24-Hour Playwriting Competition 2025
At the intersection of two milestone anniversaries, T:>Works celebrates 40 years and National Gallery Singapore marks its 10th with a co-production of the T:>Works legacy programme 24-Hour Playwriting Competition 2025 and post-competition Dramatised Reading in 2026. The Competition will happen from 15 November 2025, 11am to 16 November 2025, 11am at National Gallery Singapore, which joins T:>Works as the programme’s Venue and Programme Partner.
Aspiring playwrights will be challenged to respond to two installations under the Gallery’s OUTBOUND series—Angin Cloud by Art Labor and Eidolon by Vong Phaophanit and Claire Oboussier. Engaging with the themes and spatial ideas present in the installations, the participants will be prompted to reimagine notions of time and place; of modernisation and colonial histories, ultimately cultivating vibrant transdisciplinary dialogue between the performing and visual arts.
This year’s jury panel welcomes Adele Tan, Senior Curator at National Gallery Singapore, theatre director and performer Tan Shou Chen, and playwright Myle Yan Tay, joined by actress and playwright Jo Tan as the programme-facilitating Game Master.
The selected winning scripts will be developed and staged through a mentoring programme with established directors, actors, and dramaturgs, culminating at a Dramatised Reading.
