NATIONAL THEATRE. 1963-1986.
Ink and pencil on A3 paper

Found a childhood photo of myself in front of this interesting structure that I am unable to locate in Singapore’s current landscape. After some enquiries, I found out it was the iconic Singapore National Theatre. The Fort Canning MRT exit and carpark currently occupies the land.

I love the fact that this theatre was built partly through public donations. More than $800,000 of the $2.2 million spent on the structure were public donations, represented by the red bricks. It is also this reason that it had another name, People’s Theatre. Apparently it was a good site to catch the National Day fireworks at the top of Fort Canning then. In 1984 it was closed due to its structural integrity. In 1986 it was demolished to make way for the construction of The Central Expressway.

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