Singapore Repertory Theatre

SRT has been presenting Shakespeare in the Park as part of its theatre tradition for close to two decades at Fort Canning Park. The first staging was in 1997 with Hamlet. Shakespeare in the Park subsequently became a biennial event from 2007 with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and has been an annual affair since 2011. In 2016, Romeo and Juliet was the ninth Shakespeare in the Park production, which attracted close to 30,000 attendees.

In 2017, Shakespeare in the Park production was put on hold due to a lack of funding.[4] A crowdfunding campaign, SOS (Save our Shakespeare) Campaign, was launched by SRT to raise funds to produce a show.[4] in 2018. SRT managed to raise enough funds to stage Julius Caesar at Fort Canning Park in May 2018.[4]

2007: In collaboration with Esplanade – Theatre on the Bay, SRT brought the Royal Shakespeare Company to Singapore for a production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear and Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, starring Sir Ian McKellen.

2009: SRT co-commissioned The Bridge Project, a three-year trans-Atlantic project by Oscar-winning Sam Mendes. The project premiered with The Winter’s Tale (2009), starring Ethan Hawke, Simon Russell Beale and Rebecca Hall. This was followed by The Tempest (2010), and Richard III (2011) starring Kevin Spacey.

2013: Together with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, SRT presented 3 Titans of Theatre: Shun-kin, Musashi and The Suit, directed by three legendary directors, Simon McBurney, Yukio Ninagawa and Peter Brook respectively.

2014: Written and directed by Yaël Farber, Mies Julie is an adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, presented by SRT and Cape Town's Baxter Theatre Centre at the KC Arts Centre – Home of SRT.

2015: SRT co-commissioned Peter Brook’s new play – Battlefield, based on the end of the Indian epic, The Mahabharata. Battlefield premiered at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris, followed by an international tour that premiered in Singapore.

The SRT Student Education Fund (SRTSEF) was set up in 2012 to reach young minds who may not otherwise have the opportunity to come to the theatre. The fund fully subsidises student tickets to any production by the SRT Group, as well as covers transport costs for them, where needed, to and from the performance venue.[6]

Beneficiaries include an Alma Mater chosen by the donor, underprivileged children from local schools, charity organisations or student care centres, and Arts Schools.

The National Arts Council and SRT has a shared focus on developing the young arts industry.

Conceptualised in 2013, the SRT Residency Programme has four Singaporean individuals who are offered an 18-month position in a learning environment. They are mentored by SRT and its creative team, focusing on industry's areas of expertise such as direction, stage design, producing and musical composing/arranging. The programme provides a monthly stipend to assist the Resident for the duration of the skill development programme.

The Theatre Ball is a fundraising event for SRT[7] to continue to offer meaningful, high calibre theatre to a diverse audience and focus on grooming and nurturing the next generation of actors, directors and designers. In 2016, proceeds from the Theatre Ball went to a variety of initiatives including the SRT Student Education Fund.