A new collective’s in town and they’re here to make a statement with their debut production this November. Named Rupa co.lab, comprising Malay theatremakers Hazwan Norly, Nabilah Said and Nessa Anwar (all founding members of the playwright collective Main Tulis Group), the collective aims to create new work and provoke and reshapes conversations as seen through the lens of the Malay person. As of now, the … Continue reading Preview: Rumah Dayak by Rupa co.lab
This November, L’arietta Productions is back with an all new show, as they present the Asian premiere of Lori Laitman’s The Three Feathers. A chamber opera aimed at younger audience members, join Princess Dora as she ventures into the magical world to save her father’s kingdom as the show plays at Aliwal Arts Centre. Based on a tale by the Brothers Grimm, the opera follows … Continue reading Preview: The Three Feathers by L’arietta
LAMC Productions has announced the arrival of iconoclastic pop darling Allie X in Singapore for the very first time this December, performing live at The Crossroads, Clarke Quay, as part of the 7th edition of LAMC’s Rising Star Series. Recognized for her crystalline voice, Allie X has been dubbed as the shiniest of undiscovered gems bubbling under the surface of the contemporary scene. For the Canadian … Continue reading Music Is: LAMC’s Rising Stars Series – An Evening with Allie X (Preview)
This December, it’s time to take flight and journey to a galaxy far, far away as SSO presents a concert celebrating John Williams’ epic music for hit sci-fi film franchise Star Wars. The programme, conducted by Australian conductor Christopher Dragon, includes some of the most popular moments from the movies’ scores – from the ‘Imperial March’ and ‘Leia’s Theme’ to the beautiful ‘Across the Stars’. The … Continue reading Preview: SSO POPS – The Music of Star Wars
This November, ION Art gallery presents two new art exhibitions showcasing dynamic perspectives of Myanmar and Singapore’s history. Viewers will be able to journey through each country’s rich history and culture, and discover intriguing facts about each country. Lim Tze Peng – National Icon. Centenarian is presented by Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery to celebrate Lim Tze Peng, a 100-year-old master artist, Meritorious Service Medal … Continue reading Exhibition Extravaganza: Lim Tze Peng – National Icon. Centenarian and A Myanmar Heritage at ION Art Gallery
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival is celebrating its growing success with 200,000 attendees across a range of sold-out performances and popular free events for the 18-day festival, which closed yesterday. Audiences were treated to ground-breaking and genre-defying work from world-class contemporary artists – everything from talking rice cookers, ‘headless’ dancers and fictional banks to thought-provoking observations on cultural identity, migration and generational exchange. The 2019 … Continue reading Art Down Under: Over 200,000 Attendees at OzAsia Festival 2019
Catch a work by Adrien M & Claire B and you’d swear that you’ll have stepped into another world, or multiple realities have collided. The French multimedia artists are masters of the digital realm, crafting interactive pieces that bring together reality and the virtual world, utilising technology to animate storybooks into life, or craft entire environments for performers to play against. if anything, the collective’s … Continue reading Voilah! 2019: An Interview with AR Artists Adrien M and Claire B
Following its triumphant season in London’s West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical CATS comes to the Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands for a strictly limited season this December. Coming to town just in time to coincide with Universal Pictures’ film adaptation, CATS is based off T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats and takes place in a larger-than-life junkyard playground. Here, audiences are set to meet … Continue reading Preview: CATS presented by BASE Entertainment Asia
Since the last time we spoke to author Akshita Nanda, her life has taken quite the turn. No longer an arts correspondent with The Straits Times, Akshita has gone back to hitting the books, not only pursuing a Masters in International Affairs but also getting ready to release her sophomore novel – Beauty Queens of Bishan. From its blurb alone, Beauty Queens of Bishan already feels … Continue reading The Banter: An Interview with Akshita Nanda, Author of Beauty Queens of Bishan
LONDON – The producers of the Tony award winning musical CURTAINS have announced the show will premiere in London at Wyndham’s Theatre, playing 38 performances from 13th December 2019 until 11th January 2020. CURTAINS is currently delighting audiences and critics on tour across the UK and stars comedian, actor and singer Jason Manford as Detective ‘Lt. Frank Cioffi’. He will be joined by Carley Stenson as ‘Georgia Hendricks’, Rebecca Lock as ‘Carmen Bernstein’, Samuel Holmes as ‘Christopher Belling’, Leah Barbara … Continue reading In London’s West End 2019/20: CURTAINS at Wyndham’s Theatre (Preview)
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