History comes alive in The Theatre Practice’s most ambitious project yet. Waterloo Street has become one of our most frequented areas in Singapore, serving as home to both The Theatre Practice and Centre 42. But in the rush of life we’re constantly caught up in, it’s very rare we get a chance to truly appreciate just how well preserved the buildings they’re housed in are, … Continue reading Review: 四马路 Four Horse Road by The Theatre Practice
With the return of Voilah! French Festival Singapore this month, a veritable lineup of exciting programmes from France, Singapore, and a splendid collaboration of the two is on the menu to fill the entire month of April. Indulge in futuristic works of art, ancient treasures from Cambodia, mind boggling animated films, genre-busting music and of course, tasty French cuisine across various venues. Stumped as to … Continue reading Voilah! 2018: Must See Shows From The Best of French Arts
In taking on the mantle of the entire future of theatre from one’s predecessors, it is understandable that one would feel trepidation and anxiety at living up to the precedents set by them, or want to establish a new standard and stake one’s claim in the history of theatre. NUS’ latest batch of Theatre Studies students attempts to tackle just that issue in a project … Continue reading Review: Hana by NUS Theatre Studies Theatre Lab
Having sold out multiple runs when it played in Taiwan, Mandarin musical Super Mommy (我的妈妈是ENY?) makes its international debut this May as Resorts World Sentosa’s first production of the year! As is tradition, Super Mommy will be starring a number of local actors, including former radio deejay Lin You Fa, Queen of Theme Songs Chriz Tong, rising star Benjamin Josiah Tan, and actor Jaspers Lai, who will be playing … Continue reading Preview: Super Mommy (我的妈妈是ENY?) by Resorts World Sentosa
For the second show of Esplanade’s 2018 season of the Studios, spell#7 co-founder and co-artistic director Kaylene Tan returns to Singapore to direct an all new production titled In the Silence of Your Heart. Like Kaylene’s previous works, In The Silence of Your Heart offers an alternative theatre experience, as she subverts and plays with the idea of a monologue. Utilising in-ear audio recordings, audiences become privy … Continue reading The Studios 2018: An Interview with Kaylene Tan (In The Silence of Your Heart)
This April, Hatch Theatrics will be closing the latest chapter of their lives. The theatre company will be ending their two year residency with the Malay Heritage Centre with their 9th production, and will be presenting Hafidz Rahman’s Lanang. Prior to its premiere, we spoke to artistic director and Lanang director Faizal Abdullah, general manager Nur Khairiyah (Khai) and Lanang playwright Hafidz Rahman about the process leading up to Lanang and where Hatch might … Continue reading Lanang: An Interview with Hatch Theatrics
Jess Bellamy and Pooja Nansi have just completed a day of rehearsals at Checkpoint Theatre in Goodman Arts Centre. Their space is marked out in colourful shades of tape, while a visualisation board consisting of rappers from Nicki Minaj to Kanye West is stuck on a wall. Joined by director and dramaturg Huzir Sulaiman, we’re here to get down and find out about Checkpoint Theatre’s … Continue reading Thick Beats for Good Girls: An Interview with Creators Pooja Nansi, Jess Bellamy and Huzir Sulaiman
It’s a quarter past 11 on a Saturday night and we’re seated on a couch, watching the beautiful chaos that is Ugly In The Morning unfold before us in a small studio at Upper Thomson – drummer Joseph Saleem is running in and out with his ear clasped to the phone, offering us some durian on his way out, and we hear guitarist Noel Ong slightly … Continue reading Ugly In The Morning: 3 Or More If You Can Afford It
In 2009, France and Singapore signed a historic agreement to enhance cultural cooperation. In the years following, both countries have since benefitted from the agreement, seeing increased cultural exchange from both sides. And this year, celebrating 10 years of cultural cooperation and exchange, the annual Voilah! French Festival Singapore returns once more with an all new lineup of over 20 arts and cultural programmes! With a … Continue reading Voilah! The French Festival Singapore Returns to Celebrate Innovation and 10 Years of Sing-France Cultural Exchange
Toy Factory’s stellar first production charts the birth and growth of a clan association over the last hundred years. Hokkien is a language that isn’t often associated with grace or beauty, often relegated to slang used in the army or, as is the case with many dialects, seen as a relic of the past. But in Sometime Moon, Toy Factory makes a strong case for convincing audiences … Continue reading Review:《有时月光》(Sometime Moon) by Toy Factory
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