8 exciting things to do at Singapore Night Festival 2022

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Catch Cathay Hotel: The Curse of the Missing Red Shoe show at the Cathay Green
Vertical Submarine presents  Cathay Hotel: The Curse of the Missing Red Shoe, an immersive theatre performance inside an especially built stage that mimics the Cathay Hotel at the Cathay Green.



Viewers are received into the Hotel where iconic characters from vintage films like Mat Bond, Orang Minyak, Pontianak, Mambo Girl try to convince them that they are innocent of  a murder case. Can you guess who'd done it?
Next showing: Aug 25, 26 , 37
Time: 7.30pm and 8.45pm, with additional show at 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays
Duration: 1 hour
Admission: $33, $112 for bundle of 4 (inclusive of 10% booking fee and 7% GST)
Tickets can be purchased at go.gov.sg/sgnightfest
 

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Picnic at The Terrarium at The National Design Centre
One of the most immersive and visually stunning installation at SNF, The Terrarium is a collaboration of Aux Media Group, Binary Style, Papersythesis and Bios: Living NFTs that sees the atrium and ground floor exhibition space at the National Design Centre turned into a multisensory experience.



The central atrium, lined with thick artificial turf that you're welcome to sit on,  is populated with colourful paper plants created by Papersynthesis based in local apparel brand Binary Style's illustrations. Aux Media's light projection, also animating Binary Style's characters, turns the surrounding walls into a living digital garden.
Until Aug 27, 7.30pm – 12am at the National Design Centre.
 

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Catch Stories from Forbidden Hill at The National Museum of Singapore
Light projection on National Museum's facade is an SNF staple. This year, the light projection, titled Stories from Forbidden Hill created by Hungarian projection mapping production studio Maxin10sity, features a visual narrative of Singapore’s mythical origins and history dating back to the 14th century.

Amongst the visuals are the wall carvings and royal bath at Fort Canning Park, as well as the legend of Badang, of whom the earliest record can be found in the Sejarah Melayu, an important record of Malay history.
Until Aug 27, 7.30pm – 12am at the National Museum of Sinfapore.

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Catch the Midnight Show at the Capitol at The National Archives of Singapore
This light projection at the National Archives of Singapore features a fun collage by visual artist Mojoko, who remixes images from
the collections of the National Archives of Singapore and National Library that highlights Singapore’s cinemas of times past.
Until Aug 27, 7.30pm – 12am at the National Archives of Singapore.

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Play with Fecundus at SMU Green
Inspired by the meaning of Bras Basah or beras basah, which means “wet rice” in Malay, Fecundus features a playground of larger-than-life inflatable structures comprising organic shapes that can be combined to resemble seeds, pods and buds, and plants flourishing into life on an artificial lawn.

Created by award-winning artist and art educator Twardzik Ching Chor Leng this deceptively simple installation is a big hit for the young and the young-at-hearts.
Until Aug 27, 7.30pm – 12am at SMU Green.

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Disco down at the Discoloo Centre
A disco ball, a roving performance, light installation and Bee Gee's Stayin Alive playing in the background turns Waterloo Centre into Discoloo Centre.

Roving disco troops from P7:1SMA (pronounced as Prisma), a dance performance company that embodies traditional and contemporary practices, leads viewers to explore the Waterloo Centre while boogying the night away.

Art installation NOCTURNE: Conversations with Waterloo by Nhawfal Juma'at, in the ground floor, in the meantime, presents two sculptures captured in a transient moment when a conversation is midway.
Aug 26 & 27 at the Waterloo Centre at  8pm - 8.45pm; 9.30pm - 10.15pm
Ticketing: Free Admission (Please arrive at least 45 mins before the scheduled performances to register)

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Catch Yesterday Once More performances along the Queen Street
Music, songs, dances, including a breathtaking aerial performance transports audience through time over the history of Queen Street.

The stories of people who live(d) on Queen Street – the dhobies, Aunty Cecilia who lived through the Japanese occupation, a young mother who sold noodles come rain or shine, a bride who waited for her groom to turn up, and a seasoned pole dancer – will unfold before your eyes and spark imagination of the years from the 1880s to the present day.










Aug 26 & 27 August  at various locations along Queen Street (starting at SMU Green)
8.30pm, 9.30pm & 10.30pm
Free Admission (Please arrive at least 45 mins before the scheduled performances to register)

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Take a scenic walk through tobyato bird pitstop at Fort Canning Park
Inspired by the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings, tobyato bird pitstop is an artistic, inflatable representation of birds taking a breather in Fort Canning Park by local artist and illustrator tobyato.

Walk along the Canning Rise path and spot the rare sightings of birds resting within lush greenery.

The collection of inflatable birds features migratory species found in the area, including the grey and purple herons, the violet cuckoo and the white-rumped whama.

The artworks aim to highlight Singapore’s biodiversity and reminds u to slow down and rejuvenate ourselves in nature.
Until Aug 27, 7.30pm – 12am at Canning Rise
Photography courtesy of Singapore Night Festival