Preview: The Legend of Zelda – Symphony of the Goddesses

Nintendo fans rejoice – The Legend of Zelda concert tour is coming to Singapore this August! Featuring music from Ninetendo’s hit Legend of Zelda franchise, including the critically acclaimed 2017 release Breath of the Wild, gamers and non-gamers will be able to enjoy the lush, iconic music from the series.   The upcoming show will feature some big surprises, including an all new movement from The Legend of Zelda: … Continue reading Preview: The Legend of Zelda – Symphony of the Goddesses

Underbelly Festival 2017: The Black Cat Cabaret

Get set for a sizzling summer that’s set to be hotter than ever with Parisian-inspired cabaret troupe The Black Cat Cabaret. Hailed as purveyors of the best of modern cabaret, The Black Cat cabaret have experimented and trained themselves in a myriad of forms for any audience – whether you want the most sacred of acts or a profane experience. The Black Cat Cabaret will be a … Continue reading Underbelly Festival 2017: The Black Cat Cabaret

Underbelly Festival 2017: Miss Polly Rae – Between the Sheets

A Southbank regular now, Miss Polly Rae returns to the Underbelly Festival this summer to present her critically acclaimed revue Between the Sheets! Famed for bringing burlesque to the London West End with her stints in The Hurly Burly Show and subsequent reign at the iconic Hippodrome Casino with the Soho Burlesque Club, Miss Polly Rae’s 21st century burlesque show has only one goal in mind: tantalize thrill-seekers with … Continue reading Underbelly Festival 2017: Miss Polly Rae – Between the Sheets

Preview: The Lesson by Drama Box

Having made its debut at the Singapore International Festival of Arts in 2015, Drama Box is bringing back their participatory theatre piece The Lesson this July for 3 weeks! Drama Box is no stranger when it comes to using the arts to engage the public in discussions about the dynamics of space in land-scarce Singapore, and The Lesson continues riffing on similar themes. The show presents a scenario … Continue reading Preview: The Lesson by Drama Box

The Great Wall: An Interview with Stars Jeon Na-Young and Nathan Hartono

The Great Wall: One Woman’s Journey marks new company Glowtape Productions’ very first production in the local theatre scene, but its members are certainly no amateurs. Written by Life! Theatre Award winning playwright Jean Tay (Everything But The Brain, Boom), The Great Wall is a new musical inspired by the Chinese legend of Meng Jiang Nu, whose tears brought down the wall itself. We talked to the … Continue reading The Great Wall: An Interview with Stars Jeon Na-Young and Nathan Hartono

Review: Boeing Boeing by W!ld Rice

Mile-high mayhem may be looming on the horizon, but whichever Star Alliance member you end up flying with, be it Singapore Airlines, Air China or Air India, your ‘in-flight’ entertainment is guaranteed as W!ld Rice returns with a riotous fourth staging of a comedy classic. Boeing Boeing has always been one of W!ld Rice’s classic bestsellers. Ever since the company brought it here and Glen Goei … Continue reading Review: Boeing Boeing by W!ld Rice

The O.P.E.N. 2017: Spectres and Spectres LIVE by Zai Tang

Sound artist Zai Tang created the exhibition Spectres as an artistic audiovisual response to the Anthropocene epoch, a geological time when human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. Using an archive of field recordings in local natural habitats, Spectres revives the dead through the power of sound and digital imaging and sound visualisation techniques that warp and mutate the real into a nightmarish, desolate vision, … Continue reading The O.P.E.N. 2017: Spectres and Spectres LIVE by Zai Tang

Preview: The Car by Our Company

What would you leave behind in your will to your children? If it’s your favourite car, then you’re all set for when Our Company Limited stages local playwright Verena Tay’s play The Car at the Esplanade Theatre Studio this July, commissioned by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay for its Feed Your Imagination (F.Y.I) 2017 series for students. First staged in 2005 and walking away as … Continue reading Preview: The Car by Our Company

Review: Hansel and Gretel by The Orchestra of Music Makers

Local symphony orchestra The Orchestra of Music Makers brought the classic Grimm fairytale Hansel and Gretel to life in their performance of Engelbert Humperdinck’s operatic adaptation of the story. Directed by Life! Theatre Award winning thespian Edith Podesta and conducted by Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Vice-Dean Chan Tze Law, Hansel and Gretel was an absolute delight for both the adults and swarms of children in the … Continue reading Review: Hansel and Gretel by The Orchestra of Music Makers

Forbidden City 2017: An Interview with Sebastian Tan and Benjamin Chow

As we gear up for National Day coming in a few months, here’s a reminder that it’s not the only thing to be celebrating this August, as yet another national treasure will be making its way back to the stage – Presented by the Singapore Repertory Theatre, Forbidden City the Musical will be making a triumphant return to the Esplanade, starring Kit Chan in the lead role … Continue reading Forbidden City 2017: An Interview with Sebastian Tan and Benjamin Chow