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)
| Performance Name | Performer | Production | Festival |
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| Xi Peng Ji Zhang and Ping Gui Bie Yao (《西蓬擊掌》、《平貴別窯》) – 1920 – Guangfuju Troupe |
Guangfuju Troupe (Troupe)
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| Su Wu Mu Yang and Liu Xi Fang Zi (《蘇武牧羊》、《劉錫放子》) – 1920 – Guangfuju Troupe |
Guangfuju Troupe (Troupe)
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| Wangyun Xian Diaochan and Fengyiting Su Ku (《王允獻貂蟬》、《鳳儀亭訴苦》) – 1920 – Guangfuju Troupe |
Guangfuju Troupe (Troupe)
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Media
Image: Leiden University Libraries
Sources
No source recorded.
Contributor
Last Updated on:
February 25, 2026 at 12:27 pm
Contributors:
Alvin 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.
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
Troupe
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
Venue
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Teochew opera or Chaoju
Dance — Ronggeng
Theatre — Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu
British Malaya (1826-1941)
Postwar pre-independent Singapore (1945-1963)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
1945–1959: Malaya and Singapore: Postwar Transition and Reform
1959–1963: Singapore Self-Governance and Malaya Independence
Up till 1895: British Colonial Consolidation
Festival
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Teochew opera or Chaoju
Dance — Ronggeng
Theatre — Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu
British Malaya (1826-1941)
Postwar pre-independent Singapore (1945-1963)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
1945–1959: Malaya and Singapore: Postwar Transition and Reform
Up till 1895: British Colonial Consolidation
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
Support
Archipelagic Agents
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
1911–1912: Xinhai Revolution
Support
Archipelagic Agents
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
1911–1912: Xinhai Revolution