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Food, Singapore

Mooncake Season 2019: St. Regis Singapore’s Yan Ting

For this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, Yan Ting at The St. Regis Singapore welcomes an exquisite mooncake collection of traditional baked favourites and mini snow skin treats, handcrafted to perfection by the restaurant’s Dim Sum and Pastry Chef Vanness Chai. This year’s menu offers time-honoured baked mooncakes appealing to connoisseurs of the traditional craft, while its ensemble of snow skin mooncakes introduces a wealth of flavours … Continue reading Mooncake Season 2019: St. Regis Singapore’s Yan Ting

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review, Singapore

M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2019: Mr Sign by T.H.E Dance Company (Review)

  Absurd, dystopian world where thoughts and language are thrown into disarray.  First performed in 2013, the 2019 M1 Contact Festival brings back Kim Jae Duk’s first full-length production for T.H.E Dance Company, the endlessly fascinating Mr Sign for a single public performance. Composed and choreographed by Kim, Mr Sign is set in an absurd, dystopian-like society, as members of T.H.E (Anthea Seah, Brandon Khoo, Lynette Lim, Ng Zu You, … Continue reading M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2019: Mr Sign by T.H.E Dance Company (Review)

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Arts, malaysia, Review, travel, travelXculture

George Town Festival 2019: Kampong Chempedak by The Glowers Drama Group (Review)

Change is the only constant. PENANG, MALAYSIA – While most modern city-dwellers have long gotten used to the constant march of progress as our cityscape moves forth, there remain those that find it difficult to impossible to adapt to the way the world has changed. Performed by Singapore senior theatre group The Glowers, our story then focuses on the villagers of Kampong Chempedak, once a thriving and … Continue reading George Town Festival 2019: Kampong Chempedak by The Glowers Drama Group (Review)

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre, travel, travelXculture

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: This is Black at The Bunker

LONDON – Opening The Bunker’s Autumn Season, This is Black will premiere theatre productions by four new and exciting Black writers across an alternating double-bill. Exploring identity, family relationships and universal struggles, the festival will showcase All the Shit I Can’t Say to My Dad by Abraham Adeyemi and Blue Beneath My Skin by Macadie Amoroso with PYNEAPPLE by Chantelle Alle and Melissa Saint and Teleportation … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: This is Black at The Bunker

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Arts, Chinese Theatre, Interview, KC Arts Centre, Nine Years Theatre, Review, Singapore, Theatre, Theatre Companies

Review: First Fleet (第一舰队) by Nine Years Theatre and Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre

Steering audiences to believe in the redemptive power of art. Written and directed by Nelson Chia, First Fleet marks a bold move for the Nine Years Theatre artistic director, clearly differentiating them from the rest of the companies producing works relating to Singapore’ colonial history this year. Taking inspiration from both historical figures and Thomas Keneally’s novel The Playmaker, First Fleet instead focuses on Australia’s colonial history. And more specifically, the … Continue reading Review: First Fleet (第一舰队) by Nine Years Theatre and Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review, Singapore

M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2019: Off Stage (Review)

Strong potential evident in each of these works-in-progress Created as a platform to showcase new works-in-progress from local and regional dance artists, the M1 Contact Dance Festival 2019’s Off Stage presented four draft pieces at T.H.E Dance Company’s studio at Goodman Arts Centre. Inviting both members of the public and local/international dancers and choreographers, Off Stage not only gave audience members a chance to preview … Continue reading M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2019: Off Stage (Review)

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Arts, Food, Review, Singapore

Singapore Food Festival 2019: Advanced Dining by Telok Ayer Arts Club & The Picnic (Review)

Expect the unexpected and come away with a new belief in the art of dining. Spoilers ahead Eating is and always will be a part of our daily lives. But get into a routine long enough, and you may just begin to forget just what it was that made food such a magical experience in the first place. Enter Advanced Dining, a curated experiential art … Continue reading Singapore Food Festival 2019: Advanced Dining by Telok Ayer Arts Club & The Picnic (Review)

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Singapore

Art Therapy Meets: Art Therapy and Mental Health Come Together

MINDSET Care Limited, the registered charity of the Jardine Matheson Group, together with Singapore Association for Mental Health, has unveiled “Art Therapy Meets” – a four part art exhibition at Our Tampines Hub running through the weekend to raise awareness of art therapy and its impact on mental health and well-being. The exhibition, together with guided tours, allows participants to gain awareness about how past … Continue reading Art Therapy Meets: Art Therapy and Mental Health Come Together

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Singapore

One Raffles Place Celebrates The Bicentennial In True Shopping Style

This National Day, shoppers can look forward to celebrating the Singapore Bicentennial at One Raffles Place by sharing kindness. One Raffles Place will be collaborating with Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society over a series of heart-warming activities from 25 July to 20 August 2019. Shoppers, Professionals, Managers, Executives and Businessmen (PMEBS) alike can look forward to a fulfilling experience with some fun post-work activities. Be … Continue reading One Raffles Place Celebrates The Bicentennial In True Shopping Style

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre, travel, travelXculture

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Femme Fatale by Fireraisers at Omnibus Theatre

LONDON – 1968. New York. Nico, singer with The Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol’s Superstar, waits to shoot his latest movie when her Chelsea Hotel room is invaded by radical feminist Valerie Solanas. She wants the celebrity’s help to spread her message of female revolution, but Nico only craves drugs to insulate her from her pain. A darkly comic battle begins, between two iron-willed opponents who … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Femme Fatale by Fireraisers at Omnibus Theatre

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