Sub+ Community
Our ongoing collaborations with various creators and community makers in The Substation community.
Theatre Research
Static Metamorphosis | Eugene Chow
Emerging actor-director Eugene Chow delves into the theatre research process by converting comic strips into platform theatre, a form of physical storytelling on a 4x2 space, with his newly formed independent theatre & movement collective, Static Metamorphosis.
Upcoming Show
Scratch-Easy II: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow!
Sunday, 16 November 2025
4.30pm - 6.30pm
National Library Building, Lobby Level 1
100 Victoria Street, Singapore 188064
Free Admission by registration
Free seating on a first-come, first-served basis; standing room only once seats are full.
Programme
4.00pm - Arrival & Registration
4.30pm - Scratch-Easy II (sketches + devising walkthrough), followed by Q&A
6.30pm - Meet & Mingle
Following our first Scratch-Easy pilot in April 2025, played to a full-house audience at the National Library central lobby, we're back for an early evening of devising theatre and movement. Join us in this collaborative, work-in-progress presentation by established practitioners and emerging actors in Singapore in an informal setting for experimentation and feedback.
Past Shows
Oct 2024 - Gathering Ground Co-Presentation
Platform Theatre work-in-progress showcase, co-presented as part of The Substation Gathering Ground 2024
Nov 2024 - Kampung Kreative
Static Metamorphosis x Hazeerah Basri platform theatre collab at Kampung Halloween Arts Festival
Apr 2025 - Scratch-Easy: Devising Theatre
Sketch night featuring 7 open call submissions based on ‘Metamorphosis’
Archive Research
OPEN END | Dr Adrian Tan
Launched as an exhibition in October 2024, OPEN END is an ongoing research project on The Substation Archive by artist-curator Dr Adrian Tan with NTU Centre of Contemporary Art (CCA), The Substation, and National Gallery Singapore’s Rotunda Library & Archive as an awardee of the 2024 Platform Projects Curatorial Award.
Past Events
Oct 2024 - OPEN END: Resonate, Re-Read, Re-Trace The Substation Archive
Site-specific intervention at the Rotunda Library, National Gallery Singapore, co-presented as pa The Substation Gathering Ground 2024
Aug 2025 - OPEN END: Curating The Substation Archive as Research and Performance
Paper presented by Adrian Tan at Arts & Design Practice Research Exchange (ADPRex), as part of Panel 6: Curating, Archiving, and Practice
Upcoming
Stay tuned for Adrian’s research-in-progress and new projects in 2026.