Category: Review

Arts, Review, Theatre

★★★☆☆ Review: Immortal Variables (八仙变数) by Nine Years Theatre and Hsing Legend Youth Theatre (Contemporary Legend Theatre)

Double crossing moles and a convoluted revenge plots weigh down this cross-country collaborative effort. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, international theatre collaborations are few and far between. But with things finally more or less back to normal, opportunities have risen once again for old friendships to be reignited, and projects once shelved to be put back on the production line once more. In the works since … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Immortal Variables (八仙变数) by Nine Years Theatre and Hsing Legend Youth Theatre (Contemporary Legend Theatre)

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Arts, Review, Toy Factory

★★★☆☆ Review: The Prisoner by Toy Factory

Fast fashion conspiracy theory frames corporate greed as the ultimate evil. In this day and age, evil no longer looks like the devil himself, but often arises in much more innocuous, unexpected forms. And for most people, it might be staring you straight in the face, or in some cases, on your body. Bringing Toy Factory’s The Wright Stuff Festival to a close is Annie … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: The Prisoner by Toy Factory

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Arts, Review, Singapore

★★★★★ Review: & Juliet by Michael Cassel Group and BASE Entertainment Asia

Max Martin’s greatest hits make for a fun outing in this Romeo & Juliet spinoff. The power of a jukebox musical lies in the joy of recognising your favourite songs, and how they’re reinterpreted and strung together to form a coherent story. Often, the most successful ones end up as feel-good affairs that you can’t help but find yourself clapping along and smiling as you … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: & Juliet by Michael Cassel Group and BASE Entertainment Asia

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Arts, Review, Theatre

★★★★☆ Review: Love and Information by SMU StageIt (SMU Arts Fest 2023)

Doomscrolling in pursuit of meaning. Playing as part of SMU Arts Fest 2023, theatre club SMU StageIt’s production of Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information corresponds perfectly well to the festival theme of ‘Post’. Comprising a series of short form vignettes, watching Love and Information feels akin to the flood of posts we’re greeted with each time we open TikTok or Instagram, every story a fleeting … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Love and Information by SMU StageIt (SMU Arts Fest 2023)

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Arts, Review, Toy Factory

★★☆☆☆ Review: Anthropocene by Toy Factory

Heavy-handed messaging about holding on to hope at the end of the world. The anthropocene refers to a time in which human activity has become the primary influence on climate and the environment, where man has fully established control and dominance, as we shape the world in our image. Naturally, playing god when we’re mere mortals has its consequences, something that is explored in new … Continue reading ★★☆☆☆ Review: Anthropocene by Toy Factory

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review

Review: MMRS by SMU Eluminix (SMU Arts Fest 2023)

The power of camaraderie and feelings of family are in full display in this epic reunion spanning generations of SMU EMIX dancers. Looking back on school days of years past, it’s rarely the hours spent poring over lectures and notes that stick with you in adulthood, but the happier times spent with schoolmates chilling out or discovering one’s passions. One of the greatest sources of … Continue reading Review: MMRS by SMU Eluminix (SMU Arts Fest 2023)

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review

Review: liTHE 2023 by T.H.E Second Company

Triple bill of work reflects on the self and our relationship with society.  Even with the apocalyptic pandemic somewhat behind us, 2023 still feels like a nightmare at times, whether it’s waking up to more bad news brought to us on our feeds, messy politics and scandals, and all of it making us want to curl up into a ball and tuck ourselves away from … Continue reading Review: liTHE 2023 by T.H.E Second Company

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Arts, Review, Toy Factory

★★☆☆☆ Review: The Thieves by Toy Factory

Comedy about student eco-terrorists has a fun concept but muddles the point. The ongoing conversation surrounding climate change may be exhausting and anxiety-inducing, but for theatremaker Rachel Chin, that doesn’t always have to be the case, as she attempts to subvert that with her new play The Thieves. Developed under Toy Factory’s The Wright Stuff playwright incubation programme, The Thieves made its premiere last week … Continue reading ★★☆☆☆ Review: The Thieves by Toy Factory

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review

Review: Beyond Human by SMU INDANCITY (SMU Arts Fest 2023)

Imagining the future through movement, dance and costume. What does the future look like? According to student contemporary dance group SMU INDANCITY, it’s a time where humans have evolved in new unimaginable ways, where technology becomes integrated into our lives, and where our relationship with the world around us has irrevocably changed. Playing last Saturday as part of the annual SMU Arts Fest, SMU INDANCITY’s … Continue reading Review: Beyond Human by SMU INDANCITY (SMU Arts Fest 2023)

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Arts, Review, Theatre

★★★★★ Review: G*d Is A Woman by Wild Rice

Scathing satire of our oversensitive nation’s shitstorm of culture wars. In this democratic age, where everyone’s voice matters and have been given a platform via the internet, it was inevitable that we became increasingly entitled about our opinions. Any counterarguments is seen as a personal attack, and it becomes all too easy to turn any debate into a matter of black and white, to rally … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: G*d Is A Woman by Wild Rice

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