Category: Arts

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Interview: NTSO’s Tung-Chieh Chuang and pianist Albert Tiu talk about how music connects Taiwan, Singapore and the human experience

From folk melodies that evoke memories of home to classical masterpieces that transcend generations, conductor Tung-Chieh Chuang and pianist Albert Tiu reflect on the power of music to express the human experience ahead of the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra’s Singapore performance. What can music express that words cannot? For Taiwanese conductor Tung-Chieh Chuang, the answer lies in the subtle complexities of human emotion, and the … Continue reading Interview: NTSO’s Tung-Chieh Chuang and pianist Albert Tiu talk about how music connects Taiwan, Singapore and the human experience

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Art: Bangkok Art Biennale 2026 Reveals 72 Artists for ANGELS & MARA

From sacred temples and national museums to contemporary galleries and bustling shopping districts, Bangkok’s fifth Art Biennale invites visitors to explore the shifting boundaries between the sacred and the everyday. BANGKOK, THAILAND – Bangkok is preparing to become one vast contemporary art experience. Returning from 29 October 2026 to 28 February 2027, the fifth edition of the Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB) has unveiled its complete … Continue reading Art: Bangkok Art Biennale 2026 Reveals 72 Artists for ANGELS & MARA

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Preview: ATTACK on TITAN – The Musical [進撃の巨人] brings epic world tour to Singapore in April 2027

The original Japanese production makes its first Asian stop outside Japan at Sands Theatre, blending live vocals, high-impact action and cutting-edge stage technology. The walls are about to come down in Singapore. Based on Hajime Isayama’s globally acclaimed manga, ATTACK on TITAN: The Musical will make its way to Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands from 15 April to 2 May 2027, marking the production’s … Continue reading Preview: ATTACK on TITAN – The Musical [進撃の巨人] brings epic world tour to Singapore in April 2027

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Preview: Singapore Clay Festival returns with a celebration of craft, heritage and experimentation

Clay is a material that rewards patience. It can become a vessel shaped by centuries-old traditions, an abstract sculpture that captures the movement of a landscape, or an experimental form that pushes the boundaries of what ceramics can be. At the Singapore Clay Festival, these possibilities come together under one roof, bringing established masters, emerging artists, professional ceramists and enthusiastic hobbyists into conversation. Returning for … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Clay Festival returns with a celebration of craft, heritage and experimentation

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Interview: Drag queen Sammi Zhen talks 27 years in the industry, her first standup comedy show, and why ‘Love Cannot Wait’

For 27 years, Sammi Zhen has made a living knowing what to say. As a drag performer, comedian and host, she has spent much of her career in bars, at dinner-and-dance events, private functions and other spaces where audiences are rarely sitting quietly and waiting to hear a story. A typical performance might last 10 or 15 minutes, with people eating, drinking, talking, standing up … Continue reading Interview: Drag queen Sammi Zhen talks 27 years in the industry, her first standup comedy show, and why ‘Love Cannot Wait’

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Art: 10th Singapore Young Photographer Award Showcase – Echoes of Home

What makes a place feel like home? It might be a familiar neighbourhood, the quiet traces of someone who has left, the routines that shape our days or the relationships that continue to anchor us as we grow. For Singapore’s young photographers, these everyday details become ways of exploring a question that is both deeply personal and universally understood. The 10th Singapore Young Photographer Award … Continue reading Art: 10th Singapore Young Photographer Award Showcase – Echoes of Home

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★★★★☆ Theatre Review: The Whale by The Actors’ Studio Seni Teater Rakyat

The Whale carries the weight of everything we cannot say in this emotional adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter’s play. Duration: 120 minutes There is a whale waiting for us when we enter the theatre. Not a living one, but its skeleton: a great, looming reminder of what once was, and of what remains after everything else has been stripped away. The cast is already onstage, … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Theatre Review: The Whale by The Actors’ Studio Seni Teater Rakyat

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Preview: Goodman Arts Centre Becomes a Living Arts Village for HOME | GROUND

Goodman Arts Centre has never been just a collection of studios. Long before it became one of Singapore’s most familiar creative enclaves, the grounds were home to schools, students and educators, gathering generations of people whose memories remain woven into the place. This October, those stories come back into focus with HOME | GROUND, a new signature programme by Arts House Group that will transform … Continue reading Preview: Goodman Arts Centre Becomes a Living Arts Village for HOME | GROUND

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Preview: Dongpo – Life in Poems 现代舞诗剧《诗忆东坡》by Castiglione Arts and Culture Pty Ltd

What does the soul of a poet who lived nearly a thousand years ago look like in motion? This December, the Esplanade Theatre will offer an answer with Dongpo: Life in Poems, an operatic contemporary dance drama that brings the world of Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo vividly into the present. Directed and choreographed by internationally acclaimed artist Shen Wei, the production is less a … Continue reading Preview: Dongpo – Life in Poems 现代舞诗剧《诗忆东坡》by Castiglione Arts and Culture Pty Ltd

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Film: Director/Writer Ervin Han on ‘The Violinist’, Singapore’s past and the long road to the Annecy win

For Ervin Han, The Violinist was never intended to be simply a film about Singapore. It was, more specifically, an attempt to tell a story that could travel beyond Singapore without losing the place that gave it meaning. That balance was something Han was conscious of from the beginning. The Singapore-Spain-Italy co-production, which he co-directed with Spanish animation veteran Raúl García, had to work for … Continue reading Film: Director/Writer Ervin Han on ‘The Violinist’, Singapore’s past and the long road to the Annecy win

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