Preview: Halloween Horror Nights 7 – Seven Deadlier Sins at Universal Studios Singapore

Sad that Singapore doesn’t really celebrate Halloween and you won’t be able to get your share of thrills, spills and chills this October? Never fear, Resorts World Sentosa will be bringing back everyone’s favourite haunted house to Universal Studios Singapore this year – Halloween Horror Nights. Now in its 7th year, Halloween Horror Nights has officially announced this year’s very appropriate theme – Seven Deadlier … Continue reading Preview: Halloween Horror Nights 7 – Seven Deadlier Sins at Universal Studios Singapore

Preview: Singapore Night Festival 2017 (Part 2)

Following our preview of the lights installations for the 10th Singapore Night Festival, we present to you a sneak preview of the incredible live acts that will be descending upon the Bras Basah.Bugis precinct for the final three days of the Night Festival.At a media preview of the live performances, we gathered on the Cathay Green to have a peek at Netherland theatre company Close-Act … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Night Festival 2017 (Part 2)

SIFA 2017: Germinal by Halory Goerger, Antoine Defoort (Preview)

Germinal is a truly special show to come to SIFA this year. Imagining the theatre as a metaphor for human civilisation itself, the team behind Germinal play god and reconstruct the world from the very beginning of time itself. Utilising the magic of theatre, they invent the laws of physics, music, language and social interaction using only the most minimal of tools – guitars, pickaxes and mics. … Continue reading SIFA 2017: Germinal by Halory Goerger, Antoine Defoort (Preview)

Preview: forth by make/space

From the creators of Figs comes an all new project this August and September. make/space continues to push their experimental and ensemble work to new boundaries in their 2017 Season production in the form of forth. forth will be make/space’s first production done without any grant funding, and promises to be an intimate piece that ruminates on isolation, loss and love. Having trained together since late last year, … Continue reading Preview: forth by make/space

Preview: The Spirits Play by The Finger Players

The Finger Players bring back local theatre legend Kuo Pao Kun’s undying classic The Spirits Play this October as part of their Contemporary Classics season. The Spirits Play follows five Japanese spirits as they attempt to recollect and organize their jumbled memories from their life living and dying in the Second World War. As they slowly recall the atrocities and horrors of war, they become increasingly troubled and shocked by … Continue reading Preview: The Spirits Play by The Finger Players

Preview: Poop! by The Finger Players

“When is life worth living; when is death worth celebrating?” Last staged in 2010, The Finger Players are bringing back Chong Tze Chien’s Poop! as part of their Contemporary Classics season. With a cute title like Poop!, the last thing you’d expect from this play is an incredibly moving reflection and depiction of death and bereavement, as a father commits suicide, his wife grieves, their daughter wonders and his mother laughs. … Continue reading Preview: Poop! by The Finger Players

Preview: On Display – A Musical Cabaret

Musical theatre fans, you’re in luck this September, as performers Matheus Ting and Valerie Choo produce and star in an all new, one day only musical theatre revue! The LaSalle musical theatre graduates have come a long way since appearing on the local theatre and tv scene, and it’s always heartening to see young up and coming local talent strike it out on their own … Continue reading Preview: On Display – A Musical Cabaret

Preview: Singapore Night Festival 2017 (Part 1)

The annual Singapore Night Festival turns TEN this August and with it comes an all new edition that’s bigger and better than ever! Whether you’re completely new to Singapore’s biggest outdoor performing arts festival, or have already forged countless magical memories over the past decade, expect to be dazzled and delighted by the many installations and performance art all around the Bras Basah.Bugis precinct this … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Night Festival 2017 (Part 1)

Preview: Forever Young by Sing’theatre

Celebrating their 10th anniversary, Sing’theatre will be bringing Forever Young to the SOTA Drama Theatre this October! In 50 years, a group of actors who used be at the forefront of the Singapore arts scene are now housed in a nursing home. With a tight watch kept on them by non-nonsense nurse Sister Sara, these nonagenarians still have life in them yet, and think they’re limber enough to … Continue reading Preview: Forever Young by Sing’theatre

Preview: The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) by ABA Productions and The Reduced Shakespeare Company

The Reduced Shakespeare Company is back in town for another wicked romp through every student’s favourite texts! Last seen in Singapore in 2013, the three man comedy team will be flying in direct from the USA and present all 37 of the Bard’s plays in just 97 minutes! This September, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare returns with all your favourite hilarious spins on classic tragedies and … Continue reading Preview: The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) by ABA Productions and The Reduced Shakespeare Company