Month: February 2017

London, Preview, Singapore, Sports

Preview: The Roar of Singapore by Ringstar Management

Following on the success of the ONE Championship held in previous years, boxing in Singapore is about to break new waves and usher in a new height of prestige this February. Organized by the amazing ‘RingStar Management’, The Roar of Singapore is set to be the biggest Universal Boxing Organisation (UBO) event in history, with a whopping four UBO titles up for grabs. Headlining the … Continue reading Preview: The Roar of Singapore by Ringstar Management

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[Review] Huayi Festival 2017: Cloud Gate 2 – Triple Bill

In their much anticipated debut performance in Singapore as part of Huayi 2017, Cloud Gate 2 presented a triple bill programme featuring two pieces by the company’s artistic director, Cheng Tsung-Lung and a shorter piece by guest choreographer and frequent collaborator, Huang Yi. Although Cloud Gate 2 is the sister company of the critically acclaimed Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, unlike other junior troupes, … Continue reading [Review] Huayi Festival 2017: Cloud Gate 2 – Triple Bill

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Preview: Indices of Vanishment by RAW Moves

Theatre practitioner Edith Podesta takes on the role of choreographer at dance company RAW Moves’ 2017 edition of its annual Repertory Platform. Performed by the RAW Moves Company Dancers, Indices of Vanishment aims to examine the connections we have with personal artifacts and explores the psychological space clutter occupies in our daily lives. Podesta was first approached by RAW Moves with the theme of clutter and initially stumped as … Continue reading Preview: Indices of Vanishment by RAW Moves

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Preview: Prism by Toy Factory

Toy Factory starts off their 2017 season with a bang: a restaging of their speculative play Prism, which received rave reviews when it first premiered in the early 2000s. Prism features Apprentice star Firdaus Rahman as Aman, an Urban Redevelopment Board official tasked with evicting 33000 residents of “The Surrounding City”, the city’s oldest heritage as it faces demolition in the name of progress. Confronted with angry, despairing citizens, Aman … Continue reading Preview: Prism by Toy Factory

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[Preview] Huayi Festival 2017: Cloud Gate 2 – A Triple Bill

Cloud Gate 2 is the sister company of the renowned Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, and will finally make their Singaporean debut at the 2017 Huayi Chinese Festival of the arts! Founded by Lin Hwai-min and the late Lo Man-fei, Cloud Gate 2 has quickly grown to become one of Taiwan’s foremost junior contemporary dance companies featuring some of the country’s most talented up … Continue reading [Preview] Huayi Festival 2017: Cloud Gate 2 – A Triple Bill

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[Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 8-12 Feb (Part 2)

Following Part 1, here’s Part 2 of our selections for the VAULT Festival this week, with two plays about life in the city, and a play about a girl learning to cope with grief with the help of a special friend: Save + Quit by Sophia Leuner Coming in from a successful Edinburgh Fringe run and being bestowed the honour of being chosen as the … Continue reading [Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 8-12 Feb (Part 2)

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[Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 8-12 Feb (Part 1)

Week 3 of the massive VAULT Festival comes with more theatre, more quirks and more fringe shows. Check out Part 1 of our selections for this week below! WRETCH by Interval Productions As we’ve seen in Happy, literally anything and everything has the potential to become a musical, including this one act play about life after homelessness. Multi-award nominated Interval Productions proudly presents writer Rebecca Walker’s … Continue reading [Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 8-12 Feb (Part 1)

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Preview: The Necessary Stage 2017 Season

2017 will be a big year for The Necessary Stage – it’s their 30th Anniversary!Having humble beginnings starting off when a group of NUS undergraduates decided to form a new theatre group, TNS has since grown to become one of the leading theatre companies in Singapore, producing countless quality, original works every year. Founder and Artistic Director Alvin Tan and Resident Playwright Haresh Sharma continue … Continue reading Preview: The Necessary Stage 2017 Season

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[Review] Huayi Festival 2017: Actor, Forty by The Necessary Stage

Actor, Forty is a meeting of strengths for award-winning actress Yeo Yann Yann and The Necessary Stage team. Having worked together many times in the past, Yeo reunites with TNS for a unique collaboration, returning to her lesser known roots as a thespian. Taking Yeo’s life and career as a starting point, resident playwright Haresh Sharma has crafted a monologue that sparkles with its linguistic diversity and … Continue reading [Review] Huayi Festival 2017: Actor, Forty by The Necessary Stage

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[Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Haunted Houses and Fun Funerals (3 & 4/2/17)

We Are Brontë by Publick Transport It’s hard to pin down what exactly We Are Brontë is. Very loosely based off of the Brontë family’s life and times, Publick Transport utilises physical theatre and clever use of props to interpret the Gothic lifestyle, to hilarious results. If you’ve ever read a novel by one of the Brontës, or know anything about Gothic horror tropes, We Are Brontë will almost … Continue reading [Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Haunted Houses and Fun Funerals (3 & 4/2/17)

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