Arts of the UK 2021: Critically acclaimed ABBA MANIA returns to the West End for the first time in 19 years

LONDON – After a year of silence on the West End, audiences are invited to dust off their flares to become a Dancing Queen and say ‘Thank You For The Music’ with ABBA MANIA. Last seen in the West End nearly two decades ago, the world’s number one touring ABBA tribute concert is back by popular demand this May. Coming to the Shaftesbury Theatre, it’s … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Critically acclaimed ABBA MANIA returns to the West End for the first time in 19 years

Arts of the UK 2021: Orleans House Gallery announces bold exhibition Remember the Future to address current environmental crisis

LONDON – Addressing the ecological crisis of our time, Orleans House Gallery’s Remember the Future will see artists in residence setting up studios in this historic gallery on Richmond’s riverside. Over time our relationship with nature has become damaged; Remember the Future will explore how we can renew this relationship using the guest artists’ research to investigate the ways in which it can be fixed. … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Orleans House Gallery announces bold exhibition Remember the Future to address current environmental crisis

Arts of the UK 2021: Rebuilding Beirut’s theatre community with ‘Whispers International’

LONDON – In the devastating 2020 explosion, the largest non-nuclear blast in history, all of Beirut’s theatres were destroyed. Whispers International will unite British playwrights with acclaimed Lebanese artists; all the proceeds of this online production will go towards helping the theatres rebuild and to support emerging Lebanese artists to create art once more. Facing a pandemic, a global theatre shutdown and Lebanon’s economic crisis … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Rebuilding Beirut’s theatre community with ‘Whispers International’

Arts of the UK 2021: All star cast unite as Agatha Christie’s ‘The Mousetrap’ leads the West End out of lockdown

LONDON – Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap – the longest running show in the world, which has been suspended since the pandemic resulted in the closure of UK theatres in March 2020 – is to re-open in the West End on Monday 17th May 2021. Two sets of casts – comprising Olivier Award winners and highly acclaimed stars of TV and film – will come together … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: All star cast unite as Agatha Christie’s ‘The Mousetrap’ leads the West End out of lockdown

Preview: 27th Singapore International Piano Festival

The 27th edition of the annual Singapore International Piano Festival is back this June, with four virtuoso pianists performing a broad scope of musical works across just four days. Kseniia Vokhmianina, Churen Li, Nicholas Loh and Chang Yun-Hua will each perform solo recitals in the historic Victoria Concert Hall over the festival’s four nights. Lim Yan, Artistic Director of the Singapore International Piano Festival, said: “The 27th edition of the Singapore International Piano Festival … Continue reading Preview: 27th Singapore International Piano Festival

Arts of Hong Kong 2021: HKRep announce 2021-22 season

The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (HKRep) has announced their brand new theatre season for 2021–22 theatre season. Themed “Theatre Returns to Life”, the company enters the new season with the hope of the pandemic receding and the public embracing the theatre again. Season highlights include August Strindberg classic work To Damascus, Part One, Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, new works The Finale of Mr. AD and Ambiguous, the second … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong 2021: HKRep announce 2021-22 season

Arts of Malaysia: Sepet The Musical In Concert by Liver & Lung

KUALA LUMPUR – After conquering new ground last month with KLoud Fest, Malaysia’s first digital arts festival, Liver & Lung returns this April with an intimate, concert version of their award winning adaptation of Yasmin Ahmad’s iconic film: Sepet The Musical. This will be Malaysia’s first live musical since the bans on live performances have been lifted. Sepet The Musical In Concert will feature all … Continue reading Arts of Malaysia: Sepet The Musical In Concert by Liver & Lung

Arts of the UK 2021: Turtle Opera announces free workshops for children on the autism spectrum

LONDON – Turtle Opera, a music and drama creative project for children on the autism spectrum, has announced its free workshop series for 2021. Allowing children to create their own group performance of music and story, the Saturday workshops will initially be held on Zoom and then at the Ogston Music School – St Edward’s School, Oxford. The workshops are vitally important as they support … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Turtle Opera announces free workshops for children on the autism spectrum

Art What!: Michale Kagan’s ‘It’s Never Over’ at Over The Influence, Hong Kong

Michael Kagan, Schumacher, 2021. Oil on canvas. 61 x 61 cm. 24 x 24 in. Courtesy of the Artist and Over the Influence. Photo credit: Adam Reich HONG KONG – Focused on six F1 drivers Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Niki Lauda, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher painted in cropped tight compositions, It’s Never Over is Michael Kagan’s first solo exhibition with Over the … Continue reading Art What!: Michale Kagan’s ‘It’s Never Over’ at Over The Influence, Hong Kong

The Banter: Hossan Leong and Derrick Chew unravel The Curious Case of The Missing Peranakan Treasure

Does digital theatre truly represent the future stage? Following on from their presentation of Murder at Mandai Camp – The Case Reopens, Sight Lines Entertainment is back for a brand new, family-friendly digital mystery in The Curious Case of The Missing Peranakan Treasure. Not only will they be teaming up with Hossan Leong’s Double Confirm Productions, but they’ll also work together with some of Singapore’s … Continue reading The Banter: Hossan Leong and Derrick Chew unravel The Curious Case of The Missing Peranakan Treasure