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New Chapter For Singapore Arts

Renowned director Ong Keng Sen rebrands his influential company as T:>Works for the digital age

Helmi Yusof

Published Thu, May 7, 2020 · 09:50 PM

WHAT WILL HAPPEN to the arts post- Covid-19? Will audiences become so used to watching shows online that they'll be less inclined to step back into the theatre? Will they be reluctant to pay for tickets, thinking they might see the shows streamed for free someday? Or will they simply be unwilling to sit next to strangers for a live performance, as long as there's no proven and affordable vaccine?

Singapore's most international arts company, TheatreWorks, isn't sitting idly while waiting for the answers. It's taking the opportunity during the pandemic to stage its own rebirth instead. Dr Ong Keng Sen, who's been reappointed as its artistic director, is renaming the com…