Singjazz 2017 wraps up on 2 April, with just half the lineup of the previous two days. But less doesn’t mean lower quality, and there’s plenty to be wowed at on the last day. Main Stage MBS Event Plaza 4-1030pm Adam Hall &The Velvet Playboys feat. Alemay Fernandez 430pm Perth trumpeteer Adam Hall is extremely accomplished, having graduated from Berklee College of Music and previously … Continue reading Preview: Sing Jazz 2017 Day 3 (2 April)
One Farrer Hotel has impressed us with their culinary delights before, and they were back this past weekend for another round of the One Farrer Food Street! Featuring the very best of local street food, One Farrer set up a Food Street right outside their hotel on Farrer Park Station Road, and served up scrumptious dishes such as KL Tai Lok Mee, Seafood Chili Crab … Continue reading Review: One Farrer Food Street
Get ready for a blast from the past during the 2017 season of the Esplanade’s The Studios when Haresh Sharma’s 1991 play is given a new breath of life in this restaging headed by Timothy Nga! Last performed in 2000, This Chord and Others is a comedy about friendship and identity through the eyes of three young friends: Sukdev, Gerald and Thomas. The three friends work together … Continue reading Preview: This Chord and Others [The Studios 2017]
In a world where childhood fairy tales are constantly being adapted into darker, grittier versions for film, it was inevitable that someone would eventually do the same for nursery rhymes. Enter The Finger Players’ first show of the season: ITSY The Musical, which does just that, taking some of your favourite nursery rhymes you learnt as a kid and bringing them to life in this grown up musical. … Continue reading Review: ITSY The Musical by The Finger Players
The Arts House’s annual celebration of all things artsy returns this weekend for another insane party highlighting literary expression across genres by various local artists. One of today’s highlights had to be Note For Note, a poetry based performance where various local poets performed poems alongside local musicians providing accompanying music. With both local literary giants such as Yong Shu Hoong, Pooja Nansi and Marc … Continue reading Review: Arts House House Party
Greek theatre isn’t dead! At least, that’s what the Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI)’s 2017 graduating cohort wants you to think, with their double bill of two classic Greek pieces: Euripedes’ Women of Troy and Aristophanes’ Women at the Festival of Thesmophoria (Thesmophoriazusae). As Singapore’s leading multicultural theatre institute, ITI excels at bringing international and intercultural students and practitioners together to learn and create works that may … Continue reading Review: WOMEN at Troy & Thesmophoria by Intercultural Theatre Institute
How do you remember a life? In 1999, The Necessary Stage presented Completely With/Out Character, where Singapore’s first openly HIV-positive man, Paddy Chew, performed a true, heartfelt monologue about his life, unfortunately passing away a few months after the end of the production. For those who have never heard of Paddy Chew however, his story remains unknown to them, and the chance to feel and experience it … Continue reading The Studios 2017: With/Out (Review)
“Would you say that these works have any merit as opposed to… Shakespeare?” As if in response to such a challenge from a line in the play, Checkpoint Theatre opens its 15th anniversary season confidently with Faith Ng’s Normal. Last staged in 2015, the play revolves around the lives of two schoolgirls from the fictional Trinity Girls School. Feeling straitjacketed and lagging behind in the … Continue reading Review: Normal by Checkpoint Theatre
This year’s edition of the World Gourmet Summit will not only feature award winning chefs coming down to Singapore to show off their culinary talents, but also feature an exquisite line up of gourmet affairs, masterclasses, events and exclusive WGS menus at award-winning and much-loved dining establishments here! In line with its theme of United Nations Gastronomic Assembly, this year will be a celebration of … Continue reading WGS 2017: Restaurants To Look Out For
After an electrifying dance party from Basement Jaxx on Friday night, it’s time to return to the fray with Day 2 of Sing Jazz 2017, which promises to be just as good as Friday, if not better. Main Stage MBS Event Plaza Raw Earth BB King Tribute – 430pm Local band Raw Earth does Blues, Rock & Soul and attempts to bring the groove back … Continue reading Preview: Sing Jazz 2017 Day 2 (1 April)
