{"id":16318,"date":"2025-12-03T06:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T22:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16318"},"modified":"2025-12-03T06:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T22:05:08","slug":"huayi-chinese-festival-of-arts-comes-to-singapore-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16318","title":{"rendered":"Huayi \u2013 Chinese Festival of Arts Comes to Singapore in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"off2\" style=\"background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1a1a1a 0%, #2d2d2d 100%); border-radius: 12px; padding: 10px;margin: 10px 0; box-shadow: 0 8px 32px rgba(0,0,0,0.3); border: 1px solid #333;\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-content\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h3 class=\"newsletter-title\" style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0 0 10px 0; line-height: 1.3; font-family: \" arial=\"\" sans-serif=\"\">\n            \ud83c\udfad NEW! Singapore Theatre Newsletter<br \/>\n        <\/h3>\n<p class=\"newsletter-subtitle\" style=\"color: #cccccc; font-size: 16px; margin: 0 0 20px 0; line-height: 1.5; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;\">\n            Get all the top news &amp; discounts for Singapore &amp; beyond.\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dialects and dynasties are two aspects of Chinese culture and history that have provided inspiration for the programming of\u00a0Huayi \u2013 Chinese Festival of Arts, which will be held from 27 Feb \u2013 8 Mar 2026. Audiences can expect legends told through different art forms at the 24th edition of the annual festival, which continues to feature the works of top-notch Chinese artists from around the world and\u00a0Singapore.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"nobreak\">\n<div class=\"row message-latest-news\" style=\"background-color:#000000;padding:5px;margin-bottom:10px;border-top-width:0px;margin-top: -2px;margin-left: -15px;padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"off-broadway-newsletter\" style=\"background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1a1a1a 0%, #2d2d2d 100%); border-radius: 12px; padding: 10px;margin: 10px 0; box-shadow: 0 8px 32px rgba(0,0,0,0.3); border: 1px solid #333;\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-content\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h3 class=\"newsletter-title\" style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0 0 10px 0; line-height: 1.3; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;\">\n            \ud83c\udfad NEW! Singapore Theatre Newsletter<br \/>\n        <\/h3>\n<p class=\"newsletter-subtitle\" style=\"color: #cccccc; font-size: 16px; margin: 0 0 20px 0; line-height: 1.5; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;\">\n            Get all the top news &amp; discounts for Singapore &amp; beyond.\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The opening show,\u00a0Deling and Cixi, which has toured across China to much acclaim, marks the first time that one of the imperial courts of China\u2014the late Qing dynasty in all its tumult\u2014will be brought to life at Huayi. Living legend and the award-winning Taiwanese actor, King Shih-Chieh returns in\u00a0Le P\u00e8re (The Father), French playwright <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Florian-Zeller\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Florian Zeller<\/a>\u2019s celebrated play, staged by the acclaimed Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre. In collaboration with the\u00a0Singapore\u00a0Chinese Orchestra, Esplanade will also present\u00a0Wukong\u2019s 72 Transformation, a concert that looks at the many facets of Sun Wukong, featuring traditional Chinese music, multimedia projections, puppetry and storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>Folk tales and legends of the region are often mined by artists to create new content for the stage. Sun Son Theatre from Taiwan presents\u00a0A Little Goes A Long Way\u00a0for the little ones and families, inspired by familiar folk tales that speak about resilience and grit. Also spurring from folk tales, is Tall Tales: Bananas and Ang Ku Kuehs, a work that Esplanade are co-commissioning with the Taipei Performing Arts Centre for the first time in\u00a0Huayi. It is also co-produced by The Finger Players (Singapore) and Shakespeare\u2019s Wild Sisters Group of Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- End Ezoic - Article Insertion 1 - under_page_title --><\/p>\n<p>Another first for\u00a0Huayi\u00a0is a science fiction story on stage. Originally written by Japanese playwright\/director Tomohiro Maekawa, and now reinterpreted by award-winning Taiwanese theatre director Tora Hsu,\u00a0The Sun\u00a0is a gripping work set in a post-apocalyptic world fractured by bioterrorist attacks, which is so prescient for the times we live in.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Whatsapp --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Whatsapp --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bway.world\/pujgb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudimages.broadwayworld.com\/misc\/glow-1764666690.png\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" alt=\"Regional Awards\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"nobreak\" style=\"background-color:#fff9c4; border:2px solid #000; padding:20px; margin:20px 0; width:100%;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-weight:bold; margin-top:0;\">Love Theater in Singapore? 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