ONCE UPON AN ISLAND is the festival presentation of Oliver Chong's What the Island Remembers. The work reimagines three iconic Singapore legends, the founding of Singapura, the Redhill Swordfish legend, and the Kusu Island legend, into a single narrative about survival, sacrifice, community, and collective memory. Through a blend of large scale shadow puppetry, contemporary movement, music, and immersive outdoor staging, the non verbal performance asks what remains of a story after generations of retelling, and what is lost, added, or transformed along the way.