Month: May 2018

Singapore, Sports

Super Rugby Returns To Singapore For One Day Only This June

  Singapore rugby fans rejoice! For one day this year, Super Rugby, the Southern Hemisphere’s pre-eminent rugby tournament, makes a coveted return to the Singapore National Stadium, as Singapore’s adopted home team, HITO-Communications SUNWOLVES faces off against South Africa’s BULLS on 30th June. Fans will be pleased to support their respective teams as they revel in the pulse-racing atmosphere and enter into the fray. Co-based in Japan … Continue reading Super Rugby Returns To Singapore For One Day Only This June

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Arts, Drama Centre Black Box, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatres

Preview: The Consultant by Wag the Dog Theatre

After their 2017 production of Shelagh Stephenson’s family drama The Memory of Water, Wag the Dog returns in 2018 with their sophomore production, this time with Heidi Schreck’s corporate drama The Consultant. Set in a cutthroat office environment, colleagues at a small New York pharmaceutical advertising agency continue to draw their paychecks as the company grows smaller and smaller, no thanks to the 2008 economic collapse. … Continue reading Preview: The Consultant by Wag the Dog Theatre

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Arts, Chinese Theatre, Opera, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., SOTA Studio Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Companies, Theatres, Toy Factory

SIFA 2018: A Dream Under The Southern Bough – The Beginning by Toy Factory (Review)

原来只是一场梦。 Inspired by Tang Xian Zu’s 16th Century Kun Opera 《南柯记》, A Dream Under The Southern Bough – The Beginning marks the first part in a planned theatre trilogy that will be staged over the next few years, and the start of an incredibly ambitious project from Toy Factory. Adapting the opera for a contemporary audience, director Goh Boon Teck and script editor Zhu Xin Chen have in … Continue reading SIFA 2018: A Dream Under The Southern Bough – The Beginning by Toy Factory (Review)

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Singapore, Sports

HSBC Singapore Rugby 7s: Fast, Furious Action For the Whole Family

The HSBC Singapore Rugby 7s has been to Singapore enough times to establish itself as one of the premier sporting events year after year. And with the 2018 edition, the National Stadium once again played host to the event, welcoming the world’s best international players onto the pitch as they arrived for the eighth stage of their world tour. Unlike the traditional Rugby 15s, Rugby … Continue reading HSBC Singapore Rugby 7s: Fast, Furious Action For the Whole Family

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Art What!, Arts, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

Voilah! 2018: So France, So Good

When Frederic Coiffe joined So France as executive chef one month ago, he noticed the many restaurants focusing on gastronomic, complicated cuisine, and had only one thing on his mind: to bring simple but authentic French food to Singapore. Only a month old, So France is located in the brand new Duo Galleria at Bugis, and was set up by a team of enthusiastic French … Continue reading Voilah! 2018: So France, So Good

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Drinks, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Singapore Cocktail Fest 2018

Level up your drinking game with the 2018 Singapore Cocktail Festival as it returns from 4th – 13th May! Over the 10 Day festival, celebrate cocktails fully, and expect to see some of the very best local and international bartenders in attendance, with over twenty five local bars, twenty artisanal spirit brands and twelve celebrity guest bartenders taking part in the festivities. Opening the entire … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Cocktail Fest 2018

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Arts, Mastercard Theatres, Music, musical, Preview, Sands Theatre Highlights, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatres

Preview: Legally Blonde presented by BASE Entertainment Asia

Omigod you guys! Legally Blonde The Musical is on tour and guess who’s on the pink circuit in summer 2018 – wait for it – Singapore!!! (cue high pitched screams of delight.) Adapted from the 2001 hit rom-com film starring Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde tells the story of SoCal sorority queen and fashionista Elle Woods (Maris Fernandes), a girl who has it all – money, a following of … Continue reading Preview: Legally Blonde presented by BASE Entertainment Asia

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Arts, Experimental, London, Singapore

Preview: Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2018

LONDON – With nine years of history behind it, the Wandsworth Arts Fringe returns once more this May to bring over 170 shows in over 55 venues across the borough. Taking place from May 4th to 20th, each and every nook and cranny in Wandsworth will be transformed into a performance space, and audiences can expect an eclectic mix of theatre, circus, music, outdoor arts, dance … Continue reading Preview: Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2018

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Arts, Concert, Esplanade Concert Hall, Music, Preview, Singapore

Preview: A Getai Date with Mum 《歌台妈妈 善友之约》by Ding Yi Music Company

If you’re scratching your head as to what gift to get for mum this Mother’s Day, then consider bringing her out on a date with Ding Yi Music Company’s A Getai Date With Mum.  After their Lunar New Year celebration in February, Ding Yi will be returning with a concert featuring a stellar lineup of some of the best local Getai singers in the business, and … Continue reading Preview: A Getai Date with Mum 《歌台妈妈 善友之约》by Ding Yi Music Company

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Arts, Dance with Me, Preview, SIFA 2018, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., SOTA Drama Theatre, Theatres

SIFA 2018: OCD Love by L-E-V Dance Company (Preview)

Enter the world of Israel based L-E-V Dance Company’s OCD Love. Based off Neil Hilborn’s famous viral spoken word poem about love lost to the speaker’s obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD Love interprets the poem with a fierce viscerality, as dancers move to DJ Ori Lichtik’s techno beats to present an epic struggle between the head and the heart. Stylistically abstract, watch as bodies move completely in sync with each other, orbiting and … Continue reading SIFA 2018: OCD Love by L-E-V Dance Company (Preview)

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