SRT’s Shakespeare In The Park 2023: An Interview with ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ director Guy Unsworth, and actors Julie Wee and Ghafir Akbar

As the weather grows ever warmer and the days stretch ever longer, there’s at least one moment of respite that’s looming on the horizon – the long-awaited comeback of Singapore Repertory Theatre’s (SRT) Shakespeare In The Park series, which makes a triumphant return to Fort Canning Park this week, with A Midsummer Night’s Dream. With five years between the previous edition (Julius Caesar, 2018) and … Continue reading SRT’s Shakespeare In The Park 2023: An Interview with ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ director Guy Unsworth, and actors Julie Wee and Ghafir Akbar

★★★★☆ Review: We Are Like This Only 3 by HuM Theatre

Sketches that reveal the good, the bad and the funny Singaporean attitudes to foreigners. Category Score (out of 10) Direction (Daisy Irani) 7 Script (Subin Subaiah) 7 Performance (Daisy Irani, Subin Subaiah, Jo Tan, Hang Qian Chou) 8 Set Design (Lim Keng San) 7 Lighting Design (Alberta Wileo) 7 Total 36/50 (72%) Final Score: ★★★★☆ Now in its third edition, HuM Theatre returns once again … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: We Are Like This Only 3 by HuM Theatre

Gangguan!’s ‘Do Rhinos Feel Their Horns?’: An Interview with writer Edward Eng and director Adeeb Fazah

Eugène Ionesco’s 1959 play Rhinoceros holds an absurd premise: over the course of the play, all but one of the residents of a small, provincial French town turn into rhinoceroses. As strange as it may sound, it is as apt a play at the time as can be, as it wrestled with themes of Fascism and Nazism in a post World War era, and how … Continue reading Gangguan!’s ‘Do Rhinos Feel Their Horns?’: An Interview with writer Edward Eng and director Adeeb Fazah

Of Books and Things: An Interview with Renée Ting, Founding Director of Singapore Art Book Fair

For years now, the annual Singapore Art Book Fair (SGABF) has been building up a name for itself as a haven for anyone with even the slightest interest in independent publishing, art books and zines. Now, returning for its tenth and largest edition yet this weekend, both the curious and the passionate visitor can once again come down to SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark and … Continue reading Of Books and Things: An Interview with Renée Ting, Founding Director of Singapore Art Book Fair

Preview: Devdas – The Musical makes its World Premiere at the Esplanade Theatre

A Broadway-style rendition of the timeless Indian love saga, Devdas – The Musical makes its world premiere next week at the Esplanade Theatre. Inspired by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s classic novella of the same name, India’s leading live theatre producer AGP World, along with Arte Compass and Zee TV APAC, brings one of the most famous love sagas in Indian literature to life in Singapore. Ashvin … Continue reading Preview: Devdas – The Musical makes its World Premiere at the Esplanade Theatre

Preview: We Are Like This Only 3 by HuM Theatre

Previously, HuM Theatre delved into the differences of culture and attitudes between the “New Indians” and the “Old Indians” in with “We Are Like This Only 1 & 2” – both receiving critical acclaim and national recognition from the National Integration Council for artistic contribution to the exploration of the integration issues and challenges facing our country. Now, HuM Theatre is back with We Are … Continue reading Preview: We Are Like This Only 3 by HuM Theatre

Film Fanatic: Anthony Chen’s new film ‘The Breaking Ice’ to make world premiere at 76th Cannes Film Festival

10 years after his debut film Ilo Ilo shook the film world by clinching the Camera d’Or for best debut feature in 2013, Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen will be returning to Cannes next month to premiere his new film. As announced by the Cannes Film Festival at its press conference in Paris, The Breaking Ice (Chinese title: 燃冬) will world premiere at Cannes in the … Continue reading Film Fanatic: Anthony Chen’s new film ‘The Breaking Ice’ to make world premiere at 76th Cannes Film Festival

Preview: cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival 2023

This June, The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company is going back to basics with the annual cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival. Now in its 13th edition, the annual contemporary dance festival takes on a stripped down, but fully live approach, in the first edition since the pandemic that celebrates and explores our relationship with our body and each other. Festival Director and T.H.E’s founding Artistic Director … Continue reading Preview: cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival 2023

Preview: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Singapore Repertory Theatre

“The course of true love never did run smooth.” This May, Singapore Repertory Theatre’s beloved Shakespeare in the Park series makes a triumphant comeback, as they return to Fort Canning Park to stage the bard’s most popular comedy – A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Last performed as part of Shakespeare In The Park in 2007, get ready to roll out your picnic mats, break out the … Continue reading Preview: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Singapore Repertory Theatre

Preview: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change by Sing’theatre

Sing’theatre is back with a witty musical revue that tackles modern love in all its forms: from the perils and pitfalls of the first date to marriage, children, and the twilight years of life. Fall in (or out of) love with us with I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Told in a series of vignettes and songs, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change … Continue reading Preview: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change by Sing’theatre