Category: Review

Arts, Competition, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatre Companies, Theatreworks

LIVEBLOGGING: 20th 24-Hour Playwriting Competition by Theatreworks Writers’ Lab

Hey readers! We’re doing a special post today covering Theatreworks’ 24-Hour playwriting competition 2017. Held at Kampung Kampus, Home of the Ground-Up Initiative, we’ll be situated here till 4pm tomorrow, giving you an hourly update and liveblog of what it’s like to be part of the madcap playwriting process! This isn’t our first time on this rodeo; we participated in the competition ages ago since … Continue reading LIVEBLOGGING: 20th 24-Hour Playwriting Competition by Theatreworks Writers’ Lab

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Arts, Experimental, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre.

Open Homes @ Silver Arts: I AM by Ajuntha Anwari

Ajuntha Anwari lives in a big old house in Telok Kurau. Stepping beyond the gates to her garden, the lively self-described “60-something year old lady” greets her guests with a wide grin, as she beckons them to take a seat in her living room, as part of her performance at Open Homes @ Silver Arts. There are a few people she knows dearly in the … Continue reading Open Homes @ Silver Arts: I AM by Ajuntha Anwari

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Arts, Dance with Me, Mastercard Theatres, Music, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatres

Review: West Side Story by BASE Entertainment Asia

  60 years is a long time for a musical to still go strong, but there’s a timeless charm to West Side Story that keep audiences coming back each and every time for another dose of Tony and Maria’s epic love story. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story shifts the setting to the Upper West Side of New York City, where two rival immigrant … Continue reading Review: West Side Story by BASE Entertainment Asia

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Arts, Film, London, Review

Review: Chicken dir. Joe Stephenson

Adapted from Freddie Machin’s play of the same name, Chicken marks a stunning debut for director Joe Stephenson and a powerful start into the realm of indie film. Making the leap in medium from stage to screen can be awkward in the hands of a lesser director, but Stephenson imbues his film with such a keen lust for life and a loving, pastoral beauty that one can … Continue reading Review: Chicken dir. Joe Stephenson

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Arts, Drama Centre Black Box, Intercultural Theatre Institute, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatre Companies, Theatres, Writers, Xinyi S

Review: Leakage(s) and Anticoagulants by ITI

Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic novel Crime and Punishment, David Gaitan’s Leakage(s) and Anticoagulants is a biting psychological exploration on rational egotism and morality. A young intellectual, Raskolnikov (Tan Weiying), steals from and murders an unscrupulous old pawnbroker and due to a series of coincidences, manages to escape undetected. To Raskolnikov, this crime is motivated not by anything quite as plebeian as greed or desperation, … Continue reading Review: Leakage(s) and Anticoagulants by ITI

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Arts, Film, London, Preview, Review

Film Review: Dennis Skinner – Nature of the Beast dir. Daniel Draper

“The Beast of Bolsover” gets a media makeover in Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast. This is no nature doc though, and director Daniel Draper succinctly and skilfully peels back the skin of the beast to reveal a surprisingly heartfelt and intimate look at the man behind the Labour politician. Peppering the film with snippets of Skinner’s public appearances and speeches, it’s clear to viewers … Continue reading Film Review: Dennis Skinner – Nature of the Beast dir. Daniel Draper

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Arts, Review, SIFA 2017, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Singapore International Festival of Arts, Theatre, Theatres, Victoria Theatre

SIFA 2017: Trojan Women by Ong Keng Sen and the National Theater of Korea (Review)

One thing that can be said about SIFA Festival Director Ong Keng Sen: whenever he attempts to create a new work, he always aims high and goes all the way, resulting at the very least in an unforgettable theatrical spectacle. With Trojan Women, Ong breathes new life into a centuries old Korean art form by applying it to an ancient Greek play. Based off Euripedes’ … Continue reading SIFA 2017: Trojan Women by Ong Keng Sen and the National Theater of Korea (Review)

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Arts, Film, London, Review

Review: The Vault dir. Dan Bush

In a world where originality in horror films has long since died, The Vault is perhaps one of the most fun films of late to mash it up with the heist film to create a truly unique love child that’s both weird and provides enough scares to make this one strange B-movie to catch in cinemas. Two sisters and their brother rob a bank to … Continue reading Review: The Vault dir. Dan Bush

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Arts, Dance with Me, Experimental, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre

Naked and Unafraid: Stripping Down Ming Poon’s Controversial Undressing Room

Earlier this year during the annual M1 Fringe Festival, Singaporean artist Ming Poon was thrust into the spotlight when his work Undressing Room was removed from the lineup due to the sensitive nature of the work. Undressing Room felt like the perfect fit for this year’s theme of Art and Skin. After all, one would literally bare all during the work itself, undressing the artist from top to toe and … Continue reading Naked and Unafraid: Stripping Down Ming Poon’s Controversial Undressing Room

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Arts, Film, Preview, Review, Singapore

Review: In Time To Come dir. Tan Pin Pin

What would filmmaker Tan Pin Pin put in a time capsule? The answer is simple; all you have to do is watch her new film In Time To Come.The latest documentary from the director of Singapore GaGa (2005), Invisible City (2007) and the controversial To Singapore, With Love (2013), In Time To Come continues to chart Tan’s ongoing fascination with memory, documenting the undocumented and national identity, this time zooming in … Continue reading Review: In Time To Come dir. Tan Pin Pin

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