5 Best Performing Arts Venues in Singapore

Drama Centre

Civic District
The Drama Centre on the third floor of the National Library is a key platform for many of Singapore's theater companies and often hosts performances from overseas companies as well. There are two performance spaces here, the 615-seat Drama Centre Theatre and the 120-seat Black Box.
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100 Victoria St., Singapore, Singapore, 188064, Singapore
6837–8400
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Sands Theatre

Marina Bay
When big performances like The Lion King and The Phantom of the Opera come to Singapore, this glitzy 2,155-seat theater is where they often drop. The best seats in the three-level space are the Orchestra seats; skip the Dress Circle ones on the upper deck if you want a full view of the stage.

Singapore Repertory Theatre

Robertson Quay

The popular Singapore Repertory Theatre stages plays and musicals at the KC Arts Center. Its subsidiary, The Little Company, produces children's plays for two age groups (under-5s and 6 to 12 year-olds).

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The Necessary Stage

Geylang Serai

This theater company puts on original performances, often with a social, sometimes socialist message.

TheatreWorks

Under director Ong Keng Sen, this internationally known theater company has staged daring cross-cultural productions, such as Asian versions of King Lear and Desdemona (derived from Othello), and has traveled to Denmark to workshop Hamlet. Workshops, readings and comedy nights, are held regularly on its premises.