Wild Rice brings Monkey Goes West back to The Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre at Funan from Thursday 12 November to Sunday 27 December 2026. SISTIC and the company both print that closing date. onePA's PAssion listing still stops at 13 December 2026. Trust the longer run. Tickets start at S$50 for previews and climb to S$120 on Friday-to-Sunday houses. Buy at sistic.com.sg/events/west1226. SG Culture Pass credits work on this event. Wild Rice warns you to spend those credits only through SISTIC or sgculturepass.gov.sg, not through a forwarded link.
Alfian Sa'at wrote the book and lyrics. Ivan Heng directs this Funan staging. Elaine Chan wrote the score and music-directs. The show is English, about 2 hours 30 minutes including a 20-minute interval. SISTIC's duration line is 150 minutes with that same 20-minute break. Recommended from age 5. SISTIC will not admit infants or children below 5. Children aged 5 and above need their own ticket.
Ah Tang, Wukong, and a Funan pantomime
Orphan Ah Tang runs away after a fight with his adoptive family and lands in a strange country. He falls in with Wukong the Monkey King, Pigsy the hungry warrior, and Sandy the river ogre. Red Boy, King Bull and Princess Iron Fan stand in the way. The question the company keeps asking is whether Ah Tang ever finds a home. Catchy songs, wushu, gags, a magic fan. The Business Times called the original "a singular triumph" and said it raised the bar for Wild Rice's pantomimes.
The piece premiered at Victoria Theatre in 2014, sold out, and won three Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards: Production of the Year, the readers' Production of the Year, and Best Costume Design. It returned at Drama Centre Theatre in 2016. The Ngee Ann Kongsi is underwriting this Funan revival. Heng restages it on the 358-seat thrust, the only one in Singapore, at 107 North Bridge Road, #04-08.
Prices, hours, codes that still work
Showtimes are Tuesday to Friday 7.30pm, Saturday 2.30pm and 7.30pm, Sunday 1.30pm. Previews are Thursday 12 November and Friday 13 November at 7.30pm, plus Saturday 14 November at 2.30pm, priced S$50, S$60, S$80, S$95. Tuesday to Thursday after that: S$55, S$70, S$90, S$105. Friday, Saturday and Sunday: S$60, S$80, S$100, S$120. SISTIC booking fees sit on top, S$3 to S$6 depending on the face value.
Wild Rice Angels already used their 20 percent window in June. The 15 percent early-bird on Category 1 and 2 tickets ended 15 July 2026. Two discounts still print as live. PAssion members take 10 percent off Category 1 and 2 with code WILDPASSION26 at SISTIC, or by showing the card at an authorised agent. HomeTeamNS members take 10 percent off Category 1 and 2 from 16 July to 13 December 2026. The code lives in the HomeTeamNS app, not on a public webpage. Neither deal stacks with other promotions. School groups email outreach@wildrice.com.sg.
Access performances are booked as ordinary tickets on the right date. Audio-described with a touch tour: Saturday 12 December 2026 at 2.30pm, touch tour 1.15pm. Captioned: Wednesday 16, Thursday 17 and Friday 18 December 2026 at 7.30pm. Sit in the stalls if you need the caption board. Relaxed: Sunday 20 December 2026 at 1.30pm, lower sound, a break area if you need to step out.
Who you are watching
Principal billing: Ryan Ang as Ah Tang, Sugie Phua as Monkey King, Tia Andrea Guttensohn as Pigsy, Siti Khalijah Zainal as Sandy, Chua Enlai as Princess Iron Fan, Ebi Shankara as King Bull, Seah Janice as Red Boy. Understudies: Aaron Ee, Marcus Cheong, Beatrice Jaymes Pung, Suhaili Safari, Hang Qian Chou, Timothy Wan, Eugenia Lee. Wild Rice publishes the understudy nights in full on the event page. First Stage Kids and Martial House kids split at 8 December, Cast A through 6 December, Cast B from 8 December. If you are coming for a specific child, read that list before you pick a date.
Creative team beyond Heng, Sa'at and Chan: assistant director Dwayne Lau, choreographers Gino Babagay and Hafeez Hassan, fight choreographer Gordon Choy, set Wong Chee Wai, lights Alberta Wileo, multimedia Brian Gothong Tan, sound Shah Tahir, costumes Tube Gallery.
City Hall MRT, NS25 and EW13, to Funan Basement 2. Mall 10am to 10pm. A 1.30pm Sunday house is the family slot. A 7.30pm Tuesday is quieter and cheaper. The last advertised performance is 27 December 2026. If onePA still shows 13 December, that page is stale. Check SISTIC before you plan a Boxing Day visit.
Practical Details
- Dates: Thursday 12 November to Sunday 27 December 2026, including previews 12 to 14 November.
- Time: Tuesday to Friday 7.30pm. Saturday 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Sunday 1.30pm.
- Venue: The Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre, Wild Rice @ Funan, 107 North Bridge Road, #04-08, Singapore 179105.
- Nearest MRT: City Hall, NS25/EW13.
- Price: Previews from S$50. Midweek from S$55. Weekend from S$60 to S$120. SISTIC fee extra. PAssion code WILDPASSION26, 10 percent off Category 1 and 2. HomeTeamNS 10 percent off Category 1 and 2 via the app until 13 December 2026.
- Duration and age: About 2 hours 30 minutes including a 20-minute interval. Age 5 and above. SG Culture Pass eligible.
- Website: Wild Rice, Monkey Goes West