Stunt school Sandbox faces bankruptcy, dealing blow to film and theatre industry

Action director Peps Goh’s dream of boosting stunt actor training and best practices for the local action industry has been grounded.

- Shawn Hoo

The 31-year-old founder of Sandbox Training Ground faces bankruptcy and his school at Raeburn Park may close ahead of its September 2026 lease expiration.

Sandbox Training Ground is one of the few stunt training schools in Singapore, which faces a scarcity of action productions due to lack of investment and a small stunt actor pool.

Since its founding in 2021, Goh estimates that Sandbox has trained 200 actors under its system but is facing limited growth as stunt actors — who might be paid around $120 for a day of work - cannot afford to upgrade skills.

He tells The Straits Times that the “crushing weight” of commercial rental costs - Sandbox pays about $17,000 in rent and overheads monthly - is killing the school.

“I hope we can be free of the weight of the rental on our backs, because we've been spending so much time just trying to make money to feed a space,” says Goh, who has been bounced around arts, sports and media funding bodies to no success.