Category: Review

Arts, festival, Opera, Review, Singapore, Theatre

★★★★★ Review: Sun & Sea by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė & Lina Lapelytė

Intrusive thoughts during a beach holiday at the end of the world. In our modern world of stresses and being constantly online, how much can we say we can truly detach ourselves from work and take a relaxing holiday? For Lithuanian artists Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė and Lina Lapelytė, it seems that any vacation will be bound to be filled with intrusive thoughts, and unexpectedly, … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Sun & Sea by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė & Lina Lapelytė

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★★★★★ Review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Pangdemonium!

Twisted mind games at play in this deliciously dark tour de force of what makes and breaks relationships. In a pressure cooker environment like Singapore, it can become incredibly stressful to live up to the ideals set out by society, whether it’s making it in one’s career, or to get married, have children and construct the image of a perfect happy family. But when the … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Pangdemonium!

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Arts, festival, Review, Singapore

★★★☆☆ Review: Wilful Machine by Genevieve Chua

Pondering a future of machine self-awareness, as it reflects on humanity. If machines could talk, what might they say of humans – their makers? Genevieve Chua’s new work Wilful Machine imagines and brings that to life, using a combination of architecture, multimedia and dance, as it premiered at the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2024. Situated at Artspace @ Helutrans at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, audiences … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Wilful Machine by Genevieve Chua

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★★★★☆ Review: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster by Manual Cinema

Demystifying the sorcery of cinema while capturing the magic of puppetry and animation. In a world where kids are almost constantly glued to the screen – how does one keep them entertained in the theatre? By bringing the screen to the stage of course. That is the modus operandi of American company Manual Cinema, who creates films live onstage for their audiences, and in an … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster by Manual Cinema

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★★★★☆ Review: SUARA / Oro Rua by Safuan Johari and Eddie Elliott

Unearthing the voices of a distant past. Safuan Johari is a musician and composer from Singapore. Eddie Elliott is a dancer and choreographer from New Zealand. While the two artists’ practices seem rather distant, there is a link that makes them surprisingly good collaborators with each other – their shared respect for their own cultural inheritance, and a keen interest in the land we walk … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: SUARA / Oro Rua by Safuan Johari and Eddie Elliott

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★★★★☆ Review: The Romeo by Trajal Harrell

Drawing from historical form to imagine a new canon of dance, including everybody and any body. Conceptualised by Trajal Harrell, it’s hard to pin down exactly what The Romeo is. While ostensibly categorised as a dance, The Romeo is also a work that is completely fictional, and expanding beyond mere choreography to imagine a history and legacy. In the space of the theatre where The … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: The Romeo by Trajal Harrell

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★★★★☆ Review: Tartuffe – The Imposter by Wild Rice (2024)

Chilling as ever, as Wild Rice revisits how an insidious con can lead to total ruin. There are many sayings about religion, but one that continues to ring true even today is how it remains the last refuge of a scoundrel. Nowhere is that seen more clearly than in Wild Rice’s adaptation of French playwright Molière’s satirical play Tartuffe, which examines how in the hands … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Tartuffe – The Imposter by Wild Rice (2024)

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★★★★☆ Review: Moby Dick by Plexus Polaire (SIFA 2024)

Glimmers of terrible beauty amidst a savage, age-old battle of man versus nature. The beauty of a novel like Moby Dick has always lain in how open to interpretation it is, where everything from the tumult of the sea, to the conversations between crewmates, to the chase for the elusive white whale itself becomes a metaphor for whatever one might be going through in life … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Moby Dick by Plexus Polaire (SIFA 2024)

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★★★★☆ Review: Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream by Singapore Theatre Company and Indian Ink

Powerful theatrical reflection on what it means to lead a life well-lived. What lies after death? Much like a majority of religions, Zoroastrians believe in the concept of souls laid to rest in Paradise or Hell, depending on how good or evil one was in life. But to even get to that point requires a rather unique methodology of releasing the spirit from a corpse … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream by Singapore Theatre Company and Indian Ink

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★★★★★ Review: Bawang Putih Bawang Merah by Teater Ekamatra

Ekamatra’s take on Nusantara classic emphasises modern sensibilities and brings joy to the stage. If it’s one thing Teater Ekamatra knows how to do best, it’s to produce theatre that knows exactly what it wants to achieve and the emotions it hopes to evoke in its audiences. In its latest, sold out production, the powerhouse local theatre company adapts the classic Nusantara folktale of Bawang … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Bawang Putih Bawang Merah by Teater Ekamatra

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