Productions & Events
2025
Statement Piece
With keen insight and sharp wit, Myle Yan Tay’s STATEMENT PIECE interrogates the purpose of art in this country, the limits of our ambitions, and the legacies we leave. read more»
2024
The Shahid Nasheer Memorial Fellowship at Checkpoint Theatre
Hard Mode
Critically acclaimed playwright Faith Ng’s new work is a love letter to the perennial task of growing up and navigating the world. Hard Mode is essential viewing for anyone who has ever struggled with adolescence. read more»
Checkpoint Celebrates! 2024
Celebrate our 22nd birthday with us and support the Checkpoint Celebrates! 2024 Online Fundraiser! read more»
Playing With Fire
Associate Artist Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips’ PLAYING WITH FIRE presents a timely and sophisticated interrogation of a cornerstone of Singapore’s development. read more»
Secondary: The Musical
With a powerful, affecting script, and incredible new songs, weish's SECONDARY: THE MUSICAL questions what happens when life is dictated by a final grade. read more»
2023
Book Launch of Feels Like Home: New Singapore Plays Volume 3
Session Zero
As an estranged couple attempts to reconnect over a game of Dungeons & Dragons, the conflicts of daily life are inevitably carried onto the battlefield. read more»
Tender Submission
With precision and deep compassion, Lucas Ho’s new play, TENDER SUBMISSION, bears witness to the unspooling of a decades-long marriage. When faith and purpose diverge, what truly lies at the heart of a relationship? Can a new path be found together? read more»
Checkpoint Celebrates! 2023
Brown Boys Don’t Tell Jokes
The eve of an election. A politician, a musician, an activist, an academic, and a therapist reunite after several years. As past mistakes lead to dire consequences, should loyalty prevail over shifting values? read more»
2022
Book Launch of The Art of Being a Grandmother: An Incomplete Diary of Becoming
What does it truly mean to be a grandparent — to care for and nurture young life as you look back on your own, and experience the world afresh through their eyes? read more»
Recalling Mother: Her Lines, My Lines — And So The Conversations Continue
Join Claire Wong and Noorlinah Mohamed for an honest, open, and insightful conversation, as we hold space to voice our thoughts and listen to each other. read more»
Recalling Mother: Her Lines, My Lines
Immensely moving and funny, the living work by long-time collaborators Claire Wong and Noorlinah Mohamed, RECALLING MOTHER: HER LINES, MY LINES, celebrates the joys, trials, and intricacies of mother-daughter relationships. read more»
The Fourth Trimester
Following sold-out runs of the critically acclaimed NORMAL, playwright Faith Ng and director Claire Wong return with THE FOURTH TRIMESTER, a compelling new play that will sweep you into the vivid, messy embrace of parenthood and family life. read more»