Films about minorities only spring up every so often, so it’s worthy of a celebration whenever one does receive a release. And films about two minorities, almost unheard of. So when a film like East Side Sushi comes along, it’s almost certainly a miracle and essential viewing. East Side Sushi follows Juanna (pronounced wa-na and played by Diana Elizabeth Torres), a tough, hardworking single mother who works an … Continue reading Review: East Side Sushi
Despite a ten year gap from their last show, Wide Eyed Theatre’s seventh production received an almost sold out run. Taking place in the home of Wide Eyed Theatre, a small shop house in the heart of the Nakano district in Tokyo, this unsuspecting place played host to a dark, modern fairy tale for adults. Even though the play was in English, it was heartening … Continue reading Review: A Faerie Tale By Wide Eyed Theatre
Have you ever felt constricted in your shirt and blazer and then imagined the need to peel away those layers and freestyle in a zentai suit? Skin Tight answers that question, and the exquisite choreography of Ah Hock and Peng Yu will give you a glimpse into what those escapist desires could signal for you, and more. I was reminded of the recent dance sensation World Order as … Continue reading M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Skin Tight by Ah Hock and Peng Yu
It’s an interesting phenomenon how most children aspire to match or surpass their parents, only to reminisce and wish for their childhood once more the moment they become a parent themselves. There seems to be an irreconcilable rift between a parent and his or her child – in spite of being of the same flesh and blood, they’ll never live in the same world or … Continue reading M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Under My Skin by Alessandra Fel
Pretty Butch is a title that’s confusing at first – is it saying it’s a show about butches who’re pretty? Or a particularly ravishing short haired, ‘mannish’ woman? And can a butch be considered ‘pretty’, if society has already deemed the word ‘butch’ to exclude being pretty? In fact, in attempting to interpret its very title, director and playwright Tan Liting’s Pretty Butch is already making us think … Continue reading M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Pretty Butch
If I had to categorize or label Fight! Palast, I would consider it to be less of a performance and more of an experience. Minutes into the show, I found myself moulting out of my role as an audience and engaging with the Peng! Palast trio as just another participant in a communal activity with three hosts. One likes cooking, another likes exercising, the last … Continue reading M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Fight! Palast #MembersOnly by Peng! Palast
Labels, UK-based Worklight Theatre’s multi-award winning show, made its Asian debut as one of the festival highlights of this year’s M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. Written and performed by Worklight co-founder Joe Sellman-Leava, this one-man autobiographical show presents a funny and touching look at Sellman-Leava’s childhood growing up in 90s rural England against the radically shifting political landscapes of Britain today. Using the overarching theme of … Continue reading M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Labels by Worklight Theatre
Contemporary art, for the most part, is baffling. Whether it’s the abstract paintings of Rothko or Pollack, or the in your face attitude of Koons and Hirst, it’s easy to feel like there’s something missing in the era of modern art that the old masters possessed. The premise of Yasmina Reza’s Art starts with the purchase of one such painting, a seemingly blank, pure white canvas, with … Continue reading Review: Art at The Old Vic
Transferring to London from a sold-out season in New York, Nice Fish sets a high precedent for itself. Written by Academy Award winner and ex-artistic director of the Globe Mark Rylance alongside Minnesotan contemporary prose poet Louis Jenkins, Nice Fish is based off Rylance’s life growing up in the freezing American Midwest, and for the most part, features two friends out on an ice-fishing trip musing about … Continue reading Review: Nice Fish at the Harold Pinter Theatre
It’s honestly surprising how it’s taken this long to bring Dreamgirls to the West End (a whopping 35 years since its debut on Broadway), but when you have a show with such high production value, the wait was well worth it! Inspired by R&B groups such as The Supremes, Dreamgirls follows the rise of fictitious R&B girl group The Dreams as they grow up and find their way in … Continue reading Review: Dreamgirls at the Savoy Theatre
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