Art: UOB launches UOB Artbeat to bring art closer to the community
Art takes centre stage at Tanjong Pagar Distripark this August and September as UOB launches UOB Artbeat, its inaugural art festival designed to make art more accessible, engaging and interactive for the wider community. Held across two weekends from 29 August to 6 September 2026 at Artspace@Helutrans, the festival will bring together emerging artists, artworks from the UOB Art Collection and hands-on experiences that invite … Continue reading Art: UOB launches UOB Artbeat to bring art closer to the community
Esplanade’s The Studios 2026: An Interview with Claire Teo and Oon Shu An on seeing, being, and performing ‘MONSTRESS’
What does it mean to truly see another person? Not simply to look at them, but to recognise their struggles, question our assumptions and notice the quiet ways people can slip through the cracks. These are the questions surrounding MONSTRESS, a new work by visually impaired theatre-maker Claire Teo and ART:DIS that examines disability, caregiving and the everyday systems that shape who is heard, believed … Continue reading Esplanade’s The Studios 2026: An Interview with Claire Teo and Oon Shu An on seeing, being, and performing ‘MONSTRESS’
★★★★★ Theatre Review: Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ by Base Entertainment Asia
High-concept musical strips away the myth of the last days of Jesus Christ to tell a powerful story of fame, faith, betrayal and human fallibility. Duration: 120min, including a 20min intermission Jesus Christ Superstar is the kind of musical that sounds almost impossible to pitch. Take one of the most familiar religious stories in Western culture, recast its central figures as rock stars, and tell … Continue reading ★★★★★ Theatre Review: Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ by Base Entertainment Asia
Tiger Beer celebrates Anthony Chen’s ‘We Are All Strangers’ Singapore homecoming with the cast at S11 kopitiam
After travelling from Singapore to international film festivals in Berlin, Hong Kong, Italy, Australia, Shanghai and New Zealand, We Are All Strangers finally came home last week, and appropriately, celebrated the homecoming at a coffeeshop, one of the most iconic settings in both the film and Singapore itself. Just a day after Anthony Chen’s latest film opened in Singapore cinemas, Tiger Beer brought Chen and … Continue reading Tiger Beer celebrates Anthony Chen’s ‘We Are All Strangers’ Singapore homecoming with the cast at S11 kopitiam
★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Multiple Bad Things by Back to Back Theatre
Nightmarish fever dream of a devised theatre work problematises and interrogates the complications of disability and accessibility today. From its title alone, Multiple Bad Things possesses a distinctly ominous quality. What are these bad things? A series of terrible events waiting to happen, or the accumulation of smaller cruelties that eventually become something much more sinister? The production’s visual material might initially suggest something whimsical … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Multiple Bad Things by Back to Back Theatre
Art: Art Remembers at National Gallery Singapore
What does it mean to remember? At National Gallery Singapore’s latest exhibition, the answer begins with a collection of art that both complicates and interrogates that very question. Opening 21 August, Art Remembers brings together 20 works by artists from Singapore and Southeast Asia who approach the concept of an archive as something that can be questioned, disrupted, reassembled and even invented. Spanning photography, film, … Continue reading Art: Art Remembers at National Gallery Singapore
Trust Exercise: An interview with co-directors Edward Eng and Tan Hui Er of Gangguan Theatre’s experimental ‘Getting To Know You’
Theatre is essentially an act of human connection: between actors, between performers and audience, and between a story and the people who receive it. But what happens when you remove one of the things theatre usually relies on to make that connection work: the rehearsal? For the actors in Gangguan! Theatre’s Getting To Know You, there will be no conventional rehearsal. Each night, a new … Continue reading Trust Exercise: An interview with co-directors Edward Eng and Tan Hui Er of Gangguan Theatre’s experimental ‘Getting To Know You’
Interview: Luke Street, Javon King, Frances Lee and Tabitha Nauser bring new life to Singapore’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
More than five decades after Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice first brought Jesus Christ Superstar to the stage, the musical continues to ask audiences to look beyond the icons at the people behind them. For the cast of the international touring production arriving in Singapore, that human element is at the heart of the show. Luke Street, who plays Jesus, sees a man grappling … Continue reading Interview: Luke Street, Javon King, Frances Lee and Tabitha Nauser bring new life to Singapore’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
Preview: Baybeats 2026 presents four days of independent music, big sounds and new bands to discover
Singapore’s alternative music festival returns this September for its 25th edition, bringing four days of heavy riffs, dreamy soundscapes, genre-bending experiments and some of the region’s most exciting independent acts to Esplanade. From Japanese rock heavyweights and Korean indie favourites to homegrown underground stalwarts and a new generation of Baybeats Budding Bands, this year’s festival is less about sticking to one sound than following your … Continue reading Preview: Baybeats 2026 presents four days of independent music, big sounds and new bands to discover
Art: AstaGuru expands into Singapore as Indian auction house targets Southeast Asian collectors
Indian auction house AstaGuru has opened its second international office in Singapore, establishing a regional base as it looks to expand its reach among collectors across Southeast Asia. The Singapore headquarters follows the Mumbai-based auction house’s launch of its first overseas office in London in May, as AstaGuru accelerates its international expansion and seeks to connect collectors in Asia and global markets with Indian art, … Continue reading Art: AstaGuru expands into Singapore as Indian auction house targets Southeast Asian collectors
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