M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Does This Work For You? by The Nervous System (Review)

The Nervous System gives theatrical form to the voice of the oppressed in this promising project about workplace discrimination. There’s a reason they call it ‘the daily grind’ – work can be a drag, and even more so if you’re at the bottom, pushed around by superiors and the system. It’s no wonder then that there’s plenty of room for complaints to be made, and … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Does This Work For You? by The Nervous System (Review)

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Displaced by Ground Cover Theatre (Review)

Ground Cover Theatre tackles the refugee crisis in an intimate, polished piece brimming with theatrical magic. In Displaced, Ground Cover Theatre boldly tackles the topic of the refugee crisis in a play that tells of three women from different time periods who all escape to Canada. Mary (Jacqueline Block) flees from Ireland’s Great Famine in 1847, Sofia (Anna Mazurik) leaves war-torn Germany in 1947, and Dara … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Displaced by Ground Cover Theatre (Review)

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: One Thousand Millennials Crying by Kenneth Chia and Mitchell Fang (Review)

An absurdist storm of buzzwords and punchlines that feels birthed straight from the mouth of a millenial social media influenza.  In Kenneth Chia and Mitchell Fang’s new play One Thousand Millennials Crying, we’re given an opportunity to observe millennials in their natural habitat; too poor to go out drinking, a group of friends gather for a Halloween house party with homemade mixes and share their fears of … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: One Thousand Millennials Crying by Kenneth Chia and Mitchell Fang (Review)

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Forked by Jo Tan (Review)

Jo Tan tackles racism and identity in this story about a Singaporean fish out of water. Jo Tan’s playwriting debut is a simple yet familiar story of one Singaporean girl with big dreams. In Forked, Ethel Yap plays Jeanette, a young aspiring actor who heads to London for drama school. Upon arrival in London though, Jeanette gets the biggest culture shock of her life when … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Forked by Jo Tan (Review)

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: The Most Massive Woman Wins by Mitchell Productions Inc. & Chopt Logic Productions (Review)

Mudwrestling meets body image issues as this production weighs in on the way society has taught women to be perceived and to perform.  Since the dawn of time, humans have always been obsessed with their bodies, and perhaps, none more so than the female body. Brought up on a steady diet of women’s magazines with stick thin covergirls, constantly told that ladies shouldn’t be eating … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: The Most Massive Woman Wins by Mitchell Productions Inc. & Chopt Logic Productions (Review)

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Attempts: Singapore by Rei Poh (Review)

There’s no need for any hints as to how much we enjoyed this impeccably produced participatory theatre experience.  In a world of innovative theatrical experiences, you often come across too many that scrimp on either execution or narrative. That’s not the case for Rei Poh’s Attempts: Singapore, which provided a thoroughly well-planned out participatory ‘game’ as its audience worked together to unravel a mystery, one clue at … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Attempts: Singapore by Rei Poh (Review)

Art From The Streets: The ArtScience Museum Presents Street Art

Think you have to travel to a whole other country to find some premier street art? Look no further than the ArtScience Museum’s latest exhibition Art From The Streets, which collects and gathers both international street art and even some brand new pieces specially made for the exhibition within the museum’s four walls. From the mysterious Banksy to anonymous graffiti all the way to our local ‘Sticker … Continue reading Art From The Streets: The ArtScience Museum Presents Street Art

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: The Neighbor’s Grief Is Greener by Emanuella Amichai (Review)

Stepford wives from 1950s America get a macabre, surreal twist in this bloody good show.  There are times we find ourselves wondering when exactly the seeds of feminism were sown. In 1940s America, as men were shipped off to become soldiers during the war, the running of the country was left to women, as wives stepped foot into factories and worked for the first time. … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: The Neighbor’s Grief Is Greener by Emanuella Amichai (Review)

Singapore Art Week 2018: Progress – The Game of Leaders by Sam Lo

Sam Lo has long moved past her moniker of the ‘Sticker Lady’. The contemporary artist has been working incredibly hard over the last few years and gained recognition beyond her initial controversy, working on cheeky commissioned public art, products, projects such as INDIGOISM and even co-owns ice-cream shop Leng Leng Ice Cream. First shown in Melbourne, her latest piece Progress: The Game of Leaders amps up the … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2018: Progress – The Game of Leaders by Sam Lo

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: All In by ATRESBANDES (Review)

EDM, North Korea and storage space collapse into an absurdist reflection on the difficulty of remaining an individual in an already overcrowded world.  Two figures clad in black zentai suits discuss getting a self storage space in distorted voices. A man finds his opinions constantly silenced and quashed whenever he raises them to his ‘friends’. A ghostly figure meets a red suited, Japanese-speaking man in … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: All In by ATRESBANDES (Review)