Pierre Png, Andrea De Cruz, Gaurav Kripalani, Dick Lee, Lawrence Wee

To celebrate the opening of Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress, guests of the Singapore Repertory Theatre and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay came together for the gala premiere earlier this month. This is the fourth time this original production has run and it stars Kit Chan as the Empress Dowager Cixi and features music by Cultural Medallion recipient and Tatler 300 lister Dick Lee.

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Photo 1 of 14 Pierre Png, Andrea De Cruz, Gaurav Kripalani, Dick Lee, Lawrence Wee
Photo 2 of 14 Grace Fu, Felicia Chin
Photo 3 of 14 Joy Tan, Olga Iserlis, Trina Liang-Lin
Photo 4 of 14 Kit Chan, Lim Peifen
Photo 5 of 14 Paige Parker, Gaurav Kripalani, Diane Palmer
Photo 6 of 14 Trina Liang-Lin, Joy Tan, Gaurav Kripalani, Paige Parker, Diane Palmer
Photo 7 of 14 Ho Ching Lin, Robert Tomlin
Photo 8 of 14 Felicia Chin
Photo 9 of 14 Benson Phua
Photo 10 of 14 Edmund Lin, Ho Ching Lin, Dick Lee, Joy Tan, Trina Liang-Lin
Photo 11 of 14 Sheila Francisco, Dick Lee, Trina Liang-Lin, Gaurav Kripalani, Steffanie Leigh
Photo 12 of 14 Alvin Chia, Sebastian Tan, Pierre Png, Dwayne Lau, John Lee
Photo 13 of 14 Lionel Yeo, Sebastian Tan, Janice Koh
Photo 14 of 14 Danny Yeo, Kit Chan, Oh Chin Wee