Preview: Beach Burden Bliss – A Double Bill @ Punggol Beach by Desert Wine Productions

As far as site-specific works go, beaches are a rather unlikely space to host a theatrical performance. But with Desert Wine’s Comfort Theatre Series, the local theatre company is doing just that, with the premiere of Beach Burden Bliss at Punggol Beach this November. Celebrating the Singapore Bicentennial with this production, Beach Burden Bliss invites audience members to visit Desert Wine’s comfy Beach Hut on the sand by … Continue reading Preview: Beach Burden Bliss – A Double Bill @ Punggol Beach by Desert Wine Productions

OH! Open House 2019: AIYOH – Art In your Own Home (Preview)

Following the success of PASSPORT in early March this year, OH! Open House is launching a brand new platform titled Art In Your Own Home (abbreviated to AIYOH) – to build an ecosystem to make art part of everyday lives. AIYOH encourages and provides opportunities for individuals to build their stories with artists and creatives. The first-ever edition, PASSPORT, involved six 45-minute art experiences co-created … Continue reading OH! Open House 2019: AIYOH – Art In your Own Home (Preview)

Football Fever: Liverpool, Manchester and Singapore Reds All Ready To Go Head to Head At Battle of the Reds 2019

The battles draws nearer each day and the Liverpool, Manchester and Singapore Reds are gearing up for the Battle of the Reds taking place at the National Stadium this Saturday, 16th November 2019. Representing their teams, Liverpool Red, Jason McAteer; Manchester Red, Wes Brown and Singapore Red, Aleksandar Duric put rivalries on hold at the press conference at The Exchange on Thursday morning. “It all … Continue reading Football Fever: Liverpool, Manchester and Singapore Reds All Ready To Go Head to Head At Battle of the Reds 2019

Preview: Goodman B-Sides 2019 – Get Lost In The Arts

This school holiday season, wander about and get lost in the arts at the latest edition of the annual Goodman B-Sides. For one day only on 16th November, Goodman Arts Centre (GAC) invites all the walk down the paths less trodden, with its community of artists crafting art into an adventure of artistic exploration, where getting lost is the experience. Armed with a map, visitors can follow … Continue reading Preview: Goodman B-Sides 2019 – Get Lost In The Arts

Review: The Gingerbread Man by SRT’s The Little Company

★★☆☆☆ (Performance attended 26/10/19) A children’s show that needed more time to rise in the oven. “Run run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man.” The iconic lines of everyone’s favourite anthropomorphic baked good has been taken quite literally in SRT’s The Little Company’s latest musical for kids, with the titular Gingerbread Man using his need for speed to … Continue reading Review: The Gingerbread Man by SRT’s The Little Company

Touring the UK 2020: The Political History of Smack and Crack (Preview)

LONDON –  The Political History of Smack and Crack is an urgent, angry, funny love-song to a lost generation crushed by the heroin epidemic at the height of Thatcherism. Following sold-out runs at Soho Theatre and Edinburgh Festival Fringe, this acclaimed production begins its UK tour this January. Inspired by the writer’s own experience in jail and rehab, Ed Edwards’ shattering portrait lays bare the passage … Continue reading Touring the UK 2020: The Political History of Smack and Crack (Preview)

Review: Lie With Me by Intercultural Theatre Institute

★★☆☆☆ (Attended 7/11/19) Graduating show from latest batch of ITI students a modern exploration of human relationships, but is marred by actors getting lost in iffy chemistry and a dragged out pace. Taking inspiration from Arthur Schnitzler’s 1897 play Reigen (La Ronde), Kaite O’Reilly’s Lie With Me was originally written for a group of graduating theatre students from London’s LAMDA in 2017, and has now been adapted for the … Continue reading Review: Lie With Me by Intercultural Theatre Institute

In London’s (Off) West End 2020: VAULT Festival 2020 Reveals First Round of Shows; Committed To Going Green With 8th Edition (Preview)

LONDON –  VAULT Festival, one of the largest curated arts festivals in the world, is back for its eighth edition next January! From new theatre and comedy, immersive experiences, cabaret, live performance and late-night parties, this is practically London’s biggest, boldest and wildest arts festival not to be missed. Come 2020, performances will take place across a whopping 18 spaces around Waterloo and the South Bank with the, with … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2020: VAULT Festival 2020 Reveals First Round of Shows; Committed To Going Green With 8th Edition (Preview)

Singapore Writers Festival 2019: Bad Feminist Roxane Gay Speaks About Bodies, Pop Culture and the Importance of Media Literacy

Roxane Gay is an icon for our times. Big, black, queer and intellectual, Roxane rounded off the final weekend of the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) with a number of talks and events surrounding her work. Best known for her bestselling essay collection Bad Feminist and memoir Hunger, Roxane’s writing deals primarily with issues of identity, femininity (or society’s expectations of it) and how our views of the world have … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2019: Bad Feminist Roxane Gay Speaks About Bodies, Pop Culture and the Importance of Media Literacy

Museum Musings: National Gallery Singapore presents Suddenly Turning Visible – Art & Architecture In Southeast Asia (1969 – 1989)

Following Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s–1990s held earlier this year, National Gallery Singapore’s dives even deeper into the period as it presents its latest exhibition – Suddenly Turning Visible – Art & Architecture In Southeast Asia (1969 – 1989), which explores the experimental art forms that emerged during the late 1960s to the late 1980s in response to rapid urban development. Curated by Cheng Jia … Continue reading Museum Musings: National Gallery Singapore presents Suddenly Turning Visible – Art & Architecture In Southeast Asia (1969 – 1989)