Playwrights Galore (2025)
Not looked at this for two years now so here's the updated annual list of playwrights from whom I've seen at least four plays in performance (it's gone up from three!). Been keeping track of this for more than 15 years now and it's great to see the list growing.
Haresh Sharma and Alfian Sa'at continue to dominate the list (Shakespeare aside) and it's great to see a strong Singaporean contingent with many established names like Chong Tze Chien, Joel Tan and Huzir Sulaiman.
William Shakespeare (28)
- Macbeth (x5) - Twelfth Night (x4)
- Romeo & Juliet (x4)
- The Taming of the Shrew (x3)
- The Tempest (x3)
- Hamlet (x3)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (x3)
- Much Ado About Nothing (x3)
- Romeo & Juliet (x4)
- The Taming of the Shrew (x3)
- The Tempest (x3)
- Hamlet (x3)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (x3)
- Much Ado About Nothing (x3)
- Othello (x2)
- King Lear (x2)
- Richard III (x2)
- Julius Caesar (x2)
- Coriolanus
- The Winter's Tale
- The Merchant of Venice
- Henry VI Part I
- Henry VI Part II
- Henry VI Part III
- Henry IV Part I
- Henry IV Part II
- Henry V
- Pericles, Prince of Tyre
- The Comedy of Errors
- As You Like It
- King Lear (x2)
- Richard III (x2)
- Julius Caesar (x2)
- Coriolanus
- The Winter's Tale
- The Merchant of Venice
- Henry VI Part I
- Henry VI Part II
- Henry VI Part III
- Henry IV Part I
- Henry IV Part II
- Henry V
- Pericles, Prince of Tyre
- The Comedy of Errors
- As You Like It
- Henry VIII
- Measure for Measure
- Cymbeline
- Richard II
Haresh Sharma (28)
- Off Centre (x2)
- Mixed Blessings
- What Big Bombs You Have!!!
- Mobile
- Gemuk Girls
- godeatgod
- Best Of
- Poor Thing
- Pioneer (Girls) Generation
- Ghost Writer
- Best Of (His Story)
- Actor, Forty
- Those Who Can't, Teach
- Fundamentally Happy
- This Chord and Others
- Hope
- Tropicana the Musical
- Sanctuary
- Underclass
- Civilised
- Acting Mad
Neil Simon (4)
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue (x2)
- The Odd Couple (female version)
- Rumors
- Lost in Yonkers
Tom Stoppard (4)
- Rock 'n' Roll
- Arcadia
- The Real Thing
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Arther Miller (4)
- The Man Who Had All the Luck
- The Crucible
- All My Sons
- Death of a Salesman
Haresh Sharma (28)
- Off Centre (x2)
- Mixed Blessings
- What Big Bombs You Have!!!
- Mobile
- Gemuk Girls
- godeatgod
- Best Of
- Poor Thing
- Pioneer (Girls) Generation
- Ghost Writer
- Best Of (His Story)
- Actor, Forty
- Those Who Can't, Teach
- Fundamentally Happy
- This Chord and Others
- Hope
- Tropicana the Musical
- Sanctuary
- Underclass
- Civilised
- Acting Mad
- Kebaya Homies
- The Year of No Return
- _Can Change
- Three Years in the Life and Death of Land
- The Prose and the Passion
- Eclipse
- Hotel (x2)
- Homesick
- Dreamplay: Asian Boys Vol. 1
- Landmarks: Asian Boys Vol. 2
- Hansel & Gretel
- Cook a Pot of Curry
- Geng Rebut Cabinet
- An Actress Prepares
- Mama White Snake
- The Insiders
- Tiger of Malaya
- Merdeka
Alan Ayckbourn (11)
- Absurd Person Singular
- Table Manners
- Living Together
- Round and Round the Garden
- Bedroom Farce
- Taking Steps
- Season's Greetings
- Snake in the Grass
- Life of Riley
- Relatively Speaking
- A Small Family Business
Chong Tze Chien (11)
- Rant & Rave (x2)
- Real Men, Fake Orgasms
- Spoilt
- Turn by Turn We Turn
- Starring Hitler as Jekyll and Hyde
- Between the Lines: Rant and Rave II
- Poop!
- Framed, by Adolf
- Homesick
- Dreamplay: Asian Boys Vol. 1
- Landmarks: Asian Boys Vol. 2
- Hansel & Gretel
- Cook a Pot of Curry
- Geng Rebut Cabinet
- An Actress Prepares
- Mama White Snake
- The Insiders
- Tiger of Malaya
- Merdeka
- Pulau Ujong
- Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
- The Death of Singapore Theatre as Scripted by the Infocomm Media Authority of Singapore
- The Wizard of Oz
- Absurd Person Singular
- Table Manners
- Living Together
- Round and Round the Garden
- Bedroom Farce
- Taking Steps
- Season's Greetings
- Snake in the Grass
- Life of Riley
- Relatively Speaking
- A Small Family Business
Chong Tze Chien (11)
- Rant & Rave (x2)
- Real Men, Fake Orgasms
- Spoilt
- Turn by Turn We Turn
- Starring Hitler as Jekyll and Hyde
- Between the Lines: Rant and Rave II
- Poop!
- Framed, by Adolf
- Murder at Mandai Camp
- OIWA: The Ghost of Yotsuya
- Kingdoms Apart
- Cafe
- Tartuffe
- Pinocchio
- Mosaic
- G*d Is a Woman
- The Serangoon Gardens Techno Party of 1993
- The Emperor's New Clothes
Nabilah Said (7)
- Drip
Noel Coward (5)
- Present Laughter
- Blithe Spirit
- Private Lives
- Design for Living
- Hay Fever
Irfan Kasban (5)
- 94:05 (x2)
- Genap 40
- W.C.
- Tahan
- Angkat
- Drip
- yesterday it rained salt...
- Angkat: a Definitive, Alternative, Reclaimed Narrative of a Native
- Heavy Weight
- Angkat: a Definitive, Alternative, Reclaimed Narrative of a Native
- Heavy Weight
- Havoc Girls and Kamikaze Boys
- Where Are You?
- (un)becoming
Huzir Sulaiman (6)
- Occupation
- Atomic Jaya
- The Weight of Silk on Skin
- The Last Bull: A Life in Flamenco
- Displaced Persons Welcome Dinner
- Occupation
- Atomic Jaya
- The Weight of Silk on Skin
- The Last Bull: A Life in Flamenco
- Displaced Persons Welcome Dinner
- Escape to Batam
Noel Coward (5)
- Present Laughter
- Blithe Spirit
- Private Lives
- Design for Living
- Hay Fever
Irfan Kasban (5)
- 94:05 (x2)
- Genap 40
- W.C.
- Tahan
- Angkat
- Betrayal (x2)
- The Dumb Waiter
- The Collection
- The Dumb Waiter
- The Collection
- The Homecoming
- Uncle Vanya
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Sweet Bird of Youth
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Sweet Bird of Youth
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
- Session Zero
- Happy Place
Neil Simon (4)
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue (x2)
- The Odd Couple (female version)
- Rumors
- Lost in Yonkers
Tom Stoppard (4)
- Rock 'n' Roll
- Arcadia
- The Real Thing
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Arther Miller (4)
- The Man Who Had All the Luck
- The Crucible
- All My Sons
- Death of a Salesman
- The Fourth Trimester
- pass.ages
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