M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival 2018: M1 Open Stage + DiverCity (Review)

Slick, skilful choreographies that explore our relationship with our space, each other and our very selves.  Dance has always been seen as one of the most purest forms of art, the human expression choreographed into physical movement that requires no explanation to feel each action onstage. With M1 Open Stage + Divercity, the 2018 M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival presents a series of promising works, both … Continue reading M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival 2018: M1 Open Stage + DiverCity (Review)

Review: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow 2018

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow is always welcome back to Singapore shores year on year. Bringing back the very best of Australia’s up and coming comedians, attending a show guarantees a good night out and more than a couple of laughs along the way. This year’s edition saw five standups take to the stage, as each of them brought their A-game and their keen … Continue reading Review: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow 2018

Arsenal – Road To ICC 2018: Arsenal Reveals Squad List For ICC 2018 in Singapore

  Come next week, Singapore will see a gathering of champions as three of the world’s best football teams descend on our island city for the International Champions Cup Singapore 2018. Get ready for an epic showdown as Arsenal, Atlético de Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain take each other on in three exciting matches at the National Stadium on 26th, 28th and 30th July. Arsenal, of course, … Continue reading Arsenal – Road To ICC 2018: Arsenal Reveals Squad List For ICC 2018 in Singapore

Preview: Jane Austen’s Persuasion by Theatre6 and Catherine Schreiber (UK Tour 2018)

LONDON – From the producers of the award-winning West End production The Scottsboro Boys comes an all new UK tour of Jane Austen’s Persusasion, opening this September at the Theatre Royal Winchester Produced by Theatre6 and Catherine Schreiber, Persusasion is based off Austen’s very first novel of the same name, and this new production is set to be a world premiere featuring original live music by Maria Haïk Escudero. Adapted for the stage … Continue reading Preview: Jane Austen’s Persuasion by Theatre6 and Catherine Schreiber (UK Tour 2018)

Preview: Rock of Ages 2018 UK Tour

LONDON – Are you ready to relive the good old days, let your hair down and rock? Chris D’Arienzo and Ethan Popp’s beloved jukebox musical Rock of Ages is going on a new tour of the UK starting this September! Beginning its tour in Bromley’s Churchill Theatre, Rock of Ages tells a tale of chasing dreams set against a backdrop of everyone’s favourite rock songs, with a repertoire of … Continue reading Preview: Rock of Ages 2018 UK Tour

Museum Musings: Colours of Mindset at Marina Bay Link Mall

Organised by MINDSET Care Limited (a charity by the Jardine Matheson Group), Colours of Mindset is a brand new exhibition inspired by the positive effects of art therapy, aiming to explore how mental health is seen through the eyes of persons-in-recovery (PIR). Earlier in the year, MINDSET organised a series of art jamming sessions where mental health PIRs were paired with Jardine employees to produce an artwork … Continue reading Museum Musings: Colours of Mindset at Marina Bay Link Mall

Review: A Samsui Love Story by Project Plait X Tung Lok (Singapore Food Festival 2018)

Melding good food, a good story and good dance into a single palatable performance. While theatrical dining experiences have become increasingly popular in the last few years, mixing dance and dining is a road far less travelled, perhaps owing to how abstract contemporary dance can be, making it difficult to form an immediate link to the menu at hand. But with years of experience under … Continue reading Review: A Samsui Love Story by Project Plait X Tung Lok (Singapore Food Festival 2018)

Road To ICC 2018: House of Football at Clarke Quay

Even with the conclusion of the World Cup in Russia, football fever isn’t leaving Singapore anytime soon, with the return of the International Champions Cup Singapore 2018. Watch as top tier teams Arsenal, Atlético de Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain face each other down in three heart-stopping matches at the National Stadium on 26th, 28th and 30th July. In the meantime though, fans can get their … Continue reading Road To ICC 2018: House of Football at Clarke Quay

Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: Faghag (Preview)

Theatre is rife with gay men, and women who love them. And if there’s one person who’s out and proud to be a firm supporter of the rainbow cause, irresistibly drawn to gay boys (and vice versa), Pam Oei without a doubt fits the bill as a gold star faghag. But exactly when and how did this happen? In the autobiographical Faghag, Pam Oei dives deep into her … Continue reading Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: Faghag (Preview)

Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: An Actress Prepares (Preview)

Siti Khalijah Zainal is one of our favourite actresses to watch onstage, and has pretty much excelled in every one of the diverse roles she’s been in, whether comedic or dramatic. And of the various types of theatre she’s been involved in, she’s always had a particularly powerful time performing monologues. An Actress Prepares then, is the perfect show for Siti to bare all in this … Continue reading Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: An Actress Prepares (Preview)