Film Fanatic: I NOT STUPID 3 scores 2nd highest opening day for an Asian film in 2024

Local movie I NOT STUPID 3 《小孩不笨3》, helmed by Singapore’s most commercially successful director Jack Neo, scores the 2nd highest opening day for Asian films this year! The third instalment from the renowned franchise I NOT STUPID 《小孩不笨》 collected S$56,000 on its first day, the only film that ranked behind Chinese New Year movie MONEY NO ENOUGH 3 《钱不够用3:全部够用》, a drama-comedy also by Neo. I NOT STUPID 3 was released on 6 June. OPENING DAY BOX OFFICE CHART FOR ASIAN FILMS IN 2024   English … Continue reading Film Fanatic: I NOT STUPID 3 scores 2nd highest opening day for an Asian film in 2024

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: An Interview with star Pinky Amador and director Timothy Koh on staging Edward Albee’s magnum opus

‘Toxic’ may be one of the many buzzwords of this generation, but it’s certainly not a new concept, one that can apply to relationships and people dating back decades and beyond. One of the most significant examples of that in theatre is none other than Edward Albee’s 1962 play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which examines the interactions and exchanges between two couples over a … Continue reading Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: An Interview with star Pinky Amador and director Timothy Koh on staging Edward Albee’s magnum opus

Preview: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay’s The Studios 2024 – Fault Lines

The world today is a fractured, volatile place, with rising tension, isolationism and unrest all about, whether it’s in terms of wars, the climate crisis, or simply the growing stresses of everyday living. One could even say it’s the emergence of new fault lines that seem to be increasingly determining the way we live and interact with each other – why then do we continue … Continue reading Preview: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay’s The Studios 2024 – Fault Lines

Preview: Happy Ever Laughter 2024 by Dream Academy

Hold onto your seats and get ready for a wild, wacky ride with the return of Dream Academy’s perennial favourite Happy Ever Laughter – Standup Comedy Madness. Returning to Singapore this June, the 2024 edition of the hit stand-up revue gathers twelve of the best comedians from Singapore and Malaysia for a night of unending laughs. Be blown away by the comedic genius of Fakkah … Continue reading Preview: Happy Ever Laughter 2024 by Dream Academy

Preview: i Light Singapore 2024

i Light Singapore (iLSG) will return this Friday for its milestone 10 th edition, setting Marina Bay, South Beach, Millenia Walk and Tanjong Pagar aglow with 17 mesmerising light art installations. Organised by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and supported by event partners, sponsors and precinct stakeholders including Marina Bay Sands, UOB, Alibaba Cloud and the Discover Tanjong Pagar pilot Business Improvement District 1 , … Continue reading Preview: i Light Singapore 2024

SIFA 2024: An Interview with director Haresh Sharma and playwright Chong Tze Chien on Forster-inspired ‘The Prose and the Passion’

“Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height.” Such was the way English author E.M. Forster wrote of the importance of using both head and heart in Howard’s End, to connect both critical thought and deep emotion that we can achieve the full potential of humanity itself. Inspired by this quote and … Continue reading SIFA 2024: An Interview with director Haresh Sharma and playwright Chong Tze Chien on Forster-inspired ‘The Prose and the Passion’

SIFA 2024: An Interview with Singapore experimental band The Observatory on exploring darkness and the underground in ‘REFUGE’

The Observatory are not your ordinary band. Going beyond making music alone, the local Singaporean band has been closely involved in art beyond entertainment for two decades, always ready to speak truth to power and constantly using their sound to amplify their thoughts and feelings about social issues, even expanding into the realm of visual art in 2022’s REFUSE at the Singapore Art Museum which … Continue reading SIFA 2024: An Interview with Singapore experimental band The Observatory on exploring darkness and the underground in ‘REFUGE’

SIFA 2024: An Interview with composer Safuan Johari and choreographer Eddie Elliott on collaboration and culture in ‘Suara / Oro Rua’

If we put our ears to the Earth and listened, what would we hear? In Suara / Oro Rua, Singapore’s Safuan Johari and New Zealand’s Eddie Elliott come together in an unexpected cross-country collaboration to imagine the sound of fossilised voices emerging from the deep, and what we leave behind year after year, as the dance performance premieres this May as part of the 2024 … Continue reading SIFA 2024: An Interview with composer Safuan Johari and choreographer Eddie Elliott on collaboration and culture in ‘Suara / Oro Rua’

SIFA 2024: An Interview with Lithuanian artists Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė & Lina Lapelytė on beach opera ‘Sun & Sea’

One of the most exciting and outrageous pavilions at the 2019 Venice Biennale came from a rather surprising source – Lithuania, which till then had only occasionally caught the public eye when it came to the art world. When visitors stepped into the Lithuanian pavilion, they entered an entirely different world, one that was dappled in sunlight, a room full of sand and actual people … Continue reading SIFA 2024: An Interview with Lithuanian artists Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė & Lina Lapelytė on beach opera ‘Sun & Sea’

SIFA 2024: An Interview with Trajal Harrell, creator and choreographer of speculative dance ‘The Romeo’

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou? The answer might surprise you, with Trajal Harrell’s dance work The Romeo, which takes inspiration from Shakespeare’s young lover and star of tragedy Romeo and Juliet, from which is crafted a dance for people of all origins, genders, and generations, of all temperaments and moods, dance when they face their tragedies and only dance. Making its Singapore premiere this May … Continue reading SIFA 2024: An Interview with Trajal Harrell, creator and choreographer of speculative dance ‘The Romeo’