Category: Arts

Arts, Esplanade Recital Studio, Music, Opera, Review, Singapore

Review: Life is Ha-Ha-Happiness – A Voice and Piano Recital For All

Good natured, light hearted songs make this recital a cheerful affair.   In a world with turbulent politics, tragedy waiting on every corner and general gloom, it can be difficult to remember how to take a step back and look at the lighter side of life. Perhaps one of the best solutions then, is simply to indulge in a little song. Uniting singers Teng Xiang … Continue reading Review: Life is Ha-Ha-Happiness – A Voice and Piano Recital For All

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Arts, Esplanade Concert Hall, Esplanade Theatre, Esplanade Theatre Studio, Preview, Singapore

Preview: National Theatre Live 2018 presented by Esplanade – Theatres on The Bay

On 29th September, the National Theatre returns to the Esplanade – in film. For one Saturday only, the Esplanade has set aside its Theatre to become a temporary cinema, where audiences will be able to enjoy gloriously filmed performances of the National Theatre and Young Vic’s 2017 co-production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies and the Bridge Theatre’s 2018 modern dress production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.  With critical acclaim and … Continue reading Preview: National Theatre Live 2018 presented by Esplanade – Theatres on The Bay

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Arts, Review, Singapore

NUS Arts Festival 2018: On The Shoulders of Giants by NUS Dance Synergy (Review)

A high energy, ambitious performance opens the 25th NUS Arts Festival. Just as the generation before them, the youth of today are caught in a state of flux as they fast approach adulthood – at what point do they stop following the rules of the past, leap off the proverbial ‘shoulders of giants’ and the greats who came before them, and carve out their own … Continue reading NUS Arts Festival 2018: On The Shoulders of Giants by NUS Dance Synergy (Review)

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Arts, Concert, Esplanade Annexe Studio, Music, Singapore

This Irresistible Grasp: Welcome to the Machine Plays Beerfest 2018

As Asia’s one and only Pink Floyd tribute band, there’s a lot riding on Welcome to the Machine’s shoulders each time they perform a gig. But the thing about the group is that they’re more than ready to take to the stage each time, delivering glorious, full length performances complete with phantasmagoric lighting, visuals, and a whole lot of spirit. As the band continues to go … Continue reading This Irresistible Grasp: Welcome to the Machine Plays Beerfest 2018

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Arts, Drama Centre, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatre Companies, Theatres, Wild Rice

Preview: A $ingapore Carol by W!ld Rice

As is now Christmas tradition, after last year’s Mama White Snake, W!ld Rice returns for their 16th edition annual pantomime with perhaps the most appropriate new musical ever: A $ingapore Carol. Based off Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, perhaps the hallmark holiday story, A $ingapore Carol puts a keenly local twist and strong dose of humour on the original. Written by Jonathan Lim (Four Horse Road, Diva To The Death), A … Continue reading Preview: A $ingapore Carol by W!ld Rice

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Arts, Checkpoint Theatre, Drama Centre Black Box, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatre Companies, Theatres

Still Life: Open Studios by Checkpoint Theatre

Dana Lam is perhaps most famous for being a former President of the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE), alongside having published a photobook during the heady GE 2006 days. But did you also know that she’s a trained artist? Once taught by Milenko and Delia Prvacki, Dana has been given the chance of a lifetime: produced by Checkpoint Theatre, Dana will tell the … Continue reading Still Life: Open Studios by Checkpoint Theatre

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Arts, Dramabox, Review, Singapore, Theatre, Theatre Companies

Both Sides, Now: Last Dance and Closer by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative

Following a successful participatory theatre experience back in March, Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative’s Both Sides, Now project returns this September. A community engagement project aiming to share and facilitate within communities what it means to live and leave well, this new edition of the project will be a participatory performance entitled Last Dance. Last Dance will see a departure from previous editions of Both Sides, Now, going for a … Continue reading Both Sides, Now: Last Dance and Closer by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative

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Arts, Singapore

Preview: NUS Arts Festival 2018 – If We Dream

This September, the NUS Arts Festival returns for two weeks as they present a new theme of If We Dream, as the festival focuses on invoking the dreams of Singapore’s cultural pioneers through dance, music, theatre, film, exhibition and open dialogue. Organised by the NUS Centre for the Arts, this year’s theme takes its title from Goh Poh Seng’s novel If We Dream Too Long, published the same year as … Continue reading Preview: NUS Arts Festival 2018 – If We Dream

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Art What!, Arts, party, Preview, Singapore

Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) Presents Alex Seton’s Cargo

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – In their latest exhibition, Sullivan+Strumpf will be presenting Alex Seton’s Cargo, an exhibition of new marble sculptures depicting highly compressed bales of clothing reminiscent of those found in the second-hand clothes industry. Each cube is tightly packed into a single volume, comprising a mass of stories and history that makes up a tangled mass of humanity, representing the mesh of needs and concerns, environments … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) Presents Alex Seton’s Cargo

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Arts, Children's Theatre, Kids, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre.

Preview: Hullabaloo at the Artground

Following the 100 and 100 More Festival, The Artground returns with a brand new programme this September. Titled Hullabaloo, the four month programme promises visitors an explosion of colours, patterns and shapes sure to appeal to children’s exploration and discovery. During the period of the programme, the Artground has been transformed into a whimsical landscape by local artist Nur Aida Binte Sa’ad (Yellow Mushmellow), who was inspired by her … Continue reading Preview: Hullabaloo at the Artground

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