Category: Local Event

Local Event, Review, Reviews, Singapore, Theatre

Review: Best of (His Story) by The Necessary Stage [2/11/16]

In the theatre world, we’re usually hard pressed to find sequels to plays that premiered just a few years ago, and even rarer – a monologue. Best Of (His Story) is a follow up piece to 2013’s Best Of, which featured Siti Khalijah as a Muslim woman undergoing a divorce. Come 2016, this version now features Sani Hussin as a Muslim man going through divorce instead, to see what it’s … Continue reading Review: Best of (His Story) by The Necessary Stage [2/11/16]

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Local Event, London, Music, Review, Singapore

Review: Linying @ Camden Assembly [1/11/16]

“my love is a friday pouring and a black wave cresting and crashing down the living room shore” Linying has been blowing up recently. From her surprise hit Sticky Leaves to topping the Singapore iTunes charts with her debut 5-track EP, this girl is really making a name for herself. With her debut non-Singapore gig in London tonight, Linying seems set to take over the world one … Continue reading Review: Linying @ Camden Assembly [1/11/16]

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Arts, Film, Local Event, Preview, SGIFF 2016, Singapore

Preview: Singapore International Film Festival 2016 – Telling Our Stories

The Singapore International Film Festival enters its 27th year, and as always, brings together some of the very best of new independent cinema to our little red dot. This time around, it’s going to have a fiercely Asian theme, courtesy of the team headed by festival Executive Director Yuni Hadi and Programme Director Zhang Wenjie. This year, the festival will screen 161 carefully curated feature length … Continue reading Preview: Singapore International Film Festival 2016 – Telling Our Stories

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Review: twentythirty by Dramabox [27/10/16]

twentythirty is a show that’s more community theatre than avant garde. Sitting in the room full of secondary school students, I felt young again surrounded by youth. As the show began, Dramabox introduced the audience the the concept of forum theatre, which if you weren’t already aware, uses theatre as a means to discuss societal issues, allowing audiences to participate and voice their own opinions in … Continue reading Review: twentythirty by Dramabox [27/10/16]

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Preview: Two great shows to catch this November!

Got your head spinning deciding what shows to catch this school holiday? SRT is here to offer up two tantalising shows this November! Firstly, there’s the Singaporean premiere of Pulitzer-Prize winning play Disgraced, which has also become the most staged play in the US in 2016! Disgraced follows Amir, an American born Muslim who’s achieved the American Dream with a great job and beautiful artist wife (who happens … Continue reading Preview: Two great shows to catch this November!

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[Preview] Shrimps in Space by GenerAsia Limited

Desmond Sim’s one man play Shrimps in Space is finally getting a revival this November! First written in 1999 and lauded for its heart and humour, we follow the life of Lim Huat Bee (Hang Qian Chou of Nine Years Theatre) as he grows up. Known as ‘Hay Bee’ to his friends (shrimp), Lim is a skinny, scrawny ‘shrimp’of a boy cautiously navigating his way through school … Continue reading [Preview] Shrimps in Space by GenerAsia Limited

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Preview: Monkey Goes West by W!ld Rice

The annual W!ld Rice pantomime is back! W!ld Rice is bringing back their hit musical and last year’s Life! Theatre Award Production of the Year Monkey Goes West this Christmas season, a perfect send off to the year of the Monkey! Monkey Goes West riffs on the Chinese fantasy classic Journey to the West, where orphan Ah Tang embarks on an epic quest in a strange land, joined by … Continue reading Preview: Monkey Goes West by W!ld Rice

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Arts, Comedy, Esplanade Theatre, Local Event, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre

Preview: Happy Ever Laughter: Standup Comedy Madness! by Dream Academy

If you think your funny bone is broken, look no further than these doctors to heal you with humour. After all, laughter is the best medicine. Enter Dream Academy’s 3rd iteration of Happy Ever Laughter: Standup Comedy Madness, the hit series that brings together the very best of local standup comedy in one big night of fun-filled digs at our little red dot! This year’s edition features a whopping … Continue reading Preview: Happy Ever Laughter: Standup Comedy Madness! by Dream Academy

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Preview: Family by The Second Breakfast Company

The Second Breakfast Company (abbreviated as 2BCo) will be presenting their debut production this Week: a staging of Malaysian writer Leow Puay Tin’s Family, also marking the play’s 20th anniversary. Fun fact: Leow Puay Tin starred as the first Emily in Stella Kon’s timeless monologue Emily of Emerald Hill in its Malaysian premiere! Family will be directed by 2BCo artistic director Adeeb Fazah and is supported by … Continue reading Preview: Family by The Second Breakfast Company

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Preview: Deathtrap by Asylum Theatre

Asylum Theatre will proudly be staging Ira Levin’s Deathtrap for the very first time in Singapore this October! Levin is best known for penning contemporary classics such as Rosemary’s Baby and The Stepford Wives. While Deathtrap was his sole play, it was a success, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Play in 1978 and ending up as the longest running thriller-comedy on Broadway. The play … Continue reading Preview: Deathtrap by Asylum Theatre

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