Varieté! The Festival was created with an aim of bringing good quality performances to the community through non-ticketed events.

The inaugural festival in 2007 featured Varieté! Street Theatre & Varieté! Comedy in your Community. More than 37,000 people attended the performances.

Varieté! Street Theatre 2008 was presented by SHINE, a youth festival supported by the National Youth Council and the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports and was held in conjunction with National Day Celebrations, supported by National Day Parade 08. It is the First All-Japanese Street Performance Festival outside Japan. A total of 50 shows was staged over 17 days from 25 July to 10 August reaching out to 30,000 audiences.

Varieté! Community Theatre 2009 is the marquee event of Shine Festival. From 17 June to 4 July 2009, the festival will reach out to at least 10,000 audience from different communities including an Artist in Resident program from 17 to 29 June with internationally acclaimed Japanese clown duo RONE&GIGI. For the past 2 years, CircusOutreach Ltd, a local youth organisation together with SESAME Co. Ltd., a Japanese clown company, led by RONE&Gigi has been working with 18 local youths with an aim of presenting a show in the theatre.

"GO! RECA, From a Dream to Reality" is this year's festival commission. 70 minutes of family entertainment with Juggling, mime, music, comedy and many opportunities for audience participation. Showcasing two generations of performers from two countries, Singapore and Japan. Their common goal and struggles brought them together despite their different backgrounds and cultures. And their perseverance, their unwavering belief turned the impossible into reality.