History of The Theatre Practice

By adelyn-1800, 14 June, 2021
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In 1965, Kuo Pao Kun and Goh Lay Kuan returned from Melbourne to a newly-independent Singapore and opened the Singapore Performing Arts School.

It still exists, half a century later, now as The Theatre Practice, a stalwart and driving force in the local theatre scene for bilingualism, multiculturalism and arts education, as its founders once envisioned. In its 50-year history, The Theatre Practice was also fertile ground from which many other arts institutions developed.

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Kuo was a natural institution builder able to harness the energy of not only theatre practitioners but also visual artists involved with newer arts practices such as performance art... and thereby helped pioneer a multidisciplinary contemporary art scene that vigorously explored local identity issues.



Source: The Asian Modern: Culture, Capitalist Development, Singapore by C. J. W.-L. Wee (p.91).

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Trace how The Theatre Practice has grown, evolved, and spawned other arts establishments in this infographic below.

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Published: 9 October 2015

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