Ms Kuo Jian Hong
Speaker
Theatre and Sustainability: A Collaborative Future
📅 9 November 2025 (Sunday)
🕛 1430 - 1600
Artistic Director of The Theatre Practice (Practice), theatre director, designer, and filmmaker, Ms Kuo Jian Hong has always taken on multi-faceted roles. She has led more than 200 theatre projects, in a career spanning three decades.
Transcending themes, genres and forms, Ms Kuo’s vision encompasses Practice’s broad spectrum of works. She is a leading proponent of the Chinese Language Original Musical Theatre genre, with award-winning works like Lao Jiu: The Musical while her experimental ventures include All The World's A Sea.
As an advocate for Theatre For Young Audiences, her works include the beloved The wee Question Mark series and The Nursery Rhymes Project. She also spearheaded Practice’s groundbreaking exploration in Digital Theatre, notably throughXIMI and The Bride Always Knocks Twice — Killer Secrets.
Under her direction, Practice continues to be a vital voice in the Singapore arts scene.
Organisation Description
The Theatre Practice (Practice) is Singapore’s longest-standing professional bilingual theatre institution. Artist-driven and deeply progressive, Practice strives to be an arts space that consciously nurtures and empowers people who care about humanity. Over the past 60 years, it has developed and presented a vast, critically-acclaimed, multi-genre repertoire that reflects the complexities of Singapore’s diverse cultures. As a bridge between cultures, it has brought practitioners of diverse backgrounds together for exchange and provided platforms for international works.
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