Sounding Light 定光: An interview with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Artistic Director Cheng Tsung-lung on slowing down
It seems like an impossibility to ever ask people who live in bustling metropolitan cities like Taipei or Singapore to slow down. These are places built around movement: trains arriving and departing, traffic flowing through intersections, people crossing streets with somewhere to be, messages arriving before the previous ones have been answered. There is always another email, another meeting, another decision to make. Even our … Continue reading Sounding Light 定光: An interview with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Artistic Director Cheng Tsung-lung on slowing down
Interview: Kuik Swee Boon and Kim Jae Duk on T.H.E Dance Company’s Pán《盤》
Five years after its digital premiere, the award-winning two-part dance work returns to Singapore for its long-awaited local live staging. Its choreographers reflect on cultural identity, artistic collaboration and why dance can express what words cannot. When Kuik Swee Boon watched rehearsals for Pán《盤》 ahead of its Singapore staging, there was a particular feeling of anticipation. For the founding artistic director of T.H.E Dance Company, … Continue reading Interview: Kuik Swee Boon and Kim Jae Duk on T.H.E Dance Company’s Pán《盤》
Concert Review: Listening to Taiwan – NTSO 2026 Asia Tour Concert
An evening of cultural exchange through music that celebrates what happens when different voices come together as one. Some concerts impress with virtuosity; others leave you with a feeling that lingers long after the final applause. Listening to Taiwan, presented by the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO) at the Esplanade Concert Hall, manages both. Led by conductor Tung-Chieh Chuang, the evening brings together Taiwanese musical … Continue reading Concert Review: Listening to Taiwan – NTSO 2026 Asia Tour Concert
Preview: CATS The Musical Returns to Singapore This October With a New Company of Jellicle Cats
The beloved Andrew Lloyd Webber musical returns to Sands Theatre from 29 October to 22 November, featuring a new cast, spectacular choreography and the timeless anthem “Memory”. The Jellicle Cats are coming back to Singapore. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS The Musical, one of the most celebrated productions in musical theatre history, will return to Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands from 29 October to 22 … Continue reading Preview: CATS The Musical Returns to Singapore This October With a New Company of Jellicle Cats
Art: Fan Chang Tien: Rhythm of the Southern Brush | 范昌乾：南方笔韵 at National Gallery Singapore
From expressive bamboo paintings and rarely seen depictions of kampong life to poetic landscapes and the artists he mentored, Fan Chang Tien: Rhythm of the Southern Brush traces the journey of an influential ink master whose legacy extends far beyond the brush. For many familiar with Singapore’s Chinese ink painting tradition, Fan Chang Tien is remembered as the “Gardener”, a master who nurtured generations of … Continue reading Art: Fan Chang Tien: Rhythm of the Southern Brush | 范昌乾：南方笔韵 at National Gallery Singapore
★★★★☆ Theatre Review: Crack The Case – Wonderland by Sight Lines Entertainment
Sight Lines dives into a lighter, fantastical mystery inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic in their final instalment of Crack the Case. Duration: ~105 minutes Over the years, Sight Lines Entertainment has carved out a niche for itself in its Crack The Case series of immersive mystery experiences, and it has become rather good at them. The company’s productions have often excelled in their world-building, concepts … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Theatre Review: Crack The Case – Wonderland by Sight Lines Entertainment
★★★★★ Film Review: The Violinist 沧海琴声 dir. Ervin Han and Raúl García
An animated triumph of a sweeping, heartfelt love letter to Singapore and her history, and the dreams that take us further. Singaporeans are often a self-deprecating, critical bunch. We rarely think Singapore is worth being the subject of an epic, so seeing the country lovingly rendered on the big screen evokes a particular kind of national pride. This is not merely a recognisable skyline glimpsed … Continue reading ★★★★★ Film Review: The Violinist 沧海琴声 dir. Ervin Han and Raúl García
Interview: NTSO’s Tung-Chieh Chuang and pianist Albert Tiu talk about how music connects Taiwan, Singapore and the human experience
From folk melodies that evoke memories of home to classical masterpieces that transcend generations, conductor Tung-Chieh Chuang and pianist Albert Tiu reflect on the power of music to express the human experience ahead of the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra’s Singapore performance. What can music express that words cannot? For Taiwanese conductor Tung-Chieh Chuang, the answer lies in the subtle complexities of human emotion, and the … Continue reading Interview: NTSO’s Tung-Chieh Chuang and pianist Albert Tiu talk about how music connects Taiwan, Singapore and the human experience
Art: Bangkok Art Biennale 2026 Reveals 72 Artists for ANGELS & MARA
From sacred temples and national museums to contemporary galleries and bustling shopping districts, Bangkok’s fifth Art Biennale invites visitors to explore the shifting boundaries between the sacred and the everyday. BANGKOK, THAILAND – Bangkok is preparing to become one vast contemporary art experience. Returning from 29 October 2026 to 28 February 2027, the fifth edition of the Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB) has unveiled its complete … Continue reading Art: Bangkok Art Biennale 2026 Reveals 72 Artists for ANGELS & MARA
Preview: ATTACK on TITAN – The Musical [進撃の巨人] brings epic world tour to Singapore in April 2027
The original Japanese production makes its first Asian stop outside Japan at Sands Theatre, blending live vocals, high-impact action and cutting-edge stage technology. The walls are about to come down in Singapore. Based on Hajime Isayama’s globally acclaimed manga, ATTACK on TITAN: The Musical will make its way to Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands from 15 April to 2 May 2027, marking the production’s … Continue reading Preview: ATTACK on TITAN – The Musical [進撃の巨人] brings epic world tour to Singapore in April 2027
