This two-hour masterclass will take participants behind the scenes of Five Arts Centre's documentary performance Fragments of Tuah —encompassing the processes of long-term research, creation, and collaboration. This masterclass is open to playwrights, directors, producers, actors and those active in the theatre scene.

Successful applicants will be contacted to purchase tickets for this masterclass.

This is a companion programme to Fragments of Tuah (24 – 26 Jul 2026) at Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay. The Studios companion programmes are an invitation to deepen engagement with the artistic works and conversations raised in the season. Participants are highly encouraged to watch the performance of Fragments of Tuah on 24 or 25 Jul 2026 prior to the masterclass.

In this session, the performer, director and designers will share their ways of working collectively and poly-perspectively. The team will elaborate on how they work with versions of the Hikayat Hang Tuah, official and archival documents, online content, and other found materials, while frictioning these with their own experiences and subjectivities.

Participants will discover how this group of artists, activists, and media producers attempt to piece together the various fragmentary representations of Hang Tuah in the region, and how they navigate the personal and the political in their work.