Confused message finds it difficult to cut through the flab of Miriam Cheong’s one-woman show. In her no-holds barred confessional play The Other F Word, Miriam Cheong admits that her body has always been an issue for her, ever since she was in school, to being an adult actress today. Directed by Aidli ‘Alin’ Mosbit, The Other F Word is all about starting a conversation … Continue reading ★★☆☆☆ Review: The Other F Word by Miriam Cheong
Left: Seeds of Life, Right: Green Shadow by Hong Zhu An There’s no fast rule that states an art exhibition has to take place in a museum or art gallery. This April, shoppers will be in for a surprise as they can now experience an audio-guided art tour right inside a shopping mall after a hearty meal and a much needed retail therapy. Curated by … Continue reading Art What!: Raffles City presents The Art Passage, with Audio Guides by Ode To Art Gallery
Last December, virtual horror experience Murder at Mandai Camp: The Case Reopens introduced the world to Sight Lines Entertainment’s ability to create online entertainment, while still engaging audiences. Now, they’re back once again to bring you a brand new mystery to solve at one of Singapore’s most iconic landmarks – the Raffles Hotel. Created in collaboration with Hossan Leong’s Double Confirm Productions and Raffles Hotel, … Continue reading Preview: The Curious Case of The Missing Peranakan Treasure by Sight Lines Entertainment, Double Confirm Productions, and Raffles Hotel
Online musical for teens features catchy songs amidst a shaky plot. With the pandemic in place, school assembly programmes are becoming an increasingly tough sell for arts groups, who can no longer physically be present to perform for students. But for Bitesize Theatre, they’ve spent the last year innovating, adapting, and expanding a work that’s tailor-made for schools, with the release of their full-length online … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: The Monster In The Mirror by Bitesize Theatre and Gateway Arts
Youth dancers take on Frontier Danceland dancers’ new choreographies. In the 11th edition of LEAP, the latest batch of the M1-Frontier Danceland PULSE Programme graduates made their mark with five works that showed off the results of their training. Taking inspiration from the movement of birds, the performance opened strong with Mark Robles’ AviuMotus, seeing the dancers dressed in traditional, cultural garb. One could practically … Continue reading Review: LEAP 2021 by Frontier Danceland
Singapore’s national performing arts centre, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, invites artists, curators, programmers, writers, researchers and practitioners across all disciplines in the performing arts to apply for its inaugural Contemporary Performing Arts Research Residency. Supported by the National Arts Council, Singapore, this new artistic research development programme takes place in Singapore between April and June 2022. The fully-funded residency aims to support creative … Continue reading Esplanade Launches Open Call for its First Artistic Research Residency
Choose your own Spanish dance class. Despite its status as a corporate meeting platform, Zoom has offered up a surprising number of possibilities and potential as a medium for theatre. For performer Qotn. Van Su Yun, director Adeeb Fazah, and writer Nah Dominic, it’s become a prime means of experimentation when it comes to storytelling in the pandemic season, as seen in their new work … Continue reading Review: Broken Turns by Qotn. Van Su Yun
PENANG, MALAYSIA – Initiated by Penang Arts Council, OPEN – A Weekend in Penang (O:PEN) is a virtual, recurring festival dedicated to rejuvenating the arts in post-pandemic Penang. Its newest edition runs from 2nd to 4th April, with a series of virtual programmes ranging from visual arts, dance, music, online markets, talks, and film, all happening online. The festival kickstarts on the night of Good … Continue reading Preview: OPEN – A Weekend in Penang
LONDON – Hit musical Disenchanted will get a showstopping West End digital revival, as leading ladies of the stage transform into the princesses we all know and love… but with a twist! Taking on these iconic heroines will be Jodie Steele as Snow White (SIX The Musical; Heathers), Sophie Isaacs as Cinderella (SIX The Musical; Heathers), Grace Mouat as Pocahontas (&Juliet; SIX The Musical), Millie … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: An all-star cast unite for a digital retelling of musical Disenchanted
LONDON – A new work for a new performance world – Wayward Productions will open a worldwide premiere in the first week indoor performances are allowed to return. Based on Christie Watson’s bestselling memoir of her twenty years as a nurse, The Language of Kindness is a joy-filled celebration of nurses and front-line healthcare workers which will resonate with audiences everywhere following the COVID-19 pandemic. … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: The Language of Kindness by Wayward Productions
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