17/01/2026
Jumping on this 2016 flashback. I thought it was a fun trend at first, but looking back really got me thinking before the pandemic.
The conditions around theatre felt different then. Auditoriums were fuller, there was a sense of ease and optimism, and both independent and mainstage works were being produced at a pace that felt sustainable.
Post-COVID, the landscape has shifted. Costs have rapidly risen, attention is harder to hold, and many of us are working under very different pressures. But the craft itself hasn’t disappeared. The rigour and commitment to making work is still very much here.
For me, the past few years have made it clear that how we work matters as much as what we make. The craft lives on, and so does the responsibility to look after ourselves and one another as we continue.
1. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Publicity), LASALLE
2. The Effect, Pangdemonium
3. The Dark Room x8, Edith Podesta
4. Rosnah, The Necessary Stage
5. Turandot, Singapore Lyric Opera
6. RENT (Backstage), Pangdemonium
7. Monkey Goes West (Backstage), Wild Rice
8. Cabaret, LASALLE
9. Bitch: The Origin of the Female Species, Edith Podesta
10. The Last Bull, Checkpoint Theatre
11. Red Sky, Nine Years Theatre
12. The Rise & Fall of Little Voice, Pangdemonium
13. Falling, Pangdemonium
14. His Story, The Necessary Stage
15. Lord of the Flies, Sight Lines
16. Orpheus in the Underworld, New Opera Singapore
17. Diamond Dog Publicity Poster shoot (Film)
