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Sessions:
22 & 23 January 2026: 8pm to 8.45pm
24 January 2026: 5pm to 5.45pm, 8pm to 8.45pm
Hearing you made me feel seen and less alone
—Audience response to an early iteration of Celup in March 2025
Celup is a Malay girl’s musings on not feeling Malay enough.
In this interactive one-woman show, Sofie Buligis embarks on a quest towards becoming a little more Malay. With humour and heart, she reflects on her kekok accent, the cultural baggage that comes with her ethnicity and the internalised racism so many in the Malay community face.
At its core, Celup is Sofie’s love letter to anyone who has ever struggled with the awkward twist of their tongue around a language that was meant to be their mother tongue.
Supported by BinjaiTree
Accessibility features:
There will be a dialogue with the artists after the 8pm performance on 23 January 2026, with speech to text interpretation available upon request. Please email your request to [email protected] by 5 December 2025
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PRODUCER/ PLAYWRIGHT/ PERFORMER – SOFIE BULIGIS (she/her)
Sofie is a singer-actor, producer and arts educator. At the age of 20, Sofie helmed youth theatre collective The Runaway Company as creative director, platforming stories by other young, queer and brown artists. Since then, she graduated from LASALLE College of the Arts’ BA(Hons) Musical Theatre programme, and has acted with the likes of Teater Ekamatra, The Necessary Stage, and Singapore Repertory Theatre’s The Little Company. When not onstage, Sofie is a teaching artist with Wild Rice and Centre Stage.
DIRECTOR – CRENSHAW (she/her)
Crenshaw is a director and theatre-maker. She appeared in La Cage Aux Folles (2017), Into the Woods (2023), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2023), where she also served as Assistant Director. From 2018 to 2020, she was Resident Assistant Director at the Singapore Repertory Theatre. In 2019, she founded MoreLife Theatre, where she produced and directed Banh Mi on the Roof and Till The Lights Come On (2022).
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER – IZZ SUMONO (she/her)
After stumbling into live performance as a dresser, Izz never quite left the backstage. Trained under Esplanade’s Stage Management Training Programme and a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, she has since worked in both stage and production management capacity with Checkpoint Theatre, Esplanade, and most recently Singapore International Film Festival. Fun fact: kaya toast ‘celup’ with teh equals sedap, try it.
MULTIMEDIA DESIGNER – SHARIN ZULKINIA (she/her)
Sharin Zulkinia is a multimedia designer with a background in theatre production and management. She began her training in Performance Production at ITE College Central before furthering her studies in Theatre Production and Management at LASALLE College of the Arts in 2020.
Her skills span video editing, videography, and video design, with a strong interest in integrating multimedia elements into live performance. At LASALLE, she had the privilege of working with distinguished practitioners and directors such as Brian Gothong Tan, Edith Podesta, Daniel Jenkins, and Steven Dexter.
Sharin has contributed to several productions as a multimedia designer, including Singapore Repertory Theatre’s 2:22: A Ghost Story and Adventure with Andi 2024, among others. Her artistic practice is driven by a commitment to inclusivity and accessibility in theatre, using video and digital mediums to engage broader audiences and foster meaningful conversations
LIGHTING DESIGNER – NURIN HAZIRA (she/her)
Nurin is a dynamic theatre technician whose expertise spans lighting, prop and set construction, and stage management. She has collaborated with many of Singapore’s leading theatre companies, with notable credits including Macbeth’s Shakespeare in the Park, Cat in the Hat, The Last Five Years (Singapore Repertory Theatre), Psychobitch (Wild Rice), Little Shop of Horrors and Grease (Sing’theatre) to name a few. Deeply passionate about the behind-the-scenes craft, Nurin takes pride in bringing each production to life with care, collaboration, and attention to detail.
MULTIMEDIA OPERATOR – AISYAH HANAFI (she/her)
Aisyah Hanafi is an arts organiser and dance artist rooted in Singapore’s street dance community. She is currently studying Arts Management at LASALLE College of the Arts, focusing on producing and event management. She runs programmes and coordinates events within youth-centric initiatives like What You Know? and East Side Sessions, working across operations, stage management, and production. Aisyah is interested in how movement creates space for connection, and gravitates toward work that is collaborative, slightly offbeat, and full of heart.
SOUND OPERATOR AND PRODUCTION ASSISTANT – AISYAH HANAFI (she/her)
Aisyah Hanafi is an arts organiser and dance artist rooted in Singapore’s street dance community. She is currently studying Arts Management at LASALLE College of the Arts, focusing on producing and event management. She runs programmes and coordinates events within youth-centric initiatives like What You Know? and East Side Sessions, working across operations, stage management, and production. Aisyah is interested in how movement creates space for connection, and gravitates toward work that is collaborative, slightly offbeat, and full of heart.
CAPTIONER – JOANNA ONG (she/her)
Joanna Ong is a creative captions designer whose practice explores the artistic potential of accessibility in stage performances. She works primarily with captions to create equitable and aesthetic experiences for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing audiences.
Her most notable work, And the Cats Dance by the Light (2024), featured animated music visualisations and motion graphics interwoven with captions design. She also led Singapore Repertory Theatre’s Inclusive Young Company’s first creative captioned production, Open the Curtains (2024), followed by Meet Fred (2025). Other theatre works include SmartyPants and the Swordfish (2024), Monstress (2025), and Through the Looking Glass’(2025). Beyond theatre, her practice extends to the dance production COLONY – A True Colors Project (SIFA 2025) and the music performance Songsmith (2025).
An advocate for creative access, Joanna shares her practice through talks, workshops, and mentorship. Examples include the Arts & Disability Forum 2025, the National Library Board’s Pro Series (2025), and mentoring youths in captioning for the ART:DIS BEYOND DIS:PLAY 2025 showcases.