Highlights

Co-founders, board and staff in the media

10 Mar 2020 ITI's co-founders, board members and staff have been featured in recent coverage of the arts in TODAY, The Straits Times and Channel NewsAsia.

Awards and nominations for alumni and faculty

28 Feb 2020 Saran Jith (‘17) was honoured at the JC Daniel Kalashreshta Awards for his film debut in Nalpathiyonnu, movement teacher Lim Chin Huat was nominated for a Life Theatre Award for Best Set for Not In My Lifetime? (The Finger Players and Gateway Academy) and Grace Kalaiselvi (‘14) received a nomination for Best Guest Actress (Drama) at the Indie Series Awards for People Like Us.

Passing of Wayang Wong master teacher Bambang Besur Suryono

21 Jan 2020 ITI is deeply saddened by the passing of Wayang Wong master teacher Bambang Besur Suryono on 21 January 2020. Besur had given 12 cohorts of ITI students the honour of learning the form. Our sincere condolences to his loved ones. We will miss him dearly.

Sasi speaks at conference in Taiwan

14 Dec 2019 ITI Director T. Sasitharan was invited to speak at Embodying Theatre: Actor Training of EX-Theatre Asia Conference in Taiwan, organised by EX-Theatre Asia. He joined a panel on "Preparing to Perform".

Awards for alumni in India

09 Dec 2019 Two Kerala-based alumni received awards recognising their contributions to theatre: Sreejith Ramanan (’08) received the Kanal-Vayala Award and Sankar Venkateswaran ('06) received the Shankar Nag Theatre Award.

Graduation Ceremony 2019

02 Dec 2019 Congratulations to the Class of 2019!

Alumna Yeo Yann Yann receives top awards

23 Nov 2019 Alumna Yeo Yann Yann ('03) won Best Leading Actress at the Golden Horse Awards and Best Actress at Pingyao International Film Festival, for her performance in Anthony Chen's film Wet Season. She also received the Inspiring Woman in Film Award at the Singapore International Film Festival.

Stephen Riady Donates S$1 Million to ITI in Support of Arts Education

17 Oct 2019 ITI has received S$1 million from prominent businessman and philanthropist, Dr Stephen Riady — one of the largest gifts from an individual donor to an independent arts organisation in Singapore.

Alumnus wins awards in the Philippines

16 Oct 2019 Alumnus Miyuki Kamimura (’05) received the Best New Actor award at Urduja Film Festival for his performance in Filipino film Tanabata’s Wife. His performance also earned him the Best Actor award at ToFarm Film Festival 2018.

Alumni elected to National Committee on Dramatic Arts in the Philippines

14 Oct 2019 Alumni Felimon Blanco (’05) and Denise Mordeno Aguilar (’14) have been elected as Head and Secretary, respectively, of the National Committee on Dramatic Arts in the Philippines from 2020 - 2022. They previously held the respective positions of Vice Head and Assistant Secretary from 2017 - 2019.