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W!LD RICE was founded in 2000 by Ivan Heng, the internationally acclaimed and award-winning theatre practitioner, and is recognised today as one of Singapore’s leading professional theatre companies. The company takes its inspiration from the multicultural societies that make up Singapore and modern Asia, celebrating their diverse cultures and performance styles and bringing them together in creative collaborations that inspire, challenge and entertain. A commitment to the highest standards informs every aspect of W!LD RICE’s creative work which is first and foremost a celebration of Singapore talent. By producing and touring quality “glocal” productions that are distinctively local in flavour and yet universal in vision and concerns, the company creates shared experiences for audiences in Singapore and around the World. W!LD RICE’s exciting and varied programming for the main stage includes: - New and original works
- New productions of the Singapore repertoire
- New interpretations of the World’s Classics
The company also makes a significant contribution to the wider community through its following divisions: - Ch!ll! Padi, the Youth & Education division, which reaches out to school audiences
- First Stage, which nurtures young talents from the ages of 5 to 16
- Young & W!LD, which identifies and develops aspiring theatre professionals
W!LD RICE is committed to touring its shows internationally to raise the profile of Singapore theatre, to create an international awareness of its unique productions, and to engage its artists and collaborators in creative dialogues with the international arts community. Its distinctively Singaporean productions have won great acclaim at major international arts festivals in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Hong Kong and Malaysia. In August 2006, W!LD RICE presented the inaugural Singapore Theatre Festival. Hailed as “the main event in the world of the arts” by SPH The Straits Times, this biennial festival is committed to nurturing, producing and promoting the very best of Singapore theatre.
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