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Singapore

Expanding Their Base: An Interview with Chantal Prud’homme, CEO of Base Entertainment Asia

For years, Base Entertainment Asia was considered the premier production company, bringing in internationally-acclaimed stage shows to Singapore, ever since they set up offices at Marina Bay Sands. From Broadway and West End musicals The Lion King to Matilda, to ballets, concerts, stand-up comedy, cabaret, children’s entertainment and everything else in between, Base Entertainment Asia has without a doubt livened up the local theatre scene … Continue reading Expanding Their Base: An Interview with Chantal Prud’homme, CEO of Base Entertainment Asia

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Arts, Interview, Preview, Singapore, SRT

SRT’s Shakespeare In The Park 2023: An Interview with ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ director Guy Unsworth, and actors Julie Wee and Ghafir Akbar

As the weather grows ever warmer and the days stretch ever longer, there’s at least one moment of respite that’s looming on the horizon – the long-awaited comeback of Singapore Repertory Theatre’s (SRT) Shakespeare In The Park series, which makes a triumphant return to Fort Canning Park this week, with A Midsummer Night’s Dream. With five years between the previous edition (Julius Caesar, 2018) and … Continue reading SRT’s Shakespeare In The Park 2023: An Interview with ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ director Guy Unsworth, and actors Julie Wee and Ghafir Akbar

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Arts, News, Singapore

DBS partners Esplanade to bring meaningful experiences to the community and foster inclusivity

DBS and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay today announced a strategic partnership, anchored by a common vision to help uplift the community and pave the way towards a more inclusive and socially-conscious Singapore. This builds on the bank’s ongoing efforts and initiatives in and around the Marina Bay area to give back to the community. As part of the new partnership, DBS will donate … Continue reading DBS partners Esplanade to bring meaningful experiences to the community and foster inclusivity

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Arts, Review, Theatre

★★★★☆ Review: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change by Sing’theatre

Comedic musical sketches illustrating the entire cycle of love. Category Score (out of 10) Direction (TJ Taylor) 8 Book and Lyrics (Joe DiPietro) 8 Music Composition (Jimmy Roberts) 8 Performance (Andrew Marko, Benjamin Chow, Misha Paule Tan, Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai) 8 Music Performance (Elaine Chan, Han Oh) 8 Set Design (Wong Chee Wai) 8 Costume Coordination (Theresa Chan) 8 Lighting Design (Tai Zi Feng) 8 … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change by Sing’theatre

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Preview, Theatre

★★★★☆ Review: We Are Like This Only 3 by HuM Theatre

Sketches that reveal the good, the bad and the funny Singaporean attitudes to foreigners. Category Score (out of 10) Direction (Daisy Irani) 7 Script (Subin Subaiah) 7 Performance (Daisy Irani, Subin Subaiah, Jo Tan, Hang Qian Chou) 8 Set Design (Lim Keng San) 7 Lighting Design (Alberta Wileo) 7 Total 36/50 (72%) Final Score: ★★★★☆ Now in its third edition, HuM Theatre returns once again … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: We Are Like This Only 3 by HuM Theatre

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Arts, Interview, Preview, Singapore

Gangguan!’s ‘Do Rhinos Feel Their Horns?’: An Interview with writer Edward Eng and director Adeeb Fazah

Eugène Ionesco’s 1959 play Rhinoceros holds an absurd premise: over the course of the play, all but one of the residents of a small, provincial French town turn into rhinoceroses. As strange as it may sound, it is as apt a play at the time as can be, as it wrestled with themes of Fascism and Nazism in a post World War era, and how … Continue reading Gangguan!’s ‘Do Rhinos Feel Their Horns?’: An Interview with writer Edward Eng and director Adeeb Fazah

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Review, Theatre

★★★★☆ Review: Ashvin Gidwani’s Devdas – The Musical by AGP World Asia Pacific

Bollywood comes to the stage with innovative choreography amidst simple staging. Category Score (out of 10) Direction (Toby Gough) 8 Script (Toby Gough) 8 Music (Parivesh Singh) 8 Performance 8 Choreography (Devdendra Singh) 9 Production Design (Tom Kitney) 8 Total 49/60 (82%) Final Score: ★★★★☆ Made famous by the hit 2002 film starring Shah Rukh Khan and Aiswarya Rai, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel Devdas finally … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Ashvin Gidwani’s Devdas – The Musical by AGP World Asia Pacific

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Art What!, Arts, National Gallery, Singapore, Visual Art

Crossing the Farther Shore: An Interview with Vietnamese-American artist Dinh Q. Lê

In Carol Ann Duffy’s War Photographer, the Scottish poet writes ‘The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears’ when they see horrific images of war-torn countries in the papers. But while photos of Vietnam in the past focus almost entirely on the Vietnam War, Vietnamese-American artist Dinh Q. Lê seeks to do something quite different from evoking feelings of sympathy in his work Crossing the Farther Shore, … Continue reading Crossing the Farther Shore: An Interview with Vietnamese-American artist Dinh Q. Lê

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Arts, Review, Theatre

Review: Changeling by Void Deck Games

The hardest battles are with your own inner demons. Often thought of as a time of innocence, exploration and freedom, childhood is one of the most precious things a person can possess. But for Singaporeans at least, childhood is also incredibly fragile, with one of the biggest threats to it being the dreaded national examinations. A single misstep is all it takes to fall behind, … Continue reading Review: Changeling by Void Deck Games

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Arts, London, Review

Review: Sunny Side Up at Theatre Peckham

by Robyn Ong LONDON – On the heels of a successful run at Peckham Fringe 2022, Sunny Side Up made a brief return to Theatre Peckham this February, where I was lucky enough to catch its sold-out final show. Written and performed by David Alade and directed by Suzann McLean, the play is an autobiographical coming-of-age tale, experienced through the eyes of Lil D, Alade’s … Continue reading Review: Sunny Side Up at Theatre Peckham

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