SINGAPORE – With six nominations each, Wild Rice’s The Serangoon Gardens Techno Party Of 1993, The Theatre Practice’s Partial Eclipse Of The Heart and Nine Years Theatre’s Waiting For Audience are neck and neck as the front runners of The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards 2026.

The annual award, which recognises the best in Singapore theatre in the preceding year, celebrates its 25th edition with 59 nominations across 14 categories. The judging panel for this edition comprises ST arts editor Ong Sor Fern, arts correspondent Clement Yong and arts journalist Shawn Hoo.

The three top contenders reflect the strength and breadth of the original scripts in the theatre scene here.

Wild Rice’s entry tells of a one-night, hormone-fuelled, expletive-laden teenage bender across the seedy underbelly of 1990s Singapore, built on a rich satirical script by intrepid playwright Joel Tan. His G*d Is A Woman won ...