Review: First Fleet (第一舰队) by Nine Years Theatre and Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
Steering audiences to believe in the redemptive power of art. Written and directed by Nelson Chia, First Fleet marks a bold move for the Nine Years Theatre artistic director, clearly differentiating them from […]
Nine Years Theatre’s First Fleet (第一舰队): An Interview with Director Nelson Chia
Following FAUST/US earlier this year, Nine Years Theatre returns this week for their second production of the year – an original work about the first British fleet to step foot onto […]
Godot Theatre Company’s Love Ya Mom!: An Interview with the Cast and Creatives
The body swap trope is not an uncommon one in film and television, but has it ever been done onstage? With Taiwan’s Godot Theatre Company, not only have they done […]
Review: Rock Guardians of the Sea (守护海洋的神岛) by The Fool Theatre
The origin story of Pulau Ubin as a Mandarin musical. From criticism of our colonial past to entire installations about Sang Nila Utama and beyond, the Bicentennial year has ensured […]
Preview: Nam Hwa Blazes 《万紫千红》(July 2019) by Nam Hwa Opera
Nam Hwa Opera’s quarterly outreach series Nam Hwa Blazes is back this July!With this programme, the Teochew Opera company treats members of the public to a day of classical works completely free. […]
Preview: First Fleet (第一舰队) by Nine Years Theatre
Nine Years Theatre (NYT) is back for their second production of the year with the all new First Fleet. Written by NYT Artistic Director Nelson Chia, First Fleet draws inspiration from Thomas Keneally’s […]
Preview: Rock Guardians of the Sea (守护海洋的神岛) by The Fool Theatre
Following their debut in 2018 with original work Because It’s Fun, The Fool Theatre returns this July with their sophomore work, an all new, original mandarin musical – Rock Guardians of the […]
Preview: Love Ya Mom! 爱呀，我的妈! by Godot Theatre Company
Godot Theatre Company impressed us last year when they presented their award-winning production of Tuesdays with Morrie. Now, they’re back again at the Esplanade Theatre, this time with their hit Mandarin musical Love […]
Preview: Both Sides, Now – Immersive Arts Experience by Drama Box and ArtsWok Collaborative
The third iteration of community engagement project Both Sides, Now comes to a close this year with an immersive arts experience at Telok Blangah this July. Presented by Lien Foundation, Ang […]
Review: FAUST/US (浮世/德) by Nine Years Theatre
Lest the demons get to me. Written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in the early 1800s, there is a timelessness to the narrative and themes discussed in Faust that have led […]
Dealing with the Devil: An Interview with Performer Mia Chee and Director Cherilyn Woo of Nine Years Theatre’s FAUST/US (浮世/德)
This March, Nine Years Theatre (NYT) opens their 2019 season with what is now their signature style of adapting a Western text into Mandarin, this time around having selected Goethe’s Faustus, the […]
Preview: FAUST/US (浮世/德) by Nine Years Theatre
“I often feel like there are two souls living in me. One with an overwhelming zest with love for life, desperately clinging onto the world and all its wonders, the […]
Huayi Festival 2019: Love Letters by The Nonsensemakers/Nelson Chia & Mia Chee (Review)
Two melodramatic lives, their destinies intertwined by a flurry of love letters. It’s one thing to be married, or married to your job, but quite another to be married to […]
Huayi Festival 2019: The Way of Zhuang Zi (庄子兵法) by Story Works (Review)
Nerve wracking thriller of a play that keeps you guessing every step of the way. Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness. I do not know whether I was […]
Review: The Transition Room by Toy Factory
Waiting rooms can feel like hell. Over the years, purgatory onstage has taken a great many forms, from the horrific to the mundane. With Stanley Seah’s The Transition Room, the […]
Huayi Festival 2019: FOUR FOUR EIGHT (四四八) by Emergency Stairs (Review)
Warning: This review may contain spoilers Journey to the centre of the self…and Liu Xiaoyi. Over the years, Emergency Stairs Artistic Director Liu Xiaoyi has made it abundantly clear that […]
