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One of Singapore’s most glamorous old dames is switching its projector back on for some pure cinema action. After years of hosting concerts by well-loved artists such as Jorja Smith and Wolf Alice, conferences, and occasional grand weddings, the Capitol Theatre is back doing what it was born to do: screen movies.
From February 22 to April 28, the nearly century-old landmark on Stamford Road will host Classics At Capitol, a new programme of regular film screenings curated by local film writer and researcher Ben Slater. Look forward to a string of restored classics at Singapore’s “last surviving pre-war movie palace”, all screened in crisp 4K.
The line-up opens with musical comedy Singin’ In The Rain, followed by desert epic Lawrence Of Arabia and Hitchcock’s slick, suit-sharp thriller North By Northwest. The organisers are clearly hoping this isn’t just a nostalgia sugar rush either. If all goes to plan, the programme will grow the theatre into a permanent home for classic movies.
This marks an exciting new chapter in the Capitol Theatre’s long history. It first lit up screens in 1930 – legends like Charlie Chaplin and Ava Gardner once stood where audiences now sit. Its lights went out in 1998 for the entire block to undergo a major makeover. Fast forward to 2015, the theatre reopened as a flexible events space, even hosting the red-carpet premiere of Crazy Rich Asians and the Singapore International Film Festival’s awards ceremony.
To commemorate the programme, there will also be a book launch on February 22 for Singapore Screening Spaces (1896 to 1945): Lost Screens And My Last Kacang Puteh, a new publication by local researchers Wong Han Min and Yeo Min Hui.
Tickets and full details are available via the Capitol Theatre’s website here.
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