About
Active Period
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Genre
Theatre, Theatre — Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu
Subgenre
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Geographic Location
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About
A 54-metre high clock tower, completed in 1905, connects Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall (later Victoria Concert Hall). Below the tower was an open-air passageway that was covered up in the 1950s. Reports in the 1920s suggest that performances took place in or near this area, below the clock tower.
Venue Location
9 Empress Place SingaporeSingapore (Lat 1.288250, Lng 103.851639)
Dates
Construction Date
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Completion Date
1905
Opening Date
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Closing Date
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First Used For Performances
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Last Used for Performances
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Destruction Date
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Associated Performance(s)
Media
Image: Leiden University Libraries
Sources
No source recorded.
Contributor
Last Updated on:
April 27, 2026 at 10:52 am
Contributors:
Alvin Eng Hui Lim
To Cite:
, and Lim, Alvin Eng HuiAlvin Eng Hui Lim.
2026. “Below the Clock Tower, between Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall/Victoria Concert Hall – Empress Place“. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
Person
Global Entertainment Circuits and Touring Variety
Music — Western Classical
Australasia and the Pacific (1900 onwards)
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Colonial and Empire Networks
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Theatre — Shakespeare
Federation of Malaya (1948-1963)
1945–1959: Malaya and Singapore: Postwar Transition and Reform
Troupe
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Theatre — English Language Theatre
Theatre — Pantomime
Federation of Malaya (1948-1963)
1945–1959: Malaya and Singapore: Postwar Transition and Reform
Venue
Music
Independent Singapore (1965 onwards)
1965–1975: Singapore's Independence and Cold War SEA
Troupe
Colonial and Empire Networks
Music — Bagpiping
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
1914–1918: First World War
Performance
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Archipelagic Agents
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Tour
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Archipelagic Agents
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony