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About School of the Arts Singapore (SOTA)

The School of the Arts (SOTA) is Singapore’s first national pre-tertiary specialised arts school with a six-year integrated arts and academic curriculum, leading to the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma or Career-related Programme, for youths aged 13-18 years old.

Under the ambit of the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY), SOTA offers a dedicated development path for those who have interest and show early talent in the arts, providing a learning environment where both the artistic and academic potential can best be realised.

With a vision to nurture creative citizens for the future, SOTA aims to identify and groom artistic and creative learners who positively impact Singapore and the world, through a vibrant learning environment that is anchored in the arts.

A school of the future, SOTA embraces a holistic educational philosophy that celebrates experimentation, expression and discovery.

Drama Theatre

Vivid

Embraced by layered curved walls of steel mesh enclosed panels, the Venetian red interiors of the Drama Theatre is kept animated by the randomly pixelated shades of the fabric seats, emanating a lively atmosphere amid vibrant hues.

Intimate

Featuring a traditional proscenium stage with full-height fly tower and motorised forestage elevator, the Drama Theatre is a cosy space with a 421 audience capacity over two tiers of seating in a compact horseshoe arrangement.

Adaptable

The Drama Theatre's forestage elevator may be configured to provide audience seating, a forestage extension or an orchestra pit, depending on requirements. An adjustable proscenium provides flexibility for a variety of performance types, including dance and musical productions.

Connecting

A pair of spiral staircases tucked neatly along the sides connects the stage with the fly tower, lighting bridges and all levels of seating, providing convenient internal access for technicians, performers and audience alike.

Equipped

The theatre has a comprehensive audio-visual system and dedicated loudspeaker hoists over the forestage.The fly-tower incorporates a fully motorised flying system for the rigging of scenery and lighting. Front of house lighting positions include two lighting bridges, a rear perimeter gallery and a follow-spot room, all accessible without ladders. Additional lighting positions are provided on the circle gallery and side walls.

Concert Hall

Par excellence

Designed with a box-in-box construction and crafted using minimal applied interior finishes, the Concert Hall offers exceptional acoustics for classical recitals and choral works.The enclosing upper walls of the Concert Hall are formed out of rhythmic rows of precisely shaped mustard coloured precast concrete pillows, complemented by the warm solid white oak of the splayed inner lower walls that are detailed with finesse to achieve fine acoustics.The auditorium is equipped with comprehensive audio-visual infrastructure and also hosts a dedicated recording room.

Adjustable

Dependent on concert requirements, fabric banners may be deployed from the ceiling to alter the room reverberation time. A motorised choir stall moves up and down stage, allowing the size of the performance area to be altered.

Studio Theatre

Artistic

The interiors - a textured material palette of matt black off-form concrete walls with highlights of blackened steel along the balustrades - exudes a sense of raw aesthetics that incites the imagination and evokes creative self-expression.

Customised

A combination of 200-person retractable seating unit and additional loose seating offer flexibility for multi-configurational theatre formats.

Box-in-Box

Built using a box-in-box construction, the enclosure of the Studio Theatre is carefully isolated to minimise transmission of structural borne vibration and air borne noise.

Comprehensive

The room is equipped with a complete audio-visual and production lighting infrastructure to facilitate performances in any configuration.A mezzanine gallery all round affords added flexibility for stage production set up while technical access at high level is via a tension wire grid, allowing for safe access to production lighting and scenery rigging without the use of ladders.