whimsical puppet show about a not-so-terrifying monster and his quest to scare!
24 & 25 May 2024, Fri & Sat
4PM & 7PM
26 May 2024, Sun
4PM
SOTA Drama Theatre
4PM & 7PM
26 May 2024, Sun
4PM
SOTA Drama Theatre
The Dancer's Fair
by Antigua i Barbuda (ES)
A curious towering ballerina and a fairground of wonder await.
24 - 26 May 2024, Fri - Sun
4PM - 9PM
Cathay Green
4PM - 9PM
Cathay Green
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
A work-in-process showcase featuring Singapore’s theatre community.
A riotous reimagination of Henry Purcell's timeless opera. more...
War and the complexities of human emotions converge at a party in this theatrical adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic. more...
Two eccentric characters negotiate with a theatre owner for a final performance, in a play inspired by existential theatre classics. more...
A tale of well-intentioned actions unravelling into irreversible consequences, prompting a call for revolution. more...
An artistic exploration and response to questions surrounding the role of work in our society. more...
Three college friends confront anxieties and unresolved histories on a road trip to Michigan's ghost town, Singapore. more...
A middle-aged woman unwittingly sparks chaos after her sneeze makes her 'Patient Zero', leading to her journey through and after the pandemic. more...
Performing The Director's Notes: All The World's A Sea is the unfolding of a decades-long dialogue between two generations of theatre practitioners. more...
An anti-musical with immersive technology exploring human-AI relationships and the essence of companionship. more...
A fun reading series featuring writers of all levels crafting short dramatic pieces in response to imagined headlines. more...
An event featuring established Singapore theatre groups, art installations and experiential activities. more...
SIFA Digital
Experience a life-affirming expression of the human condition, the search for meaning and the beauty of connection and creation.
FL(U)ORESCENCE
by Hong Xinyi (SG)
Responses to SIFA programmes blossoming above the mycelial network of the festival.
17 May - 2 June 2024, Fri - Sun
Online
Online
'the light gleams an instant,'
by Natalie Soh (SG)
Art, music, and nature converge in an experimental short film exploring the human condition, meaning-making and memory.
17 May - 02 Jun 2024
Online
Online
Watch SIFA 2024 Show Explainers
by Natalie Hennedige
Fl(u)orescence + URL to IRL
Tomorrow and tomorrow
Moby Dick
Una Isla
The Romeo
Angela (a strange loop)
Sun & Sea
The Prose and the Passion
REFUGE
SUARA / ORO RUA
Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster
Wilful Machine
'the light gleams an instant,'
IN THE MEDIA
The second programme of this year's Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) proves the 2024 edition is very much festival director Natalie Hennedige's baby. more...
Una Isla returns to a foundational setting of Western literature - the island. more...
Consider this the music video cut of American author Herman Melville's wrist-breaking epic about one man's hunt for a whale. more...
由美国知名编舞家和舞蹈家崔吉尔·哈勒尔(Trajal Harrell)带来的舞蹈作品 <罗密欧>(The Romeo),即将在新加坡国际艺术节 more...
经典海洋文学 <白鲸记> 说着 more...
Singaporean experimental band The Observatory's Dharma, was raised in Ipoh, Perak, grew up surrounded by caves in the Kinta Valley, but he had not entered these subterranean portals until a visit to Gua Tempurung in late 2022. more...
Twenty-six tonnes of sand will transform the Esplanade Theatre into an indoor beach for the opera Sun & Sea. more...
It took five master puppet-makers only three months to create 50 puppets, including a whale measuring up to 7. more...
Singaporean painter Genevieve Chua has noticed how society's relationship with technology has changed the way one interacts with or talks about the world. more...
What voices will humans leave behind in a post-apocalyptic world? more...
At least once a month for over a year, playwright Haresh Sharma and director Chong Tze Chien met for coffee, often without any agenda, chatting freely about ideas, literature and what might seem like nonsense to others. more...
Local experimental band The Observatory's Dharma grew up with caves in his backyard, but he had not entered these subterranean portals until a visit to Gua Tempurung in late 2022. more...