Pickle Party: Building the “Set”

The Theatre Practice (Practice) is Singapore’s longest-standing professional bilingual theatre institution. Artist-driven and deeply progressive, Practice strives to be an arts space in Singapore that consciously nurtures and empowers people who care about humanity. Over the past 60 years, the company has developed and presented a vast, critically-acclaimed, multi-genre repertoire that reflects the complexities of Singapore’s diverse cultures.

Today, Practice is a cultural force. As a bridge between cultures, we have brought practitioners of diverse backgrounds together for exchange and provided platforms for international works. As pioneers of arts education in Singapore, Practice has nurtured leaders in the Singapore arts scene and inculcated a love for the arts in generations of youths.

Under current Artistic Director Kuo Jian Hong, Practice continues to shape the cultural landscape as the definitive voice in Singapore theatre. Deeply influenced by the importance of play in art-making, Practice has become the embodiment of the irrepressible spirit and fearless experimentation of play under her leadership.

Artistically diverse and constantly relevant, Practice will always engage in the ceaseless exploration of new frontiers.

The Theatre Practice is supported by the National Arts Council under the Major Company Scheme for the period of April 2023 to March 2026. Practice is also an Institution of Public Character and a recipient of MCCY's Charity Transparency Award 2023-2024.

Xiao Ting (angxiaoting.com) is a freelance hyphenated theatre practitioner (actor, director, dramaturg). She is an Associate Artist with The Theatre Practice and Programmer for Practice Tuckshop. As an actor, she was last seen in All The World's A Sea (The Theatre Practice, 2024) and The Heart of Jun: Memoirs of Zhaojun (Siong Leng Musical Association, 2025).

Her practice in eco-theatre prioritises the various degrees of an integrated ecological practice, with a focus on Southeast Asian foodways, such as Recess Time, which toured to World Stage Design 2022 (Calgary). It received an Honourable Mention at #CreateCOP27, a global open call for art in conjunction with COP27. Other works include Poppy, Extinction Feast and Pickle Party.

In 2023 and 2024, she was the staging director for both renditions of Ding Yi Music Company's inaugural ecologically-themed concert series, ECOncert 《声态不息》.

Xiao Ting graduated from Lancaster Institute of Contemporary Arts (UK) where she received the LICA prize for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre. She is now doing her Masters degree in London at Goldsmiths University.

Dr Tanja Beer is an award-winning ecological designer and community artist who is passionate about co-creating social gathering spaces that accentuate the interconnectedness of the more-than-human world. Originally trained as a performance designer and theatre maker, Tanja’s work increasingly crosses many disciplines, often collaborating with landscape architects and urban ecologists to inspire communication and action on environmental issues. Tanja’s extensive career as a designer, educator and researcher builds on more than 20 years of practice. Her pioneering concept of eco-scenography has been featured in numerous programs, exhibitions, articles and platforms around the world. Tanja is Co-director of the new Performance + Ecology Research Lab (P+ERL) and Senior Lecturer in Design at Griffith University (Brisbane). She is the author of Ecoscenography: An introduction to Ecological Design for Performance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).