Today marks the start of the O.P.E.N., the pre-festival to the Singapore International Festival of the Arts. Artists and media were gathered at 72-13, home of Theatreworks, where festival director Ong Keng Sen made an opening speech explaining SIFA’s theme of Potentialities and the O.P.E.N. about being ‘Open to the Individual In You’. Newsha Tavakolian does just that, in an extensive solo exhibition that spans … Continue reading I Know Why The Rebel Sings – SIFA: The O.P.E.N. 2016

The inaugural twenty something theatre festival began this week, and we were really excited to cover it! We marathoned all four plays today, and we’re going to review the headline play here, and the Fresh plays in a separate post. Kudos to Tan Kheng Hua for producing this amazing festival with great opportunities, and hoping that it returns again next year! We started off the … Continue reading REVIEW: Trees, A Crowd… 11/6/16

Gentle Bones, aka Joel Tan is just 22 years old, and he’s already managed to have two sold out shows at the Esplanade (when Les Miserables is playing next door!) It’s impressive, to say the least, how many fans he’s garnered over the past 4 years he’s been active since he first released his hit single ‘Until We Die’. Since that first song, he’s been … Continue reading REVIEW: Gentle Bones 10/6/16

    Following the success of Manifesto, the Necessary Stage returns to present Ghost Writer, a multimedia performance that seamlessly combines dance, theatre, music and videography to create a rich visual and sensual experience. Ghost Writer takes inspiration from Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, drawing on both his work and life. It’s difficult to sum up what exactly Ghost Writer is about, considering its nature as a piece of almost abstract physical theatre. Ghost … Continue reading REVIEW: Ghost Writer by The Necessary Stage [9/6/16]