Category: Arts

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Review: Provenance by Autopoetics

A well-paced, tightly scripted first outing for Autopoetics. Founded by local arts educators Chelsea Crothers, Laura Hayes and Maiya Murphy, Autopoetics is the latest theatre collective to arrive on our scene, making their bold debut with an original once act play – Provenance.  Written by Hayes, Provenance opens on the home of Alice (Hayes), an obsessive hoarder living in a home filled with all manner of junk and … Continue reading Review: Provenance by Autopoetics

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Arts, Books, Preview, Singapore

Singapore Writers Festival 2018: An Interview with Producers Phan Ming Yen and Karine Tan (The Ghost In Your Head)

If you’re a book nerd like us, then you’ve probably had a few experiences where you’ve read something, and wanted desperately to meet the author. Problem is, what happens when those authors are dead? Not to worry though – Global Cultural Alliance will be performing a seance this week at the Singapore Writers Festival, summoning ghosts of authors past in the multi-sensorial experience The Ghost … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2018: An Interview with Producers Phan Ming Yen and Karine Tan (The Ghost In Your Head)

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Review: She’s A Great Way To Fly presented by The Substation

A five course meal of in-flight entertainment. Resplendent in her batik sarong kebaya, the Singapore Girl is perhaps one of our nation’s best known and recognizable icons worldwide. The Singapore Girl goes far beyond her status as a simple air stewardess, having come to signify beauty, elegance and is essentially an Oriental fantasy at its peak, whether she’s serving up a glass of orange juice … Continue reading Review: She’s A Great Way To Fly presented by The Substation

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Review: The Reunification of The Two Koreas by Theatreworks

Love is the drug, and oh what a terrible, wonderful drug it is too.  For a four letter word, ‘love’, to this day, remains one of mankind’s greatest mysteries. At times absurd, most times frustrating, occasionally uplifting and always messy, it’s no wonder we’re practically obsessed with solving it, unable to live with or without it. In French playwright Joël Pommerat’s The Reunification of the Two … Continue reading Review: The Reunification of The Two Koreas by Theatreworks

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Preview: Kalaa Utsavam – Indian Festival of Arts 2018 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

This November, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay returns with the 17th edition of the annual Kalaa Utsavam – Indian Festival of Arts. From 16th to 25th November this year, watch as the region’s top Indian artists gather to present revolutionary modern versions of traditional art forms, with artists such as sitar maverick Niladri Kumar, alternative rock band Avial, dancer/choreographer Leela Samson and chitravina artist Vishaal Sapuram … Continue reading Preview: Kalaa Utsavam – Indian Festival of Arts 2018 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

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Art What!, Arts, Interview, Music, Preview, Singapore

Museum Musings: Boedi Widjaja Co-Comissioned For APT9 and Singapore Biennale 2019

Singapore-based Indonesian artist Boedi Widjaja has been co-comissioned by the Singapore Art Museum and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) to produce a two-part architectural and sound installation, to be presented at ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9) in Brisbane, Australia and the Singapore Biennale 2019. This is the first project to be developed from a five-year partnership between the two … Continue reading Museum Musings: Boedi Widjaja Co-Comissioned For APT9 and Singapore Biennale 2019

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Preview: Arts In Your Neighbourhood 2018

The National Arts Council’s mission to bring arts for all continues right on the heels of their announcement of Our SG Arts Plan, beginning with the return of Arts In Your Neighbourhood (AYN)! Running from 8th to 25th November, AYN comprises a programme of close to 70 specially curated activities, spread out over 18 locations island-wide including Admiralty, Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Pasir Panjang, Tampines, Toa Payoh … Continue reading Preview: Arts In Your Neighbourhood 2018

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Arts, Film, Preview, Singapore

Preview: French Film Festival 2018

The French Film Festival returns this November with a lineup of cinema to thrill, chill and evoke laughter! A bumper crop of around 30 classic and contemporary films will be making their appearance this festival, ensuring that it continues to maintain its position as a film festival that’s truly for all. While French cinema has always been popular, it is evident from the 2017 edition … Continue reading Preview: French Film Festival 2018

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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Serenade with Soyoung Yoon by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

At the tail end of November, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) presents young South Korean violinist Soyoung Yoon in her Singapore debut. Considered enormously talented, Soyoung won the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition at the tender age of 17 and has gone on to win at six more competitions, including the Henryk Wieniawski and David Oistrakh Violin Competitions. Conducted by Michał Nesterowicz, one of Europe’s most … Continue reading Preview: Serenade with Soyoung Yoon by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

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Preview: Bitten – Return To Our Roots by Thong Pei Qin and Dr Nidya Shanthini Manokara

After a successful showing at the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2017 and further development under Centre 42’s Basement Workshop, this November, theatre-makers Thong Pei Qin and Dr. Nidya Shanthini Manokara will present a brand new site-specific theatrical journey at Kampong Bugis​. Titled BITTEN: return to our roots, the performance attempts to uncover memories and histories buried within the old Kallang Gasworks and the community that once thrived … Continue reading Preview: Bitten – Return To Our Roots by Thong Pei Qin and Dr Nidya Shanthini Manokara

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