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Preview: VCH Excite! My Muse – Rani Singam presented by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Rani Singam, Singapore’s ‘first lady of jazz’, takes to the stage this April as part of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s (SSO)’s VCH Excite! series. Taking the form of a music-movie concept, Rani Singam will tell the story of our collective lives through both narration and song, inspired particularly by “Remember”, the love theme from the movie Cinema Paradiso which forms part of the programme. During the programme, audiences are … Continue reading Preview: VCH Excite! My Muse – Rani Singam presented by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

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Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf Goes To Art Basel Hong Kong 2019

HONG KONG – Sullivan+Strumpf is set to present at premiere art fair Art Basel Hong Kong 2019, this March, bringing in a selection of works by artists with diverse practices in both two and three dimensions, including Tony Albert, Sydney Ball, Lindy Lee, Sam Leach, I Nyoman Masriadi, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Alex Seton and Yang Yongliang, many of whom have been exhibited at their galleries across Sydney … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf Goes To Art Basel Hong Kong 2019

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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 quintessential ‘deal with a devil’ story of a scholar who sells his soul in exchange for his wildest dreams. But in Nine Years Theatre’s FAUST/US, not only will protagonist Faust be receiving a gender swap; for … Continue reading Dealing with the Devil: An Interview with Performer Mia Chee and Director Cherilyn Woo of Nine Years Theatre’s FAUST/US (浮世/德)

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Arts, Dance with Me, London, Preview, Singapore, travel, travelXculture

Touring The UK 2019: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes (Preview)

LONDON – Based on the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, as well as the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale of the same name, Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes returns for a UK tour this November, with dates set for Plymouth, Salford and Sadler’s Wells in London for a seven week Christmas season.  The double Olivier award-winning production was a sell-out before it even hit its world … Continue reading Touring The UK 2019: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes (Preview)

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In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Fighter by Libby Liburd (Preview)

“I thought about giving up. But then I remembered who was watching.”  LONDON – Inspired by the pioneering British female boxers who fought for their right to fight, Fighter is a new, raucously visceral show from Libby Liburd, combining theatre and live boxing, that promises to pack a real punch. Featuring a cast of actual young boxers, Fighter blurs the boundaries to leave audiences on the … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Fighter by Libby Liburd (Preview)

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Hong Kong 2019: Pride by Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (Preview)

HONG KONG – The term “Gang Piao” literally means drifting back and forth in Hong Kong, yet its exact definition is not certain – are “Gang Piao” professionals who came to work in Hong Kong from the Mainland? Or are they students from the Mainland? Or tourists who came to Hong Kong to shop? The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (HKRep) presents Pride this March, a new work … Continue reading Hong Kong 2019: Pride by Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (Preview)

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Television Time: BBC Shows March 2019

This March, the BBC has prepared an exciting line-up of shows to get you hooked as you settle in and binge watch all that the channel has to offer. Check out the list below: BBC EARTH Wild Metropolis This innovative series features a diverse cast of animals that are adjusting to this new world better than we could have predicted. Not only are they applying … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows March 2019

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Review: First Storeys by Sean Cham (The Future of Our Pasts Festival)

An art installation on Singapore’s housing history with a theatrical twist. Singapore’s housing history can feel like a dry topic. But artist Sean Cham has deemed it worthy enough to unearth and utilize as the main subject of a visual art installation piece at Yale-NUS’ The Future of Our Pasts Festival. While the final year Yale-NUS student is better known as a visual artist and … Continue reading Review: First Storeys by Sean Cham (The Future of Our Pasts Festival)

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Preview: Always Every Time by Ground Z-0

Following the site-specific Shadows IN The Walls at the National Gallery earlier this year, Ground Z-0 springs back onstage with a double-bill of works come end March. The relatively new theatre company’s presentation, Always Every Time, brings to stage stories of parent-child relationships put to the test within 20-minute windows where life and death intersect. Faced with such a crucial moment in their life, it is now or … Continue reading Preview: Always Every Time by Ground Z-0

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Preview: Holier Then How by TheatreWorks (24 Hour Playwriting Competition 2018)

After a fruitful competition held at everyone’s favourite theme park from hell Haw Par Villa last year, TheatreWorks is proud to present Xavier Tay’s Holier Than How, one of the winners of the 2018 24-Hour Playwriting Competition. Directed by Jeremiah Choy, Holier Then How follows a devout woman struggling with the differences between her two sons – one faithless and one unfaithful. But a hundred days after her husband’s … Continue reading Preview: Holier Then How by TheatreWorks (24 Hour Playwriting Competition 2018)

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