World-in-Theatre is a theatre company founded in August 2002 by nine theatre practitioners.



Inspired by the experience of working with the late Singapore theatre pioneer William Teo and his Asia-in-Theatre Research Centre, a group of his key performers set up World-in-Theatre to continue the vision and philosophy that Teo had developed.



World-in-Theatre aims to bring to the Singapore stage plays of universal significance. The theatre group draws inspiration from various performance traditions of the world and sees 'theatre' as a total performance art which is not about just the spoken word, but may also embrace dance, music and text. Among its past productions are Ramayana, The Royal Hunt of the Sun and The Gospel According to Mark.





"...Watching them on stage is mesmerizing because they approach their performances with an almost spiritual devotion. They draw on ancient forces and perform almost as if taken over by them. Their bodies become the vessels through which these forces flow, allowing the actors to be stripped bare of vanity and pose but still able to bring to life epic texts like ?Ramayana' and 'The Royal Hunt of the Sun' (the story of how 167 men destroyed the Inca empire of 24 million for its gold) through the sheer force of their performance."

Kenneth Kwok, The Flying Inkpot