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Replay: Screenings from the Esplanade Archives

Watch over 30 performance recordings and films from Singapore and beyond, for free

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Published: 17 Oct 2025


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Replay: Screenings from the Esplanade Archives

Connect with luminaries and compelling stories from Singapore and the region’s performing arts history through Esplanade's first extensive release from its rich archives and those of longstanding artistic collaborators. Experience over 30 full recordings, films and excerpts of performances, across nine thematic collections. Available on Esplanade Offstage from 10 Jul 2025 to 31 Mar 2026.

1 | Replay: Cross-cultural frequencies

Watch: ARISI: Rice, Infinitely Closer & SoftMachine Redux: Yuya Redux POV Edition
Available online until 31 Dec 2025

Watch the works of choreographers Aravinth Kumarasamy, Kuik Swee Boon and Choy Ka Fai as they take on a contemporary approach to their intercultural and cross-disciplinary vision.

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2 | Replay: His-tory, her-story

Watch: Adukku Veetu Annasamy 1, Making Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep & Yusof
Available online until 31 Dec 2025

Watch the docu‑film Making Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep featuring Margaret Leng Tan, excerpts from the 2015 staging of Yusof (written by Zizi Azah), and the full-length recording of the play Adukku Veetu Annasamy 1 by Ravindran Drama Group, originally a popular radio play by Cultural Medallion recipient P. Krishnan.

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3 | Replay: Theatre and retellings

Watch: All the World is One’s Stage, Mari Kita Main Wayang (Let's Stage a Play) & Vilangkuppannai (Animal Farm)
Available online until 31 Dec 2025

Catch the full-length recordings of All the World is One's Stage by Toy Factory Production and Vilangkuppannai by AGAM Theatre Lab, and an excerpt of Mari Kita Main Wayang, written by Felix Chia and adapted by Zulfadli Rashid.

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4 | Replay: Young at heart

Watch: Fatimah and her Magic Socks & The Feelings Farm
Available online until 31 Dec 2025

Cozy up as a family and catch these two made-for-the-young and the young-at-heart productions.

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5 | Replay: Pathbreakers in dance

Watch: FORBIDDEN & No. 60
Available online until 31 Dec 2025

Watch: 13 Tongues & Until the Lions
Available online until 31 Mar 2026

Watch excerpts of dance works by Aditi Mangaldas (India), Pichet Klunchun Dance Company (Thailand), Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan (Taiwan), and Akram Dance Company (United Kingdom).

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6 | Replay: Family ties

Watch: Everything For You; Fatih – The Prince & the Drum; Jangan Tanya, Jangan Canang; Kampong; The Seen and Unseen
Available online until 31 Mar 2026

Explore the full collection featuring creators from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, such as Yusry Abdul Halim, Sharifah Amani, Kamila Andini, NADI Singapura, and Nine Years Theatre.

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7 | Replay: Life and death

Watch: A Good Death, Harap (Hope), Transplant
Available online until 31 Mar 2026

In these recordings of works staged variously in English, Malay and Mandarin, Singapore theatremakers continue to examine the terminal and the existential. Catch the full-length recordings of A Good Death and Harap (Hope), and an excerpt of Transplant.

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8 | Replay: Musical magic

Watch: Alkesah & National Broadway Company
Available online until 31 Mar 2026

Relive memorable moments from made-in-Singapore musicals with a full-length recording of Alkesah and excerpts from National Broadway Company.

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9 | Replay: Sounds like home

Watch: 45RPM – Jeremy’s Jazz Journal, Illuminations, Linying – Take Me to Your House, Liu Sanjie, Musical Conversations, RUDRA, Threads
Available online until 10 Mar 2026

Discover a stirring collection celebrating the breadth and depth of Singapore's musical tapestry with recordings from Jeremy Monteiro, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Linying, Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Christy Smith and Richard Jackson, RUDRA and Chok Kerong Trio.

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