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PerºForm Open Academy of Arts and Activations (POA) 2026: The Post-Migrant Academy

T:>Works’ arts conference series PerºForm Open Academy of Arts and Activations (POA) returns in 2026, in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Singapore and Maxim Gorki Theatre Berlin (Gorki), to present POA 2026: The Post-Migrant Academy. This public Academy reflects on labour, class, cultural difference, and gender in Germany.

Happening on the Labour Day weekend from 29 April to 3 May 2026, POA 2026: The Post-Migrant Academy is an intersection of exhibition, theatre, literary salon, workshop and talks. Especially noteworthy is the lecture performance of Unser Deutschlandmärchen (Our German Fairy Tale), one of the top ten productions of German theatre from the year 2024.

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Open Call for AGEncy Fund Project Grants 2026-2027

Inviting individuals aged 60 and above to apply for The AGEncy Fund for their arts and culture projects! Projects must end by 30 Dec 2026 with a full report, and culminate in a public sharing at 72-13, Home of T:>Works, in Jan 2027. Intergenerational collaborations are strongly encouraged to apply. 

Projects should move towards inclusivity, mutual understanding, dialogue and diversity on the topic of ageing wellness in life and community. Project grants will be selected by a peer panel with expertise in different disciplines, and may be up to a maximum of SGD10,000 for each project. Apply now by 15 Apr 2026.

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FUTURE GAZING: SINGAPOP WHAT’S NEXT?

Globally influential, speedy evolution, trendsetting fashion…the pop world has a precedent from Asia which speaks to the world. Wherein lies the future of our pop scene – how to generate and sustain it beyond the quintessential Singapore songs? Is the answer strategic innovation of the entertainment industry? To expand and impact beyond our island shores, or concentrate on the niche? Apart from bottom-up indie initiatives, is National Infrastructure needed? What’s missing in the scene?

The Public Conversations, first launched in 2024 under the T:>Works Season of Thought Leadership, were created as a platform for dialogue — bringing together cultural practitioners, artists, and audiences to reflect on the evolving role of cultures and arts in society. The inaugural conversation in 2024 was about the people’s cultures of a national theatre. In 2026, the public conversation centres on the futures of Singapop.

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Lush Life

Two of Singapore’s most iconic and contrasting voices share one stage in a groundbreaking new work.

Helmed by internationally acclaimed Singapore director Ong Keng Sen known for his distinct aesthetic in creating documentary performance through collaboration with his performers and extensive research, Lush Life is an intimate documentary piece that weaves the lives, artistry and connections between the sublime, audiophile-grade jazz of songbird Jacintha and the bohemian spirit of pop icon Dick Lee.

Through personal narratives, archival traces and live music, this distilled work paints a dual portrait of artistic and life pursuits. Sink into the lush world of Jacintha’s music and Lee’s vibrant classics, revealed as chapters in their lives. Lush Life is a conversation across styles and generations, a meditation on what it means to live a creative life in its most resonant form.

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Per°Form Open Academy

Thought Leaders From the Global South and Beyond, Gather Live in Singapore

Intersecting different disciplines, opposing hierarchical learning, refusing elite membership, and ultimately unpacking the institution into a porous space — a sharing of different social performances presenting strategies for activating contexts and communities.

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CoThink Lab

Singapore Thought Leaders in Arts and Culture

Focusing on independent Singapore artists and cultural workers as thought leaders engaged in critical inquiry or activating social performance.

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Artistic Directors Academy

Research Laboratory to Develop Thought Leaders

Led by T:>Works Artistic Director Ong Keng Sen, harnessing international cultural innovators to helm Modules, as well as individual mentoring to sharpen and intensify skillsets.


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Curators Academy

An Ethos for Curation of Performance

The Curators Academy is concerned with the curation of performance but intends to move beyond the skills of curation, unlike conventional training programmes in European universities.

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T:>Digital

Digital Library of Hybrid and Digital Creations

Collecting and maintaining creations from within the artistic community of T:>Works to sustain dialogues emerging from hybrid junctures of digital and physical, local and global.

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T:>Archive

Archive of Artworks, Processes, Curations, Research and Discourse Projects

Archive of artworks, processes, curations, research and discourse projects from T:>Works.

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T:>NFT

Gathering of NFT Collections Commissioned and Presented

Exploring digital and Web3 technologies as creative platforms, featuring inaugural collection of Brian Gothong Tan’s first series of 30 single edition NFTs.

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72-13

Home of The Curators Academy and T:>Works

Formerly a rice warehouse, currently serving as a gallery, a cinema, and a theatre.

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May-Dec 2025

Living Soil Series by Living Soil Asia

T:>Works kicks off the Living Soil Series, a new programme under CoThink Lab initiative, in partnership with Living Soil Asia. This year-long series invites the public to reflect on our collective relationship with land through a film screening, hands-on workshops, community-led conversations, and activity walks. Grounded in land use, food, and home, the Living Soil Series brings together communities to spark inquiry into how urban development shapes our lives and environment.

15-16 Nov 2025

24-Hour Playwriting Competition 2025

At the intersection of two milestone anniversaries, T:>Works celebrates 40 years and National Gallery Singapore marks its 10th with a co-production of the 24-Hour Playwriting Competition 2025.

28 Oct 2025

Revolt of the Body

Critically-acclaimed Japanese and Puerto-Rican (Taino) artist Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo) will deliver a keynote presentation on her research into Hijikata Tatsumi’s “Revolt of the Body” (1968). Co-presented by Kim Association and T:>Works as part of its Per°Form Open Academy.

2 Aug 2025

Artistic Directors Academy (ADA) Research Day

Artistic Directors Academy (ADA), led by T:>Works Artistic Director Ong Keng Sen, is a research laboratory to develop Artistic Directors, harnessing international cultural innovators to helm Modules, as well as individual mentoring to sharpen and intensify skillsets.
ADA Research Day, a sharing of provocations and propositions from the 2024-2025 ADA Fellows marked the end of a year-long capacity development programme designed to rethink, reframe, and reimagine artistic directorship.

16-26 Jul 2025

DnA Fest

Marking its 40th anniversary, Singapore’s independent international arts company T:>Works, presents DnA Fest. Conceived and directed by T:>Works Artistic Director Ong Keng Sen, DnA Fest cracks open Henry Purcell’s 1688 Dido and Aeneas, reinterpreting the baroque opera through a dialogue between opera, nightlife, cabaret, documentary film, and a live DJ score. 

7-28 Feb 2025

Per°Form Open Academy of Arts + Activations 2025

Per°Form Open Academy of Arts + Activations (POA), T:>Works’ pioneering platform on thought leadership in arts and culture, returns for its third iteration. POA 2025 brings together some of the most respected and renowned figures at the intersection of arts and social responsibilities. Drawing on their decades-long practices to address issues of minority, disability, gender, sexuality, cultural representation, and stakeholder and public engagement, they challenge conventional perceptions on what is possible today.

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