True to the spirit of creating challenging, indigenous and innovative theatre that touches the heart and mind, the team from The Necessary Stage is the organising committee of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival.

ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Alvin Tan
Haresh Sharma

FESTIVAL MANAGER
Melissa Lim

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS EXECUTIVE
Jezamine Tan

EVENTS EXECUTIVE
Irma Suzanna Ruslan

EDUCATION & OUTREACH EXECUTIVE
Safiah bte Sulaiman

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Molizah bte Mohd Mohter

ASSISTANT PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Nur Khairiyah bte Ramli

VISUAL ARTS COORDINATOR
Juraidah Rahman

The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2012's public relations are managed by Phish Communications Pte Ltd.

The Necessary Stage has made every effort to ensure that the contents on this website are correct and up-to-date at the time of posting. We cannot be held responsible for any consequences from subsequent errors or omissions.

Art & Entertainment

"Entertainment and art are not isolated… Entertainment is in art like colour in pictures."
- Martin Kippenberger

When we examine Art and Entertainment, there is a tendency to note how diametrically opposed they can be. Entertainment is often thought of as an event or activity that provides amusement and fun for the audience and participants. It implies a means towards enjoyment; a method of diversion from the serious trials and tribulations of daily life; a distraction from matters at hand. Through entertainment, we attain pleasure for pleasure's sake, and in being entertained, our minds are put in a state of relaxation. Entertainment could mean a state of playfulness, frivolity and levity - it is to be regarded as fun, to be consumed and then easily cast off and forgotten in time.

Entertainment, with its primary aim to amuse and distract one from the harsh challenges of reality, may be stereotypical and/or reductive. One assumes that entertainment is light; it neither inspires us to ponder nor to reflect and contemplate. Entertainment reaches out to the mainstream and targets the common, lowest denominator.

Art, on the other hand, problematises an issue, unpacks an opinion, questions an assumption, deconstructs a myth, challenges conventions or an established way of perceiving reality. It engages more than entertain. It challenges one to read, interpret or make meaning of what one encounters. This is definitely a different activity from passively receiving what is before him/her; being titillated followed by a timely pay-off.

"Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either."
- Marshall McLuhan

Today, lines are blurred. One of art's roles is education. For some artists, entertainment is a necessary ingredient or strategy to educate without being pedantic. It requires talent and flair to craft a work that entertains whilst it informs and educates. With the mingling and interaction of different artistic disciplines, the definition of entertainment is very much challenged in contemporary art.

Entertainment provides one of the most robust and salient ways of educating and imparting knowledge and information. Through history, the art of narrative entertainment involves the use of parables to promote certain moral codes and activate personal and social awareness. Similarly, cultural institutions are acutely aware of the importance of entertainment in reaching out to audiences, as evidenced by activities in museums, picturehouses, libraries, and so on.

"Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television."
- Rita Mae Brown

A work does not have to be esoteric, cutting-edge, experimental and exploratory before it is accepted as art. What is at stake is the integrity of the work and if it is done well, shouldn't it be a piece of art, whether or not it entertains? That is why contemporary art works can be both critically acclaimed and box-office successes.

Interestingly enough, the dichotomy between art and entertainment is oftentimes drawn by art creators themselves. In today's world, few - if any - art works are composed for the sake of pleasing specific patrons, aristocrats and royalty. Yet the notion of art being the pursuit of intellectuals and the well-heeled persists today. Is this differentiation necessary or would it merely serve the purposes of inflating the importance of Art (and subsequently its creators)? Does such elitism even warrant our attention and discourse in this day and age? If art fails to entertain - and fails to communicate as a result - does it have a purpose at all in our world?

“I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.”
- Steve Martin

Join the Fringe as we tease out the intricacies and grapple with the relationships between art and entertainment. 16 – 27 January 2013.

Get involved.

Download the application form from here.

Please note that the deadline for applications to the 2013 edition of the Fringe is Friday 9 March 2012, 5pm Singapore time. Late entries will not be entertained.

Find out more about the selection process as well as why you should be part of the Fringe here.

True to the spirit of creating challenging, indigenous and innovative theatre that touches the heart and mind, the team from The Necessary Stage is the organising committee of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival.

Why should I participate in the Fringe?

The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival is an exciting festival that is all-inclusive, covers a range of art forms, and is one of the few festivals in Singapore with a strong curatorial identity. Through the Fringe, we aim to present the best of contemporary, cutting-edge and socially-engaged works to the Singapore audience.

Furthermore, the Fringe positions itself as a creative centre, with the twin-purpose of innovation and discussion, whilst providing a platform for meaningful and provocative art to engage our increasingly connected and complex world.

Through the Fringe, you will be able not only to reach out to new audiences in Asia and the region, but also to tap upon our organisational and production expertise in the presentation of your work. You will also get to rub shoulders with fellow artists, promoters and directors from all over the world, and this should present itself as a wonderful networking opportunity, as well as a space for discourse and explorations into future collaboration.

How do I take part at the Fringe?

In order to take part at the M1 Singapore International Fringe Festival, you need to consider, first and foremost, if your proposed work is relevant to the theme for the Festival. The Necessary Stage curates each Fringe Festival based on a specific theme, and while the interpretation of the subject may be very wide, it is imperative that your work address an aspect of the theme as much as possible.

If you consider your work to be appropriate for the theme, you should download the application form, which can be found on the website here.

Do note that the deadline for applications for 2012 is Friday 9 March 2012 and late or incomplete applications will not be entertained. We do get inundated by applications during the period, so we would appreciate it if you could send in a comprehensive and complete application, with relevant documents, CD/VHS/VCDs/DVDs, press kits and photographs attached.

What happens next?

The Necessary Stage collates all the applications that come in, and our curatorial team then devote a few months to peruse every single application and relevant media. We have several meetings to shortlist applicants, based on the strength of their work and relevance to the theme.

Once the shortlist has been narrowed down, we will inform all applicants of the results, and selected applicants will then need to provide us with more information pertaining to their funding status, availability, technical requirements, and so on.

Though the majority of the Fringe is programmed for a specific year, we consider artists on a year-round basis. We may consider your proposal for a future year if we are interested in your work, but not able to programme it for the current year.

Will you be able to pay for all aspects of my production?

As with all other Fringe Festival, we run on an extremely tight budget. What the Fringe is able to offer in terms of remuneration are local costs – that is, accommodations in Singapore, food – as well as a small artist honorarium. We also cover the cost of venue rental and basic production and technical crew.

However, we generally do not provide airfares, freight and relevant costs (e.g. travel insurance) to fly you over to Singapore for the performance. We strongly advise all artists to apply to their local arts funding bodies for traveling subsidies. Should you require a letter of support if you are selected to perform at the Fringe, do feel free to contact us for assistance and we would be glad to help in any way possible to make your trip a reality. On our end, we also try to source for sponsorships by working with corporate sponsors, embassies and cultural agencies in Singapore. Occasionally we are able to obtain significant sponsorship amounts and grants to assist in the travel costs of the artists, though this should not be taken as a given at any point in time.

This may all sound a little daunting, but don't despair as we do try to help guide you through the process. We have been extremely successful in attracting, securing and assisting artists to perform at the Fringe, and should you have any queries pertaining to this aspect, please feel free to contact us for a chat. Last but not least, you need a fabulous show – but we're sure you knew that already.

Do I get a cut of the ticket sales?

As the Fringe will be paying for all venue, ticketing and production costs in presenting your show, we will need to recoup our cost and will therefore not be able to provide you with a percentage of the ticket sales.

What we do offer though is a small artist honorarium aside from local costs. Furthermore, you will enjoy the administrative, marketing and production assistance of the Fringe. We have, for instance, a very robust and aggressive marketing campaign for the Fringe, and collaborate with all our venue partners, supporting embassies and the media to ensure that the Fringe is a resounding success.

Fringe in the News

2 March 2012 The Business Times - All-rite class act

1 March 2012 The Straits Times Life! - Record crowd, but no bite

28 February 2012 TODAY's For Art's Sake Blog - State of the Arts! February 2012! Week 4!

February 2012 Time Out Singapore - Gotta have faith

25 February 2012 TODAY's For Art's Sake Blog - S’pore Fringe Fest 2012! INRI! Tee-hee!

24 February 2012 The Business Times - Engaging leap of faith (Review of Hantaran Buat Mangsa Lupa by Teater Ekamatra)

24 February 2012 The Business Times - Tongues of ire (Review of Tongues by Sean Tobin and Jason Wee)

24 February 2012 The Straits Times Life! - Embarrassing bad dance solo (Review of The Prayer by Eng Kai Er)

24 February 2012 TODAY's For Art's Sake Blog - S'pore Fringe Fest 2012! The Prayer! Child's Play!

24 February 2012 Just Watch Lah!: At the Ark at Eight by Masterskaya Theatre

23 February 2012 TODAY's For Art's Sake Blog - S'pore Fringe Fest 2012! Angelology! BFFs!

23 February 2012 The Straits Times Life! - Wavering faith (Review of Imam Hussein by Corposcopio Teatro)

22 February 2012 Just Watch Lah!: Imam Hussein by Corposcopio Teatro

21 February 2012 TODAY's For Art's Sake Blog - S’pore Fringe Fest 2012! Imam Hussein! Karbala via Mexico!

21 February 2012 The Straits Times Life! - Cane bound by red tape (Review of Cane by Loo Zihan)

21 February 2012 Muzlimbuzz - Event Review: "Hantaran Buat Mangsa Lupa" by Teater Ekamatra

20 February 2012 My Arts Bucket - M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2012: “Tongues” (18 Feb, National Museum Gallery Theatre)

20 February 2012 Fever Avenue - M1 Fringe Festival: This Week's Survival Guide

19 February 2012 Just Watch Lah!: Tongues by Sean Tobin & Jason Wee

19 February 2012 Artitute - Not Waiting for God - A Review of "Tongues"

19 February 2012 TODAY's For Art's Sake Blog - S'pore Fringe Fest 2012! Cane! 'Nuff Said

19 February 2012 Buttons in the Bread - "Singapore" by The Necessary Stage

18 February 2012 The Flying Inkpot - Lest we forget (Review of Hantaran Buat Mangsa Lupa by Teater Ekamatra)

18 February 2012 Just Watch Lah! - Hantaran Buat Mangsa Lupa by Teater Ekamatra

18 February 2012 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao) - 英凯儿祈愿脱离孤独 (Preview and interview of Eng Kai Er's The Prayer)

18 February 2012 The Straits Times Life! - Lip service to half-baked ideas (Review of Tongues by Sean Tobin and Jason Wee)

18 February 2012 The Straits Times Life! - Big leap of faith (Review of Hantaran Buat Mangsa Lupa by Teater Ekamatra)

17 February 2012 The Flying Inkpot - Touched by the spirit (Review of Tongues by Sean Tobin and Jason Wee)

17 February 2012 Not Tongue-tied: A Q&A with Jason Wee and Sean Tobin

17 February 2012 TODAY's For Art's Sake Blog - S’pore Fringe Fest 2012! Islam revisited! NKOTB! (Review ofHantaran Buat Mangsa Lupa by Teater Ekamatra)

17 February 2012 Fever Avenue - Tongues and Lashing (Review of Tongues by Sean Tobin and Jason Wee)

16 February 2012 The Flying Inkpot - One Disunited People

16 February 2012 TODAY's For Art's Sake Blog - S’pore Fringe Fest 2012! Six exhibitions! A look see! (Review of Fringe Gallery)

16 February 2012 The Straits Times Life! - Cane re-enactment draws debate

16 February 2012 The Straits Times Life! - Nude 'art' out, dance act in

16 February 2012 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao) - 黄汉冲伸舌头 (Interview with Jason Wee and preview of Tongues)

16 February 2012 TODAY's For Art's Sake - S'pore Fringe Fest 2012! Singapore has changed!

13 February 2012 Lifestyle - Art & Faith Collide

13 February 2012 Berita Harian - Seni & Pegangang

13 February 2012 Fever Avenue - M1 Fringe Festival: This Week's Survival Guide

13 February 2012 Fever Avenue - M1 Fringe Festival: An Interview with Singapore's Director, Alvin Tan

12 February 2012 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao) － 罗子涵: 在审查尺度空间内不断碰壁

10 February 2012 星洲日报 (Sin Chew Daily) - 19年後再挑戰社會道德和尺度‧新加坡導演重演剃恥毛舞台劇 (News report on Loo Zihan's Cane)

10 February 2012 Muse.sg - Sensing bodies (Interview with Dam Van Huynh of Van Huynh Company)

10 February 2012 The Business Times - Speaking in Tongues

10 February 2012 The Business Times - Psalms that salve the soul

9 February 2012 Fridae.com - Faith on the Fringe

2 February 2012 CNNGo - Dictators and communists at Singapore's M1 Fringe Festival 2012

2 February 2012 TODAY - City planner (interview with Jason Wee)

2 February 2012 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao) - M1新加坡艺穗节

2 February 2012 The Straits Times Life! - Singapore is like an old lover

29 January 2012 TODAY - City planner (interview with Jason Wee)

27 January 2012 Time Out Singapore - Five to see M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2012: Art and Faith

27 January 2012 Time Out Singapore - M1 Singapore Fringe Festival: Art and Faith

27 January 2012 CityNews.sg - From destruction to dialogue (Interview with Josephine Turalba)

22 January 2012 Arte e Arti - M1 Singapore Fringe Festival

21 January 2012 Berita Harian - Karya luar negeri tempatan warni festival seni M1

16 January 2012 CNNGo - Singapore Fringe Festival courts controversy

09 January 2012 Nuffnang - M1 Fringe Festival 2012 - Win exclusive Fringe merchandise here!

06 January 2012 Fever Avenue - Keeping the Faith with M1 Fringe Festival 2012

03 November 2011 The Nanyang Chronicle - 具争议性的演出将搬上舞台

31 October 2011 TODAY's For Arts Sake - Amanda Heng speaks! S'pore Fringe Fest 2012 launch! Videos!

28 October 2011 The Business Times - Creative clash of art and faith

27 October 2011 The Straits Times Life! - Newcomers to the stage

24 October 2011 Today Digital - Preview for the Singapore Fringe Festival '12

19 October 2011 Today - Going on faith

19 October 2011 The Straits Times Life! - Keeping the faith

19 October 2011 The Straits Times Life! - Controversy revisited

19 October 2011 The Straits Times Life! - Remember this? [Cover]

Be associated with the Fringe brand!

Sponsorship of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival gives you a fantastic opportunity to associate your company's name, logo and brand with one of the fastest growing, high-profile and anticipated arts events around.

Sponsorship of the arts is in general regarded as a wonderful investment and useful marketing and promotional tool for companies keen to establish themselves as commercial entities that can contribute to social well-being.

Here at the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, we have a fervent belief in developing the Fringe as a creative centre that encourages innovation, discourse and positive engagement. During our 12-day long festival, sponsors and partners share and participate in this celebration of creativity and connection with the community. From an audience of 30,000 people attending both ticketed and free events at the Fringe, we have expanded our outreach to about 149,000 people in 2011. We aim to attain the same audienceship – if not more – for all future editions of the Fringe.

In order to do so, aside from having a thrilling line-up for programmes, the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival also runs an exciting, socially-engaging and highly visible marketing and communications campaign from around October to January each year.

Our extensive, nation-wide media relations campaign goes hand-in-hand with our comprehensive and highly visible marketing drive which often includes:

• 40,000 programme booklets printed for the festival and distributed free to all audiences at all arts venues, entertainment outlets, food and beverage and retail outlets, SISTIC authorised agents, various organisations and institutions, schools as well as The Necessary Stage's mailing list;
• Collaterals for individual exhibitions and productions;
• One-month campaign of street banner advertising within the Fringe Belt;
• Bus stop posters at bus stops located within the Fringe Belt as well as islandwide;
• Press kits and press releases;
• A very interactive Festival website;
• A strong social media marketing presence via dedicated Twitter and Facebook accounts;
• A variety of social media networking platforms to engage audiences;
• The Festival video, screened at various venues including M1 outlets, outdoor media channels such as Focus Media sites, Singapore Touring Board screens, Esplanade and other venue partners;
• Partnerships with media channels such as OKTO (as Official TV Channel), Time Out (as Official Magazine) and Nuffnang (Official Blog Community);
• Front-of-house displays;
• Email flyers to The Necessary Stage's local and international database, as well as the databases of our sponsors and partners;
• Onsite marketing collaterals which may include posters, banners, plasma screen spot ads, diary ads, etc.;
• Pre-show announcements at every performance at the Fringe.

The 2011 Fringe had an astounded public relations investment return of SGD4,202,620.

The Fringe's marketing campaign may vary depending on the programme each year. Nevertheless, all sponsors and partners are always acknowledged in our collaterals, based on your level of investment.

For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Melissa at (65) 6440 8115 or email melissa@necessary.org.

This may be the first visit to Singapore for some of you!

This may be the first visit to Singapore for some of you!

To ensure that you can navigate yourself around our fair sunny isle in the tropics when you touch down at the airport, we have compiled some information on transport, accommodation and Festival venues, which we hope will be useful for you.

Information on Singapore in various languages can be viewed at YourSingapore.com

There are three terminals for Changi Airport, as well as a Budget Terminal. Please visit the Changi Airport site for more information on the various airport terminals.

You will need Acrobat PDF Reader in order to read some of the attached files. To download the free PDF Reader, please visit this link.

Transport from Changi Airport to the city

Budget rides to the city and other parts of the island can be made on the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) train services or public buses.

SMRT Train Services

(Information is from Changi Airport )

The Changi Airport MRT Station is accessible via the basement of Terminal 2 and basement 2 of Terminal 3. Passengers from Terminal 1 may use the Skytrain to get to Terminal 2 or Terminal 3 to access the trains. Passengers from Budget Terminal may use the free shuttle bus service to Terminal 2 to access the trains.

Travel Fare/Destination (From Changi Airport [CG2] to City - City Hall [EW13])
A one-way single fare to/from the city costs less than $3.00 (inclusive of S$1.00 refundable deposit) and takes approximately 27 minutes. Tickets are available at the station.

Airport To City
To get to the city, passengers need to transfer to the west bound train at Tanah Merah train station. The last train service leaving Changi Airport station which would allow a transfer to the last west bound train at Tanah Merah station is scheduled at 11.18pm. 

Bus Services

(Information is from Changi Airport )

Public bus service 36 goes to the city. The first bus arrives at around 6.00am and the last leaves at midnight. A single fare costs below $2.00 and takes about an hour. Bus stops are located at the basement bus bays of Terminals 1, 2 and 3. Please prepare the exact fare as no change will be given.

More details can be found on YourSingapore’s pages on trains and buses, or on the SMRT website.

Airport Shuttle Service

(Information is from Changi Airport )

The Airport Shuttle Service serves most hotels in Singapore.
You can make a booking at the Ground Transport Desk at the Arrival Halls and pay the fare in cash to the driver.

$5 airport surcharge - 5.00pm to 12.00am (Fridays to Sundays)
$3 airport surcharge - all other times
Midnight surcharge of 50% of final metered fare - 12.00am to 6.00am (daily)

You can call this centralised taxi booking service to book a taxi
DialCab: 6342 5222
(Do note that a booking fee will be charged.)

Taxis

(Information is from Changi Airport )

Travel Fare/Destination (From Airport to City)
S$9.00 - Adult
S$6.00 - Child

Singapore Transport Guides

YourSingapore.com Transport Guide
SBS Transit (Buses)
Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (Trains)
Changi Airport
Street Directory
gothere.sg

Accommodations Around the Fringe Belt

Official Hotel
Hotel Re! @ Pearl's Hill
http://www.hotelre.com.sg
175A Chin Swee Road, Singapore 169879
Phone: +65 6827 8288 | Fax: +65 6827 8289
E: enquiry@hotelre.com.sg

There is also a sortable list of hotels at Accomodations in Singapore

For those on the Fringe

Here are some accommodations not within the Fringe Belt, but are heartily recommended by us because they’re either fabulously located, too gorgeous to miss and/or tons of fun!

Gallery Hotel
www.galleryhotel.com.sg
76 Robertson Quay Singapore 238254

hangout@mt.emily
wwww.hangouthotels.com
10A Upper Wilkie Road Singapore 228119

Hotel 1929
www.hotel1929.com
50 Keong Saik Road Singapore 089154

ibis Singapore on Bencoolen
www.ibishotel.com
170 Bencoolen Street Singapore 189657

The Inncrowd
www.the-inncrowd.com
73 Dunlop Street Singapore 209401

klapsons The Boutique Hotel
www.klapsons.com
15 Hoe Chiang Road, Singapore 089316

Link Hotel
http://www.linkhotel.com.sg
73 Dunlop Street Singapore 209401

Naumi
www.naumihotel.com
41 Seah Street Singapore 188396

New Majestic Hotel
www.newmajestichotel.com
31-37 Bukit Pasoh Road Singapore 089845

Nostalgia Hotel Singapore
/www.hotelnostalgia.com.sg
77 Tiong Bahru Road Singapore 168727

Prince of Wales
www.pow.com.sg
101 Dunlop Street Singapore 209420

The Saff Hotel
www.thesaffhotel.com
55 Keong Saik Road Singapore 089158

The Scarlet
www.thescarlet.com
33 Erskine Road Singapore 069333

Sleepy Sam's
www.sleepysams.com
55 Bussorah Street Singapore 199471

Getting to the Venues

Venues for the 2012 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival include:

Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay

• Esplanade Theatre Studio
• Esplanade Recital Studio
• Esplanade Jendela (Visual Arts Space)
• Esplanade Tunnel
• Esplanade Waterfront

National Museum of Singapore

• Gallery Theatre
• The Atelier

ION Art Gallery

Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

www.esplanade.com
1 Esplanade Drive Singapore 038981

General opening hours: 10am - 9pm daily (Except for spaces that have performances going on till late)
Box Office: Noon - 8.30pm daily
Jendela (Visual Arts Space): Mon - Fri: 11am – 8.30pm
Sat - Sun: 10.30am – 8.30pm

Nearest MRT stations: Esplanade [CC3 - Exit D], City Hall [NS25 / EW13 - Exit A]

Buses stopping at Bus Stop # 02061, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Raffles Avenue (opposite Marina Square):

SBS Services:
1N, 2N, 3N, 4N, 5N, 6N, 36, 36A, 36B, 56, 70M, 97, 97e, 111, 133, 133M, 162M, 195, 195A

SMRT Services:
75, 77, 106, 171, 531, 700A , 857 , 960 , 961

Buses stopping at Bus Stop #02111, opposite Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Esplanade Drive (at Esplanade Park):

SBS Services:
10, 57, 70, 128, 162, 196

SMRT Services:
531, 700, 868

National Museum of Singapore

www.nationalmuseum.sg
93 Stamford Road Singapore 178897

Atelier Opening Hours: 10am – 6pm daily

Nearest MRT stations: Dhoby Ghaut [NS24/ NE6/ CC1 – Exit A], Bras Basah [CC2 – Exit C]

Buses stopping at Bus Stop #08041, YMCA Orchard, Orchard Road

SBS Services:
7, 14, 14A, 14e, 16, 36, 36A, 36B, 64, 65, 111, 124, 128, 139, 162, 162M, 174, 174e, 175

SMRT Services:
77, 106, 167, 171, 190, 587, 590, 700, 700A, 971E

Buses stopping at Bus Stop #04121, Singapore Management University, Stamford Road:

SBS Services:
7, 14, 14e, 16, 36, 36A, 36B, 111, 124, 128, 131, 147, 162, 162M, 166, 174, 174e, 175

SMRT Services:
77, 106, 167, 171, 190, 700, 700A, 857, 961

The Substation

www.substation.org
45 Armenian Street Singapore 179936
The Substation Gallery Opening Hours: Open daily 12pm-9pm
Closed on public holidays

Nearest MRT station: City Hall [NS25 / EW13 - Exit B]

Buses stopping at Bus Stop #04143, Stamford Court, Hill Street

SBS Services:
124, 147, 166, 174, 174E

SMRT Services:
61, 190, 851

Buses stopping at Bus Stop #04111, Capitol Building, Stamford Road

SBS Services:
7, 14, 14A, 14e, 16, 36, 36A, 36B, 77, 111, 128, 131, 162, 162M, 175

SMRT Services:
77, 106, 167, 171, 190, 700, 700A, 857, 961

ION Art Gallery, ION Orchard

ION Art Gallery
http://www.ionorchard.com/ion-art/ion-art-gallery
2 Orchard Turn #04-01 Singapore 238801
Opening Hours: 10am - 10pm daily

Nearest MRT station: Orchard [NS22]

Buses stopping at Bus Stop #09023, Orchard MRT Station, Orchard Turn:

SBS Services:
14E, 124, 128, 143, 162, 162M

SMRT Services:
167, 171, 190, 700, 700A

Buses stopping at Bus Stop #09047, Tang Plaza, Orchard Road:

SBS Services:
36, 124, 128, 143, 162, 162M, 174, 174E, 518, 518A

SMRT Services:
77, 167, 171, 190, 700, 700A, 971E

Buses stopping at Bus Stop #09022, Orchard Boulevard:

SBS Services:
7, 14, 16, 36, 65, 111, 123, 174, 174e, 175

SMRT Services:
77, 106

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