Category: Review

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

In their much anticipated debut performance in Singapore as part of Huayi 2017, Cloud Gate 2 presented a triple bill programme featuring two pieces by the company’s artistic director, Cheng Tsung-Lung and a shorter piece by guest choreographer and frequent collaborator, Huang Yi. Although Cloud Gate 2 is the sister company of the critically acclaimed Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, unlike other junior troupes, … Continue reading [Review] Huayi Festival 2017: Cloud Gate 2 – Triple Bill

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Arts, Huayi 2017, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., The Necessary Stage, Theatre, Theatre Companies

[Review] Huayi Festival 2017: Actor, Forty by The Necessary Stage

Actor, Forty is a meeting of strengths for award-winning actress Yeo Yann Yann and The Necessary Stage team. Having worked together many times in the past, Yeo reunites with TNS for a unique collaboration, returning to her lesser known roots as a thespian. Taking Yeo’s life and career as a starting point, resident playwright Haresh Sharma has crafted a monologue that sparkles with its linguistic diversity and … Continue reading [Review] Huayi Festival 2017: Actor, Forty by The Necessary Stage

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Arts, London, Review, Theatre, VAULT Festival 2017

[Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Haunted Houses and Fun Funerals (3 & 4/2/17)

We Are Brontë by Publick Transport It’s hard to pin down what exactly We Are Brontë is. Very loosely based off of the Brontë family’s life and times, Publick Transport utilises physical theatre and clever use of props to interpret the Gothic lifestyle, to hilarious results. If you’ve ever read a novel by one of the Brontës, or know anything about Gothic horror tropes, We Are Brontë will almost … Continue reading [Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Haunted Houses and Fun Funerals (3 & 4/2/17)

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Arts, London, Review, Theatre, VAULT Festival 2017

[Review] VAULT Festival 2017: One Man Shows About Love and Other Diseases (2/2/17)

Tonight at the VAULT Festival, we caught two one man shows: James Rowland’s romcom turned life lesson A Hundred Different Words For Love and Kane Power’s musical exploration of his mother’s bipolar disorder. Unlike many one man shows though, both manage to avoid veering into self-indulgence and created some shows that left serious food for thought. A Hundred Different Words For Love by James Rowland … Continue reading [Review] VAULT Festival 2017: One Man Shows About Love and Other Diseases (2/2/17)

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Review: Perfect Liars Club

Four people tell a story. Three are true but one is a lie. Listen. Laugh. Interrogate. Vote. Can you spot the liar? If you watch the above video, you should be able to get a pretty decent idea of how the Perfect Liars Club works. Similar to the game where people introduce themselves with two truths and one lie, this part theatre part storytelling experience … Continue reading Review: Perfect Liars Club

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Arts, London, Review, VAULT Festival 2017

VAULT Festival 2017: Crocodile by Joyous Gard (Preview)

Theatre company Joyous Gard is headed by the spectacular sibling duo of Joe and Beth Eyre. Crocodile will be their debut production, after already accumulating a slew of theatre credits in their career, and premieres this February at the VAULT Fringe Festival (London). Crocodile is a darkly surreal comedy about a couple that gives birth to a crocodile, but are nonetheless determined to bring up baby properly, and … Continue reading VAULT Festival 2017: Crocodile by Joyous Gard (Preview)

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Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat by Bill Kenwright (UK Tour)

Billed as a family friendly musical, you’d be surprised to know that it was none other than the great Andrew Lloyd Webber who penned the score, along with lyrics by longtime collaborator Tim Rice, who also wrote lyrics for musicals like The Lion King and Chess. As one of their earlier works, Joseph is nothing too complicated, more or less faithfully retelling the Biblical tale of Joseph and … Continue reading Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat by Bill Kenwright (UK Tour)

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Arts, Comedy, London, Review, Theatre, VAULT Festival 2017

VAULT Festival 2017: Notflix by Waiting For The Call

Coming in fresh from a sellout run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, musical improv team Waiting For The Call presents Notflix, a nightly performance where the team reimagines your favourite film as a completely original musical! Notflix starts off with picking a film at random, with choices drawn from a bucket of slips audience members filled out before the show. This was their second night performing at the … Continue reading VAULT Festival 2017: Notflix by Waiting For The Call

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Review: Mulan the Musical

Mulan follows the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, the woman who took her aged father’s place in the army under guise as a man, made famous internationally by the Disney animated film of the same name and immortalised in various other TV and film adaptations. Adapting it from an award winning Taiwanese script, RWS’ all new production of Mulan keeps the legend alive, with a Singaporean twist, … Continue reading Review: Mulan the Musical

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Review: Promises Promises at Southwark Playhouse

Southwark Playhouse has yet to disappoint us with its keen curatorial sense for musicals, and producing the Tony Award nominated Promises Promises was certainly a good choice. Promises Promises is set in 60s New York, where ambitious, but overlooked employee Chuck Baxter is lucky enough to own a one room apart. This draws the attention of his higher ups, who routinely request to borrow his room to entertain … Continue reading Review: Promises Promises at Southwark Playhouse

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