Preview: Indices of Vanishment by RAW Moves

Theatre practitioner Edith Podesta takes on the role of choreographer at dance company RAW Moves’ 2017 edition of its annual Repertory Platform. Performed by the RAW Moves Company Dancers, Indices of Vanishment aims to examine the connections we have with personal artifacts and explores the psychological space clutter occupies in our daily lives. Podesta was first approached by RAW Moves with the theme of clutter and initially stumped as … Continue reading Preview: Indices of Vanishment by RAW Moves

Preview: Prism by Toy Factory

Toy Factory starts off their 2017 season with a bang: a restaging of their speculative play Prism, which received rave reviews when it first premiered in the early 2000s. Prism features Apprentice star Firdaus Rahman as Aman, an Urban Redevelopment Board official tasked with evicting 33000 residents of “The Surrounding City”, the city’s oldest heritage as it faces demolition in the name of progress. Confronted with angry, despairing citizens, Aman … Continue reading Preview: Prism by Toy Factory

[Preview] Huayi Festival 2017: Cloud Gate 2 – A Triple Bill

Cloud Gate 2 is the sister company of the renowned Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, and will finally make their Singaporean debut at the 2017 Huayi Chinese Festival of the arts! Founded by Lin Hwai-min and the late Lo Man-fei, Cloud Gate 2 has quickly grown to become one of Taiwan’s foremost junior contemporary dance companies featuring some of the country’s most talented up … Continue reading [Preview] Huayi Festival 2017: Cloud Gate 2 – A Triple Bill

[Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 8-12 Feb (Part 2)

Following Part 1, here’s Part 2 of our selections for the VAULT Festival this week, with two plays about life in the city, and a play about a girl learning to cope with grief with the help of a special friend: Save + Quit by Sophia Leuner Coming in from a successful Edinburgh Fringe run and being bestowed the honour of being chosen as the … Continue reading [Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 8-12 Feb (Part 2)

[Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 8-12 Feb (Part 1)

Week 3 of the massive VAULT Festival comes with more theatre, more quirks and more fringe shows. Check out Part 1 of our selections for this week below! WRETCH by Interval Productions As we’ve seen in Happy, literally anything and everything has the potential to become a musical, including this one act play about life after homelessness. Multi-award nominated Interval Productions proudly presents writer Rebecca Walker’s … Continue reading [Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 8-12 Feb (Part 1)

Preview: The Necessary Stage 2017 Season

2017 will be a big year for The Necessary Stage – it’s their 30th Anniversary!Having humble beginnings starting off when a group of NUS undergraduates decided to form a new theatre group, TNS has since grown to become one of the leading theatre companies in Singapore, producing countless quality, original works every year. Founder and Artistic Director Alvin Tan and Resident Playwright Haresh Sharma continue … Continue reading Preview: The Necessary Stage 2017 Season

Huayi Festival 2017: Actor, Forty by The Necessary Stage (Preview)

The Necessary Stage makes their foray into the Chinese theatre scene in this special commission for the annual Huayi Festival! Actor, Forty features Golden Horse Award-winning actress Yeo Yann Yann returning to the stage in a brand new monologue in collaboration TNS’ Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma. Actor, Forty promises an honest, informal and conversational look at the way we take on various identities throughout our lives, similar … Continue reading Huayi Festival 2017: Actor, Forty by The Necessary Stage (Preview)

Preview: Chicago @ Marina Bay Sands

Chicago is one of the sexiest, most exciting musicals to come off Broadway, and this 2017, finally returns to our shores! Set in the roaring 20s, Chicago is based on real life events and follows struggling nightclub singer Roxie Hart’s meteoric rise to fame after she shoots her lover. Befriending cunning double-murderess Velma Kelly in the cell, the femme fatales enlist the help of smooth talking lawyer Billy … Continue reading Preview: Chicago @ Marina Bay Sands

Preview: Crossings by young & w!ld

Over the last eighteen months, eight young theatre makers trained under the directorship of Rodney Oliveiro and Serena Ho, cumulating in an all new batch of young & w!ld graduates. Now, they’re about to release their first public performance to showcase what they’re made of. Crossings is a fully devised double bill, consisting stories, characters and themes created by the young & w!ld batch via improv … Continue reading Preview: Crossings by young & w!ld

Preview: Temuan [the meeting] by Pink Gajah Theatre

If you find yourself in Perth this week, take some time to support local talent and check out Pink Gajah Theatre’s Temuan [the meeting] at the 2017 Fringe World Festival. Performed by local award-winning theatre darling Sharda Maxine Harrison, who we last saw in a brilliant spectrum of roles in W!ld Rice’s Hotel, Temuan was first performed under the name bi(cara) at the 2016 M1 Fringe Festival and has received critical acclaim. … Continue reading Preview: Temuan [the meeting] by Pink Gajah Theatre