Category: Interview

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Music: J-Pop Boyband PSYCHIC FEVER is Different by Design, and Ready To Take On The World

In a global pop landscape where groups are often expected to fit a recognisable mould, PSYCHIC FEVER’s strength may lie in their refusal to do so. The seven-member Japanese group brings together different personalities, backgrounds and musical instincts, moving between R&B, Afrobeats, UK garage, trap and pop without feeling bound to a single sound. On stage, they are just as willing to change things up, … Continue reading Music: J-Pop Boyband PSYCHIC FEVER is Different by Design, and Ready To Take On The World

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Behind the Jellicle Ball: An Interview with the Cast and Creative Team of CATS The Musical

Few musicals occupy quite as peculiar a place in theatre history as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS. With its fantastical feline characters, distinctive choreography and enduring anthem ‘Memory’, the musical has captivated audiences for over four decades, becoming a theatrical phenomenon that continues to intrigue and delight generations of theatregoers. Yet beneath its elaborate costumes, larger-than-life junkyard setting and spectacular ensemble numbers lies a surprisingly human … Continue reading Behind the Jellicle Ball: An Interview with the Cast and Creative Team of CATS The Musical

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Dongpo – Life in Poems: Director Shen Wei on bringing the famous Chinese poet’s works to life onstage

The acclaimed choreographer talks about the poet, artist and restless traveller who inspired Dongpo: Life in Poems, making its Singapore debut this December. There is a piece of calligraphy written by Shen Wei’s father hanging in the choreographer’s New York apartment. It features the work of Su Dongpo, the legendary Song Dynasty poet who has occupied much of Shen’s thoughts in recent years. The connection … Continue reading Dongpo – Life in Poems: Director Shen Wei on bringing the famous Chinese poet’s works to life onstage

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Film: Eugene Kotlyarenko, Cole Sprouse and Kiko Mizuhara talk ‘Vintage Violence’ at SGIFF 2026

As the closing film of the 2026 Singapore International Film Festival, Eugene Kotlyarenko’s latest chaotic feature brings together Cole Sprouse and Kiko Mizuhara in a delirious exploration of online identity, internet fandom and the strange ways we turn our lives into content. Vintage denim and livestreaming. Japanese genre cinema and American internet culture. Online fandom, urban exploration and organised crime. In the hands of most … Continue reading Film: Eugene Kotlyarenko, Cole Sprouse and Kiko Mizuhara talk ‘Vintage Violence’ at SGIFF 2026

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Design: Philanthropy that thinks outside the box with Lien Foundation’s ‘Radical Remedies’ first-aid kit

With its 2024/2025 biennial report, Lien Foundation turns a familiar first-aid kit into an unconventional portrait of radical philanthropy. In collaboration with Kinetic Singapore, the project explores how creativity can make difficult social issues more accessible, challenge established ideas of care and inspire new ways of thinking about impact. Annual reports are not usually objects people look forward to opening, let alone keeping within reach. … Continue reading Design: Philanthropy that thinks outside the box with Lien Foundation’s ‘Radical Remedies’ first-aid kit

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Sounding Light 定光: An interview with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Artistic Director Cheng Tsung-lung on slowing down

It seems like an impossibility to ever ask people who live in bustling metropolitan cities like Taipei or Singapore to slow down. These are places built around movement: trains arriving and departing, traffic flowing through intersections, people crossing streets with somewhere to be, messages arriving before the previous ones have been answered. There is always another email, another meeting, another decision to make. Even our … Continue reading Sounding Light 定光: An interview with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Artistic Director Cheng Tsung-lung on slowing down

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Interview: Kuik Swee Boon and Kim Jae Duk on T.H.E Dance Company’s Pán《盤》

Five years after its digital premiere, the award-winning two-part dance work returns to Singapore for its long-awaited local live staging. Its choreographers reflect on cultural identity, artistic collaboration and why dance can express what words cannot. When Kuik Swee Boon watched rehearsals for Pán《盤》 ahead of its Singapore staging, there was a particular feeling of anticipation. For the founding artistic director of T.H.E Dance Company, … Continue reading Interview: Kuik Swee Boon and Kim Jae Duk on T.H.E Dance Company’s Pán《盤》

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Interview: NTSO’s Tung-Chieh Chuang and pianist Albert Tiu talk about how music connects Taiwan, Singapore and the human experience

From folk melodies that evoke memories of home to classical masterpieces that transcend generations, conductor Tung-Chieh Chuang and pianist Albert Tiu reflect on the power of music to express the human experience ahead of the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra’s Singapore performance. What can music express that words cannot? For Taiwanese conductor Tung-Chieh Chuang, the answer lies in the subtle complexities of human emotion, and the … Continue reading Interview: NTSO’s Tung-Chieh Chuang and pianist Albert Tiu talk about how music connects Taiwan, Singapore and the human experience

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Interview: Drag queen Sammi Zhen talks 27 years in the industry, her first standup comedy show, and why ‘Love Cannot Wait’

For 27 years, Sammi Zhen has made a living knowing what to say. As a drag performer, comedian and host, she has spent much of her career in bars, at dinner-and-dance events, private functions and other spaces where audiences are rarely sitting quietly and waiting to hear a story. A typical performance might last 10 or 15 minutes, with people eating, drinking, talking, standing up … Continue reading Interview: Drag queen Sammi Zhen talks 27 years in the industry, her first standup comedy show, and why ‘Love Cannot Wait’

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Film: Director/Writer Ervin Han on ‘The Violinist’, Singapore’s past and the long road to the Annecy win

For Ervin Han, The Violinist was never intended to be simply a film about Singapore. It was, more specifically, an attempt to tell a story that could travel beyond Singapore without losing the place that gave it meaning. That balance was something Han was conscious of from the beginning. The Singapore-Spain-Italy co-production, which he co-directed with Spanish animation veteran Raúl García, had to work for … Continue reading Film: Director/Writer Ervin Han on ‘The Violinist’, Singapore’s past and the long road to the Annecy win

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