“In the early morning march, With the field pack on my back, With an aching in my heart, And my body full of sweat.” Checkpoint Theatre continues their 2017 season with FRAGO, a new play by Lucas Ho, directed by Huzir Sulaiman. In their seventh year in reservist training, a group of army mates in an armoured infantry unit return for a war game exercise. In the … Continue reading Preview: FRAGO by Checkpoint Theatre
The Necessary Stage celebrates Haresh Sharma’s entire body of work in a new play performed by some of their most memorable collaborators. After celebrating their 30th Anniversary with restagings of various plays, how can The Necessary Stage not celebrate the writer himself? That’s where Being Haresh Sharma comes in, an all new production based on Haresh’s various play texts and directed by Cake Theatre’s Natalie Hennedige. Over … Continue reading Being Haresh Sharma: The Necessary Stage Celebrates Resident Playwright In New Production
“No, Doctor, there are too many gears, screws and valves in all of us to judge at first glance, or two or three external signs. I don’t understand you, you don’t understand me, and we don’t understand ourselves”. 5toMidnight presents an all new version of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s classic Ivanov in its Singaporean premiere. Contextualizing it for a Singaporean audience to examine how one man … Continue reading Preview: The Chekhov Cycle – Ivanov by 5toMidnight
Wag The Dog Theatre bursts onto the local theatre scene with a production of an Olivier Award winning comedy. 2017 marks the entry of yet another addition to the evergrowing slew of theatre companies in Singapore with Wag the Dog Theatre. This June, ready yourselves for the newest player on the theatre scene when Wag the Dog Theatre opens its first production at the Drama … Continue reading Preview: The Memory of Water by Wag The Dog Theatre
Makan-tastic returns this Saturday to an all new district – Bukit Batok! Organised by Dine Inn, Makan-tastic will bring Dine-Inn’s concept of uniting home cooks with customers hungry for home cooking to real life, gathering them all in a single Community Dine Inn event. This time around, 20 Dine Inn hosts will be participating in the event to share their specialty dishes. Hosts such as … Continue reading Preview: Makan-tastic at Bukit Batok by Dine Inn
This school holiday, drop by Resorts World Sentosa for a theatrical extravaganza to tantalize all five of your senses ! CHEF: Bibimbap vs. Chilli Crab is a non-verbal food musical performance that uses live beatboxing and b-boying to tell the story of the Green and Red chefs locked in an intense battle of food know-how – with an extra generous serving of humour and fun! CHEF will … Continue reading Preview: Chef – Bibimbap vs Chili Crab at Resorts World Sentosa
Fine vendors and entertainment galore that’ll get your feet tapping as visitors eat and drink late into the night. Love London’s infinite food markets and endless selection of eateries? The London Evening Standard has launched the inaugural London Food Month this June to commemorate just that! London Food Month is a month-long, city-wide experience that celebrates the capital’s diverse and of course, scrumptious food scene. With … Continue reading Night Market: Celebrating the World’s Culinary Capital At The Inaugural London Food Month
New Opera Singapore returns with their annual production this year to present Claudio Monteverdi’s historical opera L’incoronazione di Poppea, or the coronation of Poppaea, referring specifically to the rise of Roman Emperor Nero’s mistress. First staged in 1650, L’incoronazione di Poppea bucks the trend of atypical morality, and the crux of the opera’s success is dependent on Poppaea’s scandalous love affair with Nero, alongside other morally compromised main … Continue reading Preview: L’incoronazione di Poppea – C. Monteverdi by New Opera Singapore
TheatreWorks has birthed an all new triple threat of promising new writers from their latest Writers’ Lab workshops. Having received dramaturgical mentorship from internationally renowned playwright Tony Perez, Isaac Lim, Tan Mae Shen and Beverly Wee are ready to showcase their finished works in a one day only performance of Dramatised Readings. Directed by Tan Shou Chen, the three writers’ new works will hear their plays … Continue reading Preview: Dramatised Readings 2017 by Theatreworks Writers’ Lab
The forest is dark and cold as night But what do we see there in the clearing’s light? A house made of sweets, oh what a delight! How could a hungry child resist such a sight? But not all that’s sweet is cause for joy, For she who lives within has planned this ploy. Hansel and Gretel remains one of the brothers Grimms’ best loved fairytales. … Continue reading Preview: Hansel and Gretel by Orchestra of the Music Makers
