Nightlife · tickets from Chinese Theatre Circle
Duration
2 hours
The take
Chinese opera in a Smith Street tea house, with English subtitles. You can watch a one-hour show with tea, snacks and dessert, or come earlier for a set Chinese dinner first. The Chinese Theatre Circle also runs karaoke afternoons.
Good to know
Sights & Sounds of Chinese Opera, with English subtitles, every Friday and Saturday
7pm–9pm S$40 nett with set dinner, tea, dessert; 8pm–9pm S$25 nett with tea, snacks, dessert (in by 7.50pm)
Karaoke singing concerts Tuesday to Saturday noon–5pm and Sunday 2pm–6pm; closed on Mondays
Programmes outside the set hours can be arranged for 10 or more people
Finding it: 5 Smith Street, Singapore 058919, in Chinatown. Book by phone or email with the Chinese Theatre Circle
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