“In the early morning march, With the field pack on my back, With an aching in my heart, And my body full of sweat.” Checkpoint Theatre continues their 2017 season with FRAGO, a new play by Lucas Ho, directed by Huzir Sulaiman. In their seventh year in reservist training, a group of army mates in an armoured infantry unit return for a war game exercise. In the … Continue reading Preview: FRAGO by Checkpoint Theatre
5toMidnight enters the local theatre scene with their debut performance: a local adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Ivanov. The first in a planned five part series of a selection of Chekhov’s plays, 5toMidnight aims to bring Chekhov’s gritty social realism to a modern Singaporean audience while continuing to develop their skills and craft with each new production. In a sense, Lepark provides an interesting backdrop for the play. Utilizing … Continue reading Review: Ivanov by 5toMidnight
The Necessary Stage celebrates Haresh Sharma’s entire body of work in a new play performed by some of their most memorable collaborators. After celebrating their 30th Anniversary with restagings of various plays, how can The Necessary Stage not celebrate the writer himself? That’s where Being Haresh Sharma comes in, an all new production based on Haresh’s various play texts and directed by Cake Theatre’s Natalie Hennedige. Over … Continue reading Being Haresh Sharma: The Necessary Stage Celebrates Resident Playwright In New Production
“No, Doctor, there are too many gears, screws and valves in all of us to judge at first glance, or two or three external signs. I don’t understand you, you don’t understand me, and we don’t understand ourselves”. 5toMidnight presents an all new version of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s classic Ivanov in its Singaporean premiere. Contextualizing it for a Singaporean audience to examine how one man … Continue reading Preview: The Chekhov Cycle – Ivanov by 5toMidnight
Wag The Dog Theatre bursts onto the local theatre scene with a production of an Olivier Award winning comedy. 2017 marks the entry of yet another addition to the evergrowing slew of theatre companies in Singapore with Wag the Dog Theatre. This June, ready yourselves for the newest player on the theatre scene when Wag the Dog Theatre opens its first production at the Drama … Continue reading Preview: The Memory of Water by Wag The Dog Theatre
Makan-tastic returns this Saturday to an all new district – Bukit Batok! Organised by Dine Inn, Makan-tastic will bring Dine-Inn’s concept of uniting home cooks with customers hungry for home cooking to real life, gathering them all in a single Community Dine Inn event. This time around, 20 Dine Inn hosts will be participating in the event to share their specialty dishes. Hosts such as … Continue reading Preview: Makan-tastic at Bukit Batok by Dine Inn
As part of London Wine Week 2017, Drink Up London has transformed the Oval Space warehouse in Hackney into a giant summer vineyard serving wines from all across Europe, perfect for wining and dining and discovering new favourites for your next picnic or dinner party. Upon entering the space, we were immediately greeted with Regal Rogues’ Australian vermouths at their special Rogue Terrace, a wonderful outdoor … Continue reading London Wine Week: The Wine Edit
The very first London Food Month Night Market kicked off last night to a smashing start! Long queues trailed from food trucks while roving entertainment weaved in and out the crowds while funky beats from resident DJs played from the speakers and visitors sipped specially designed cocktails under colourful umbrellas, as well as creative eating and drinking areas ranging from brightly coloured telephone booths to … Continue reading Night Market: A Gastronomical Gathering of London’s Global Food Masters
Southeast Asian culture doesn’t quite get enough global media attention, and very rarely, an entire festival dedicated to it, often sidelined as an exotic fringe type event. All that is about to change, as the director of Penang’s annual Georgetown Festival Joe Sidek has something new up his sleeve for the Malaysian arts scene – the all new Rainforest Fringe Festival happening this July! With … Continue reading Rainforest Fringe Festival 2017: Where Sarawak’s Nature Meets Art
Shot almost entirely in black and white, Dying Laughing is surprisingly serious for a documentary about comedians. Dying Laughing takes most of the major comedians in the business today, sits them down, and interviews them about what it truly means to be a comedian and the nature of their craft. As Chris Rock puts it in the opening shots, comedians are the ‘last philosophers’, and Dying Laughing breaks down the art … Continue reading Review: Dying Laughing dir. Lloyd Stanton & Paul Toogood
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