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The story of W!ld Rice’s Grandmother Tongue traces the relationship between Ah Mah (Jalyn Han) and her grandson Boon (Tan Shou Chen). Boon speaks mostly English and his grandmother converses only in Teochew (a Chinese dialect), hence they sometimes find it hard to communicate, and for the grandma – she …

Can villainy endure against the courage to seek freedom of the soul? Or will truth and its power overcome unjust, corrupt evil? Artist-activists from Belarus challenge the tyranny in Vladimir Putin's Russia with this superb production.

A unique show, loosely about Edgar Allan Poe's boarding-school adventure in England, is running at the Soho Playhouse.

This is a young man who is determined to play a meaningful part in Singapore's theatrical ecosystem, and has already proven he's on the right path to doing just that

With its great music, acting, and singing, along with an interesting narrative, 'Forbidden City' really should be required watching for all fans of exquisite storytelling.

A bravura star turn by newcomer Amy Londyn stands out against prosaic lyrics and sketchily drawn characters in a new musical about the dawn of the Nazi era.

"Problems happen in those first days of technical rehearsals. That's when the actors, maybe in a musical, are dancing and their pants rip...It's like therapy work for the theater."

This is lively full-strength Shakespeare, a dizzying story of changing fortunes and changing sides, loyalty and betrayal, weakness and strength, war and more war, with only small and hesitant hopes for peace – and all made easy to follow and admire.

The triumph of love in unifying nations and dispelling racism, discrimination, and hatred is the key theme of this incredible musical. How worthy, how wise, how current for our times.

Walls that divide are walls that should be torn down.