2:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Sat & Sun)
September 5th, 6th, 12th & 13th
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM (Wed- Sat)
September 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th
Early Bird (6th to 31th July 2026)
Cat 1: $60
Cat 2: $52
Cat 3: $55
Cat 4: $45
Standard
Cat 1: $75
Cat 2: $65
Cat 3: $55
Cat 4: $45
Concession Prices (15% off Cat 1 & 2 only)
Cat 1: $63.75
Cat 2: $55.25
Cat 3: $55
Cat 4: $45
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Ticket Pricing excludes Booking Fee. Booking Fee is as follows:
$6 booking fee per ticket for tickets above $60
$4 booking fee per ticket for tickets between $40.01 and $60
Rating to be confirmed.
Open captions available for all performances.
Audio description is available for the performance on XXXXX (TBC) in English and on XXXXX (TBC) in Malay.
Post-show dialogues will take place after the 7:30pm performances on Friday 4 September and Friday 11 September 2026.
Speech-to-text interpretation for the dialogues sessions is available upon request. Email your request to [email protected] by 10 August 2026.
Siblings Bedah and Zeina and their neighbour Aida have been close since young. They have a sisterhood: Sharing secrets. Uplifting each other. Trusting without question. Laughter, mischief and loyalty. Their bond is unbreakable.
But what happens when ‘life’ happens? Zeina walks away from her thriving company to follow her conscience as an activist. Bedah must give up her childhood dream because of family obligations. Aida’s personal life gets entangled with the two sisters. Life gets messy. The solidarity begins to crack. They are filled with suspicion, betrayal and shame.
Will these three queens be able to reconnect? Recapture what they had before? What will it take to save their sisterhood? They may be able to forgive each other. But can they forgive themselves?
Haresh Sharma’s latest play is a gripping and moving exploration of sisterhood, faith and empathy. Co-directed by Sharma and Adib Kosnan, 3 Queens features a stellar cast of Munah Bagharib, Siti Hajar Gani, and Siti Khalijah Zainal.
Written by Haresh Sharma
Directed by Adib Kosnan and Haresh Sharma
Performed by Munah Bagharib, Siti Hajar Gani, and Siti Khalijah Zainal
Lighting Designer: Emanorwatty Saleh
Set Designer: Elizabeth Mak
Sound Designer: Safuan Johari
Translator: Zulfadli Rashid
Terms of Ticket Sales
Once sold, tickets are strictly non-refundable or exchangeable unless the Singapore government mandates the closure of events in Singapore. All information given is correct at the time of publishing, but is subject to change without prior notice. The Promoter reserves all rights to amend any terms and conditions without prior notice, and, in the event of any dispute, the Promoter’s decision is final.
Conditions of Entry
Tickets are required for all patrons.
General
Mobile phones must be switched off or switched to silent mode in the theatre.
Patrons are required to follow all house rules and regulations set out by the venue. The House Rules are displayed within the venue premises.
No food and drinks are allowed in the venue.
There will be no intermission for this show.
Open captions in English.
Post-show dialogues will take place after the 7:30pm performances on Friday 4 September and Friday 11 September 2026.
Photography / Videography Recording Rules
Strictly no photography, videography and audio recording allowed for this event.
Accessibility
Open captions are included for all performances.
Audio description is available for the 7:30pm performances on Friday 4 September 2026 in English and on Friday 11 September in Malay.
Speech-to-text interpretation for the post-show dialogues sessions (held after the 7:30pm performances on Friday 4 September and Friday 11 September 2026) is available upon request. Email your request to [email protected] by 10 August 2026.
We welcome patrons who need accessible seating arrangements. As there are limited seats per show with wheelchair accessibility, for your comfort and assurance of tickets, please contact us at [email protected] before booking your ticket. We can then share more information about seating and routes with you.
For queries or more information, please contact us at [email protected].
All information is correct at time of publishing but may be subject to change without prior notice.
The Promoter reserves the right to amend the above without prior notice. In the event of any dispute, the Promoter’s decision is final.
THE NECESSARY STAGE
Established in 1987, The Necessary Stage (TNS) is a non-profit theatre company with charity status. Our mission is to create challenging, indigenous and innovative theatre that touchesmthe heart and mind. TNS has the honour of being the only arts company in Singapore helmed by two Cultural Medallion recipients: Artistic Director and Founder Alvin Tan and Resident Playwright Haresh Sharma. The company is also the organiser and curator of the annual Singapore Fringe Festival.
Having presented more than 120 original plays in Singapore and abroad, TNS remains focused on breaking new ground in original local content and intercultural and interdisciplinary exploration. For our Main Season, we produce an average of two plays a year. The works are original, mostly devised pieces created in a collaborative process that is based on research, improvisation before scripting, and input from all members of the production.
TNS has also been unwavering in its efforts to nurture new talents and local content, through various platforms including youth- and senior-oriented training initiatives, commissions at the Fringe Festival, and laboratory and developmental platforms, including the TNS Devising Platform since 2020. The company also has a comprehensive online archival portal at tnsarchives.com, providing the public access to its 38 years of history.
Website: necessary.org | tnsarchives.com
Facebook: @thenecessarystage
Instagram: @thenecessarystage
LinkedIn: @the-necessary-stage
TNS is supported by the National Arts Council under the Major Company Scheme for the period from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029.
CAST
SITI HAJAR GANI
Siti Hajar Gani has been in the performing arts for over two decades across television and theatre. With a quiet dedication to her craft, she has taken on roles that reflect the lived experiences, emotions and voices of her community.
SITI KHALIJAH ZAINAL
Siti made her debut as a full-time theatre actress after attending The Necessary Stage's Theatre for Youth Ensemble programme in 2003. She has since worked with a wide range of theatre companies, both locally and internationally.
She won the Best Actress Award twice at The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards for her performances in Model Citizens (2010) and Off Centre (2015). She was also awarded the Young Artist Award by the National Arts Council in 2014, and won the Best Actor in a Comedy Role Award at Pesta Perdana 2023.
MUNAH BAGHARIB
Munah Bagharib is a presenter, actress and content creator who is equally at home on stage, on screen and behind the camera. She received a Best Actress nomination for Lost Cinema 20/20 (2021), while G*d Is A Woman (2023) won Production of the Year at The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards.
She currently presents Channel NewsAsia’s Talking Point and creates content across travel, beauty, and lifestyle campaigns. Beyond media, Munah is a strong advocate for dementia awareness and mental well-being, serving as an ambassador for Dementia Singapore and Caregiving Welfare Association.
CREATIVES
HARESH SHARMA – PLAYWRIGHT & CO-DIRECTOR
Haresh Sharma is the Resident Playwright of The Necessary Stage (TNS), and one of Singapore’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights with more than 130 plays staged in over 20 cities. Over the decades, he is known for crafting fearless and thoughtful devised theatre productions rooted firmly in collaboration, reflecting socio-political issues that are very much on the pulse of the times. These have spanned a diverse spread of themes, including political detention, minority communities, racial and gender discrimination and inequality.
With his deep passion for education and mentorship, Haresh has been training young theatre practitioners under TNS, through popular workshop series including Devising with Actors and Playwrights and Playwrights’ Cove. He has also worked with organisations, to create plays that advocate for crucial issues such as dementia, palliative caregiving, and biomedical ethics. He recently collaborated with disability arts company ART:DIS on Invisible, a play about invisible disabilities where he explored the use of embedded narration.
Haresh has been conferred the Southeast Asian Writers (or S.E.A. Write) Award, the Cultural Medallion and an Honorary Doctor of Arts by Bath Spa University (UK). He also had the honour of having a selection of his works featured at Esplanade’s first playwright-centred season at The Studios in 2017. His play Off Centre was selected by the Ministry of Education as the first Singapore play used as a Literature text for GCE N- and O-Levels. His book Reading the Room: A Playwright’s Devising Journey, documents his journey as a theatre-maker.
ADIB KOSNAN – CO-DIRECTOR
Adib Kosnan is a theatre practitioner, educator and facilitator who is passionate about creating platforms for communication and care through theatre. Adib is an NAC scholar, graduating with an MA is Arts Pedagogy and Practice from LASALLE College of the Arts.
He was named Best Supporting Actor at The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards in 2020. He co-directed Air by Drama Box (2024) and wrote and directed the children’s play, The Story of Batu Bulat (2023) for The Esplanade. In 2021, he wrote and acted in Keluarga Besar En. Karim which was staged digitally by Checkpoint Theatre and the Esplanade. Adib was a co-lead artist for Both Sides Now: Mengukir Harapan (2020 - 2022), a community engagement project focusing on end-of-life issues in the Malay Muslim community. Adib currently adjunct lectures at NAFA, LASALLE and UAS. He is also an Associate Artist with Checkpoint Theatre.
ELIZABETH MAK – SET DESIGNER
Elizabeth Mak (elizabethmak.com) is an interdisciplinary artist and designer whose work explores how experiential art can prompt critical rethinking of contemporary social, economic, and ecological systems. As the Founder of Rainshadow Studios (rainshadowstudios.org), a climate arts and education non-profit company, she recently debuted the immersive experience Scarce City at the National Gallery Singapore. Her practice is informed by over 15 years of scenographic experience for major international institutions, including on Broadway, HBO, The Public Theater, and The Kennedy Center. Elizabeth holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and currently lectures at NTU's School of Art, Design, and Media (ADM).
EMANORWATTY SALEH – LIGHTING DESIGNER
Ema’s engagement with theatre began in 1992, culminating in her professional debut as a lighting designer in 1997 with Teater Kami’s production Indra Bangsawan, presented at the Victoria Theatre. She later obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Technical Theatre Arts from LASALLE College of the Arts in 2007, after which she took a brief hiatus to devote time to motherhood.
Although she is of Malay ethnicity, Ema has actively contributed to productions across multiple cultural and linguistic communities. Her professional practice reflects a firm belief that language is not a barrier to artistic collaboration; rather, the language of theatre is inherently universal and transcends ethnic boundaries.
Upon returning to the field, Ema cultivated a distinctive artistic philosophy she describes as “street style.” This methodology intentionally departs from conventional frameworks, allowing for expansive exploration, experimentation, and productive unpredictability. Currently, she continues to advance her craft by engaging with emerging challenges and extending creative possibilities within the sphere of digital design.
SAFUAN JOHARI – SOUND DESIGNER
Safuan Johari is an artist who works primarily as a composer, music producer and sound designer. Music-making is usually a world building exercise and the resulting microcosms often meander through traditional, experimental and popular topographies of Nusantara (Maritime Southeast Asia) culture. Started out as a prominent figure in Singapore’s underground music scene, he has expanded his practice into composing for theatre, dance, films and multimedia installations.
Over the years, his fascination for imagining a speculative future built upon the spectres of cultural past grew deeper. His practice tends to study the complex cycles of, and complicated relationships between mythology, history and futurity. New perspectives are constantly formed, which provided the motivation for Safuan to explore his works beyond music and sound. The recent years have seen him taking directorial and curatorial roles for commissioned works by The Esplanade, Singapore International Festival of the Arts and National Gallery Singapore. This expansion in breadth also sees him experimenting with generative audio-visual digital media.
Individually and as a collaborator, Safuan has performed, exhibited or presented works at Palais de Tokyo Paris, tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf, Festival/Tokyo, Perth Festival, Sydney Festival, Worldwide Festival Sète, Singapore International Festival of the Arts and the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. He is also currently an Associate Artist of The Necessary Stage.
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ZULFADLI RASHID – TRANSLATOR
Zulfadli Rashid is a playwright and transcreator fluent in English and Malay. His notable works include the award-nominated musical Alkesah and a Malay-language adaptation of A Clockwork Orange. His first play compilation, Kolong, showcases his versatility. Zulfadli is dedicated to cross-disciplinary collaborations, creating art that entertains, enlightens, and inspires across cultures and languages.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
CELESTINE WONG – PRODUCTION MANAGER
Celestine enjoys working behind the scenes in the local theatre industry. With an interest in production management and lighting programming, she has worked with different companies like Arts House Limited, Emergency Stairs, and The Finger Players. She relishes the different opportunities that come her way.
JESSY CHOO – REHEARSAL STAGE MANAGER (PHASE 1)
Jessy loves creation and collaboration where stories come alive. She has been a theatre practitioner since 2008. Her adventures has taken her to productions like: Shakespeare in The Park | Julius Caesar and A Midsummers Night Dream (Singapore Repertory Theatre), Smartypants and The Swordfish (Gateway Theatre & ART:DIS), Hu木an, M.A.P: Many Alternative Possibilities and A Drop In The Ocean by The ArtGround, Home Kitchen 家囝成厨 (Nine Years Theatre), The Pillowman and Lord of The Flies (Sightlines).
GEORGIA SIM – STAGE MANAGER
Georgia first fell in love in theatre when she was 3, as a young tot in Speech and Drama class. A graduate of NUS (BA Theatre Studies and Psychology) and the Backstage Affair’s Apprenticeship Programme, she now works as a freelance stage manager. Selected credits in backstage management include Secondary: The Musical (2026, Checkpoint Theatre), Puppet Origin Stories (2024, 2025, The Finger Players), Statement Piece (2025, Checkpoint Theatre), The Prose and The Passion (SIFA 2024), The Soldier and His Virtuous Wife (2023, The Theatre Practice) and Pompeii (SIFA 2023).
THERESA CHAN – COSTUME COORDINATOR
For the past two decades, Theresa has been the behind-the-scenes costume magician dressing up Singapore’s stages, screens, and spectacular events. From quick-change chaos backstage at countless theatre shows to orchestrating entire costume departments for films, TV productions, and epic events like National Day Parade 2025 (Artistes), Porsche Global Dealer Launch 2024, Our Sister Mambo, and the 2015 SEA Games, she’s seen it all, altered it all, and probably steamed it all too. As the founder of her namesake wardrobe management company as well as The Costume Pte Ltd, her costume rental haven, Theresa lives for bringing characters (and their clothes) to life. Her long-term dream? To stitch her way into history by passing her costume wizardry down to the next generation—one sequin, safety pin, and steaming wand at a time.
SHAI – CREATIVE CAPTIONER
Shai has been a captioner since 2012 and actively advocates for captions as an access right for both Hearing and Deaf theatre audiences. 3 Queens is her first time captioning a Malay show for The Necessary Stage.
NICOLE LIM – PROJECT MANAGER
Nicole is a project manager with The Necessary Stage who is passionate about works that delve into preserving the human connection. She has previously worked with the likes of the Singapore International Film Festival, We Love Jazz, St. Jerome's Laneway Festival, the Singapore Tourism Board and the Singapore Chinese Orchestra in various capacities including education and outreach as well as community-building.
It takes a village to bring any production to life, and Nicole is thankful for the kindness and generosity of the good folks she has crossed paths with who have made this journey beyond fulfilling. And to you, our audience, thank you for sharing your time and presence with us!
OTHER CREDITS:
Hair Styling: Ashley Lim
Make Up: The Make Up Room
Photography and Videography: Tuckys Photography
Graphic Design: Currency Design