Category: Preview

Arts, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Singapore International Festival of Arts 2019

In 2018, the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) saw the arrival of Gaurav Kripalani, taking on the mantle of Festival Director for the next three editions along with his capable team. Aiming to use this new edition of SIFA to act as the cornerstone and building blocks for future festivals to come, seeing an attendance of over 55,000 audience members, 84% of ticket sales … Continue reading Preview: Singapore International Festival of Arts 2019

Unknown's avatarbakchormeeboyLeave a comment
Arts, London, Preview, Theatre

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Little Death Club presented by Underbelly and Dead Man Label (Preview)

LONDON – Having already made the waves at Edinburgh, multi-award-winning Queen of Weimar punk kabarett Bernie Dieter (star of La Clique) carried her success Down Under and walked away with the ‘Best Cabaret’ weekly award. Now, the darkest, funniest and most debauched variety show this side of the Berlin wall is coming to the Big Smoke, as Little Death Club arrives in town to headline the 2019 … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Little Death Club presented by Underbelly and Dead Man Label (Preview)

Unknown's avatarbakchormeeboyLeave a comment
Arts, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

Preview: Bette Davis on the Edge presented by Wag the Dog Theatre

While putting up the final touches before announcing their main stage production, Wag the Dog theatre begins 2019 as producers of the Asian premiere of Christine St. John’s Bette Davis on the Edge. In this one woman show, both written and performed by St. John, Bette Davis on the Edge takes audiences to the wee hours of October 31st 1962, a day rife with potential as motion … Continue reading Preview: Bette Davis on the Edge presented by Wag the Dog Theatre

Unknown's avatarbakchormeeboyLeave a comment
Art What!, Arts, Preview, Singapore

OH! Open House 2019: PASSPORT (Preview)

A passport summarises you in an instant. It opens up the world or damns you to bureaucratic hell. It affirms your identity or is just a booklet with benefits. A way out or a guarantee of a home to come back to. What do passports mean to you?  Departing from OH! Open House’s typical style, Singapore’s favourite neighbourhood art walk takes on not one but … Continue reading OH! Open House 2019: PASSPORT (Preview)

Unknown's avatarbakchormeeboyLeave a comment
Arts, Pangdemonium, Preview, Singapore

Review: Late Company by Pangdemonium

Emotional, poignant drama unfolds at the worst dinner ever.  Dinner parties can be absolute nightmares. But dinner parties aimed to make peace with the parents who bullied your son into suicide? Unthinkable. Such is the case for grieving parents Debora and Michael (Janice Koh and Edward Choy) in Late Company, who invite Tamara and Bill (Karen Tan and Adrian Pang), and their son Curtis (Xander … Continue reading Review: Late Company by Pangdemonium

Unknown's avatarbakchormeeboy1 Comment
Arts, London, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: The Institute of Nuts by Matchstick Theatre (Preview)

LONDON – In their second collaboration with Director-Writer team Edwina Strobl and Mark Daniels, Matchstick Theatre presents a brand new otherworldly dark comedy as part of their Spring Season, aimed at showcasing emerging London playwrights in a new performance space in Deptford/New Cross.  Matchstick Theatre welcomes you to The Institute of Nuts, a crazy school-cum-retreat-cum-prison where people’s names are letters and their reasons for being … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: The Institute of Nuts by Matchstick Theatre (Preview)

Unknown's avatarbakchormeeboyLeave a comment
Arts, London, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Awkward Conversations with Animals I’ve F*cked at King’s Head Theatre (Preview)

LONDON – Awkward Conversations with Animals I’ve F*cked comes to the King’s Head Theatre where it is set to push, prod and poke at the impermissible and the unmentionable. Following sell-out shows at Edinburgh Fringe, Awkward Productions present this critically-acclaimed, darkly comic production all about love, acceptance and boundaries. One-night stands are awkward. One-night stands with animals are more awkward. And when you’re as desperate … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Awkward Conversations with Animals I’ve F*cked at King’s Head Theatre (Preview)

Unknown's avatarbakchormeeboyLeave a comment
Arts, London, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Twelfth Night by OVO Theatre at The Rose Playhouse (Preview)

LONDON – Marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of The Rose Playhouse, St Albans-based company OVO now journeys to London presenting their modern take on Twelfth Night. In this new and exciting musical version, Shakespeare meets Postmodern Jukebox in a remix of one of his best loved comedies, set on a cruise liner at the height of the roaring twenties. On the SS Illyria, … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Twelfth Night by OVO Theatre at The Rose Playhouse (Preview)

Unknown's avatarbakchormeeboyLeave a comment
Arts, Finger Players, Preview, Singapore, Theatre, Theatre Companies

Preview: Not In My Lifetime? by The Finger Players

The Finger Players open their 2019 season with an all new inclusive theatre performance this March. Titled Not in My Lifetime?, the production will be staged at Gateway Theatre’s Black Box and explores the special education system in Singapore as experienced by teachers working within the sector. Conceived by director Tan Beng Tian in collaboration with a diverse team of creatives, the production aims to cater … Continue reading Preview: Not In My Lifetime? by The Finger Players

Unknown's avatarbakchormeeboyLeave a comment
Arts, Concert, Music, Preview, Singapore

Preview: SSO Gala – Ray Chen

Charismatic, funny and undeniably skilled – Ray Chen, the wildly popular Taiwanese-Australian violinist has dazzled the violin world on stage, in reviews and on social media. In this third performance with us, he is joined by the combined orchestras of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the Singapore National Youth Orchestra, in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2. Ray, who turns 30 this March, is distinctive in … Continue reading Preview: SSO Gala – Ray Chen

Unknown's avatarbakchormeeboyLeave a comment