Art Down Under: OzAsia Festival 2019 (Preview)

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – The full line-up for the 2019 OzAsia Festival has been announced, with a total of 60 events, including five world-first performances and 22 Australian premieres. Organised by and held at the Adelaide Festival Centre, this 13th edition of the festival will feature 850 artists from more than 20 countries, with boundary-pushing work spanning music, theatre and dance to film, literature and visual art … Continue reading Art Down Under: OzAsia Festival 2019 (Preview)

Preview: President’s Young Performers Concert 2019 by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Get ready to witness some of Singapore’s best rising talent as the Singapore Symphony Orchestra presents Kevin Loh at the President’s Young Performers Concert this September! This time around, they’ll be featuring the young but already international award-winning Singaporean guitarist Kevin Loh, who was talent-scouted by The Yehudi Menuhin School via his YouTube Channel when he was only 12 and subsequently awarded a grant by … Continue reading Preview: President’s Young Performers Concert 2019 by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

In London’s West End 2019: Sh!t-Faced Showtime presents A Pissedmas Carol at Leicester Square Theatre

LONDON –  They’ve done Shakespeare, they’ve done musicals – now let Magnificent Bastard give Christmas the Sh!t-Faced treatment. God bless us, every one! Combining cast members from the hilarious Sh!t-faced Showtime and Sh!t-faced Shakespeare for the first time ever, A Pissedmas Carol is the all singing, all drinking alternative Christmas knees-up you never knew you wanted. Parodying Dickens’ Yuletide classic A Christmas Carol, see miserly Scrooge and … Continue reading In London’s West End 2019: Sh!t-Faced Showtime presents A Pissedmas Carol at Leicester Square Theatre

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: We Anchor in Hope at The Bunker

LONDON –  From the award-winning Anna Jordan, written between the Brexit vote and Trump’s Presidential victory, We Anchor in Hope captures a moment of deep uncertainty in recent history and the characters’ lives when local pub, The Anchor, closes for good. Chaos is in the air, and yet life goes on. For the duration of the play’s run The Bunker will become The Anchor – transformed … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: We Anchor in Hope at The Bunker

Preview: NUS Centre For the Arts Presents The Last Gap and The Golden Record 3.0

The Bicentennial celebrations never let up, and this year, the NUS Centre for the Arts (CFA) is commemorating it with two brand new FREE to attend productions from two exciting artists – award-winning theatre director Edith Podesta and up-and-coming artist Sean Cham. Staged at NUS itself, with these programmes, the CFA sought to commission new works that dealt with concepts of identity that go beyond the … Continue reading Preview: NUS Centre For the Arts Presents The Last Gap and The Golden Record 3.0

Singapore Writers Festival 2019: A Language of Our Own (Preview)

The Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) is back this new November for its 22nd edition, welcoming on board poet Pooja Nansi as Festival Director, following Yeow Kai Chai’s exit. This year’s festival takes on the theme of A Language of Our Own, set to explore the role of language in the expression of identities and formation of communities in the 21st century. Some of the biggest … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2019: A Language of Our Own (Preview)

M1 Patch! 2019: A Dog’s House《野良犬之家》by M.O.V.E. Theatre (Review)

Cycles of abuse can be a real bitch to break out of in this harrowing, pitch black play. It’s not often that you leave a play feeling utterly corrupted by how dark it is, and if any company has done it, it’s Taiwan’s M.O.V.E. Theatre. Directed by Fu Hong-Zheng and written by Lin Meng-Huan, A Dog’s House is pitch black in tone, as we enter the home of … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2019: A Dog’s House《野良犬之家》by M.O.V.E. Theatre (Review)

Review: Forked (2019) by The Finger Players

Faking it till you make it only gets you forked. Last seen as part of the 2018 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, local actress Jo Tan’s debut play is back – now with the support of The Finger Players and re-imagined as a one woman show. Directed by Chong Tze Chien and written and performed by Jo herself, Forked is a play that’s all about identity. Based partially … Continue reading Review: Forked (2019) by The Finger Players

Music and Laughter: LAMC Productions and LA Comedy Live present Alaska 5000, The Try Guys, FEEDER and more this August and September

This August and Septmeber, LAMC Productions and LA Comedy Live are upping the ante with a line-up of international comedy and musical acts to keep you entertained throughout, from drag queens to comedy roadshows to internet celebrities. Check it out below: An Evening with Alaska 5000  Shooting to fame by reaching runner-up on the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, before being crowned as the winner … Continue reading Music and Laughter: LAMC Productions and LA Comedy Live present Alaska 5000, The Try Guys, FEEDER and more this August and September

Preview: The Adventures of Abhijeet by Patch and Punnet

This August, not one but TWO shows from the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival will be returning to the stage. Besides Jo Tan’s Forked, Patch and Punnet’s The Adventures of Abhijeet, which premiered as part of the 2019 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, will also be making a comeback, this time at an all new venue at the Play Den, alongside some new additions to the cast. When we … Continue reading Preview: The Adventures of Abhijeet by Patch and Punnet