Last Rites by Liu Xiaoyi (SG)

Friday, 22 May 2026, 8:00 PM

Saturday, 23 May 2026, 2:00 PM (with post-show talk)

Saturday, 23 May 2026, 8:00 PM

Early Bird Promo (Valid from 12 March to 13 April)

Cat 1: $30.40

Standard (14 April onwards)

Regular

Cat 1: $38

Concession*

Cat 1: $32.30

Ticket Pricing excludes Booking Fee. Booking Fee is as follows:

$3 booking fee per ticket for tickets between $20.01 and $40

*Please note that random checks on concession tickets will be conducted at the point of entry. Concession ticket applies to Senior Citizen (Age 55 years old & above), Local/Overseas Students and National Servicemen NSF (Full Time) only.

Bringing together five venerable performance artists from diverse Asian cultures, Last Rites is a brand new, cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary theatrical experience that confronts profound themes of endings and legacy.

At its core lies a soul-searching question: “If you could envision your last performance, what would it look like?” Through in-depth interviews with these five living artistic bodies – whose average age is 74 – the piece avoids a direct depiction of death. Instead, it traces back to their original callings, the courage they found in the face of challenges and their personal understanding of art, life and immortality.

Their narratives weave together a powerful life-tapestry of perseverance, conviction and heritage: from Yang Shi Bin’s profound bond with his mentor, Kuo Pao Kun, Jung Dong-hwan's commitment to treating every show as the last one, Nam Geung-ho's radical street performance and arrest, Kanji Shimizu’s visceral contemplation of life and death through Noh, to Didik Nini Thowok's "empty glass" philosophy and his cross-cultural advocacy despite facing multiple discriminations.

In the dialogue between the virtual and the real, imagination and projection, the stage becomes a critical boundary connecting the living and the deceased, the body and the soul. This work, presented by Emergency Stairs and directed by Liu Xiaoyi, asks a vital question: After everything ends, can an artist's spiritual legacy achieve immortality within a live performance?

Rating / Age Limit

1. Recommended age 6 and up
2. No admission for infant in arms and persons below 6 years old
3. Admission is subject to valid tickets produced at the entrance

Language

1. Performed in English, Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Bahasa
2. Subtitles in English

Duration

1. Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes with no intermission

Late Seating Advisory

1. Please be seated 15 minutes before the performance start time
2. Due to the nature of the programme, please note that latecomers may be unable to enter.

Photography / Videography Recording Rules

1. No Photography, Video Recording and Audio Recording is permitted for this event

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