Singapore Arts Festival 2010

Friday May 14, 2010 - Sunday June 13, 2010

Esplanade Theatre
1 Esplanade Drive
Singapore, Central Singapore 38981

The Singapore International Arts Festival 2010, themed Between You and Me, promises to be an intimate and inspiring showcase of international, Asian and seminal local performances.

The Singapore Arts Festival has embarked on a new phase of development under the leadership of General Manager, Low Kee Hong. Key changes and initiatives have been set in motion to grow the 33-year-old Festival into a Creation Festival and a People’s Festival.

As a People’s and Creation Festival, the programmes are selected and designed to connect with you on a personal level through active consumption of the arts. Beyond performing and creation opportunities in intriguing productions, the Festival also introduced a new year-long education and outreach programme, com.mmune, to enable deeper understanding and better appreciation of the arts. Connect and create with the Singapore Arts Festival like never before!

The Festival will have a greater focus on the creative process and perspectives of art making in Asia. It will provide a platform to showcase performances, collaborations and new works-in-progress by Singapore and Asian artists while maintaining a global perspective. A year-long education and outreach programme, titled com.mune, has been introduced to sustain the Festival’s engagement with the public beyond individual shows staged during the Festival period.

Together with a stellar showcase of international performances, the Festival will truly touch you in ways you never imagined possible. Take a look at what's in store!

“The Singapore Arts Festival needs to grow its character continually and develop a more intimate relationship with the people, audience and art makers alike. It has to be relevant to the Asian context while living up to its contemporary character. We also want the people to see the Festival as a source of inspiration and a means for self-reflection and creative expressions. This underpins our new direction of encouraging active partaking of the Festival through our thematic programme, and perennial education and outreach activities that enable the people to build their bonds with the Festival,”

Says Low Kee Hong, General Manager, Singapore Arts Festival.

Homepage: http://www.singaporeartsfest.com