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Arts, Concert, Esplanade Annexe Studio, Music, Singapore

This Irresistible Grasp: Welcome to the Machine Plays Beerfest 2018

As Asia’s one and only Pink Floyd tribute band, there’s a lot riding on Welcome to the Machine’s shoulders each time they perform a gig. But the thing about the group is that they’re more than ready to take to the stage each time, delivering glorious, full length performances complete with phantasmagoric lighting, visuals, and a whole lot of spirit. As the band continues to go … Continue reading This Irresistible Grasp: Welcome to the Machine Plays Beerfest 2018

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Arts, Drama Centre, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatre Companies, Theatres, Wild Rice

Preview: A $ingapore Carol by W!ld Rice

As is now Christmas tradition, after last year’s Mama White Snake, W!ld Rice returns for their 16th edition annual pantomime with perhaps the most appropriate new musical ever: A $ingapore Carol. Based off Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, perhaps the hallmark holiday story, A $ingapore Carol puts a keenly local twist and strong dose of humour on the original. Written by Jonathan Lim (Four Horse Road, Diva To The Death), A … Continue reading Preview: A $ingapore Carol by W!ld Rice

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

Still Life: Open Studios by Checkpoint Theatre

Dana Lam is perhaps most famous for being a former President of the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE), alongside having published a photobook during the heady GE 2006 days. But did you also know that she’s a trained artist? Once taught by Milenko and Delia Prvacki, Dana has been given the chance of a lifetime: produced by Checkpoint Theatre, Dana will tell the … Continue reading Still Life: Open Studios by Checkpoint Theatre

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Singapore

Comedy Central Stand-Up Asia Returns For A Third Season

Season 3 of Comedy Central original series Comedy Central Stand-Up, Asia is back! Produced in partnership with comedy entertainment company LOL Events in Malaysia for the third year running, the series is a 10-part series that will feature 15 of the most distinct voices in Asian comedy from around the world, giving audiences an opportunity to experience the different facets of Asian stand-up. The show is filmed … Continue reading Comedy Central Stand-Up Asia Returns For A Third Season

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Arts, Dramabox, Review, Singapore, Theatre, Theatre Companies

Both Sides, Now: Last Dance and Closer by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative

Following a successful participatory theatre experience back in March, Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative’s Both Sides, Now project returns this September. A community engagement project aiming to share and facilitate within communities what it means to live and leave well, this new edition of the project will be a participatory performance entitled Last Dance. Last Dance will see a departure from previous editions of Both Sides, Now, going for a … Continue reading Both Sides, Now: Last Dance and Closer by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative

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Arts, Singapore

Preview: NUS Arts Festival 2018 – If We Dream

This September, the NUS Arts Festival returns for two weeks as they present a new theme of If We Dream, as the festival focuses on invoking the dreams of Singapore’s cultural pioneers through dance, music, theatre, film, exhibition and open dialogue. Organised by the NUS Centre for the Arts, this year’s theme takes its title from Goh Poh Seng’s novel If We Dream Too Long, published the same year as … Continue reading Preview: NUS Arts Festival 2018 – If We Dream

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Concert, Music, Preview, Singapore

Review: Joshua Bell and SCO – Butterfly Lovers

Brilliant, emotive violin playing backed up by a worthy orchestra makes for a stunning concert. There’s a saying that of all the instruments, it is the violin that best represents and resembles the human speaking voice. When an expert violinist takes to the stage then, one can only expect a performance that moves with its humanity, and its ability to produce music that comes alive … Continue reading Review: Joshua Bell and SCO – Butterfly Lovers

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Food, Singapore

Dining Goes Full Throttle As Marina Bay Sands Enters Race Season This September

This September, Marina Bay Sands is all set to transform into one of the premier destinations for the upcoming F1 Night Race! Expect stylish parties and attractive dining specials galore across the entire district, as race season returns during the weekend of 14th – 16th September 2018. At Adrift by David Myers, an all exclusive four-course set dinner (S$68++) will be made available from 14th – 16th … Continue reading Dining Goes Full Throttle As Marina Bay Sands Enters Race Season This September

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Singapore, Singapore Sports, Singapore Sports Hub, Sports

Tennis legend Martina Hingis kicks off 50-day countdown To Final WTA Finals In Singapore

As the final edition of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global arrives this October, the tournament welcomed former WTA World No.1 singles and doubles player Martina Hingis, as she arrived in Singapore on Friday to kick-off the tournament’s 50-day countdown with a series of promotional activities and attend the premiere of the WTA Finals documentary GAME. SET. SINGAPORE. at School of the … Continue reading Tennis legend Martina Hingis kicks off 50-day countdown To Final WTA Finals In Singapore

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Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) Presents Alex Seton’s Cargo

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – In their latest exhibition, Sullivan+Strumpf will be presenting Alex Seton’s Cargo, an exhibition of new marble sculptures depicting highly compressed bales of clothing reminiscent of those found in the second-hand clothes industry. Each cube is tightly packed into a single volume, comprising a mass of stories and history that makes up a tangled mass of humanity, representing the mesh of needs and concerns, environments … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) Presents Alex Seton’s Cargo

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