Established in 1985, T:>Works is an independent and international performance company based in Singapore. It is an Institute of Public Character. It is currently led by Artistic Director, Dr. Ong Keng Sen.
T:>Works’ vision and mission is the pioneering of thought leadership in the arts focused on transdisciplinary, transcultural, and inclusive processes.
To this end, T:>Works’ mission is to provide a strong educational perspective with research and discourse contextualising the histories, contemporary experiences, and art practices of South East Asia.
The mission of T:>Works also serves to investigate the current urgencies of being located in Singapore through different creative expressions in the public sphere.
“Live performance is about gathering: coming together to reflect, to emote, to experience, or to meditate in a shared space and time. However, to gather, according to the Cambridge English Dictionary is also ‘to put your arms around someone and hold or carry them in a careful or loving way.’ Now in this current urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is the time to sustain a different gathering of arts audiences and artists, to hold or carry them in a careful and loving way. Hence, we will be creating a free new festival in the virtual space, to encourage open access and circulation for all during these transitional challenges, and continuing to perform for future audiences.”
Dr. Ong Keng Sen, Artistic Director, T:>Works
Press release: T:>Works The Next Chapter [PDF]:
[RELEASE] TheatreWorks The Next Chapter_Re-appointment of Dr Ong Keng Sen as Artistic Director
Virtual Engagement Session PDF [PDF]:
Theatreworks – The Next Chapter – Virtual Engagement Session Deck
72-13
A converted rice warehouse, 72-13 is the home of The Curators Academy and T:>Works. Formerly a rice warehouse, the space is currently a gallery, a cinema, and a theatre. It is an R&D Centre, a performance centre, a forum, and a platform for international creative expression and its relationship to Asia, in particular South-East Asia.
