Category: Review

Arts, Review, Theatre, Toy Factory

★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Master White Dragon 白龙王子  by Toy Factory

A distinctly Singaporean fable about about faith and modern spirituality that buries its strongest ideas beneath flat humour and an ending that feels rushed. Few recent local productions have started with a premise as immediately striking as Toy Factory’s Master White Dragon: an ah beng mistaken for the reincarnation of a temple deity, caught between street hustling, spiritual performance and a journalist intent on exposing … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Master White Dragon 白龙王子  by Toy Factory

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Arts, malaysia, Review, Theatre

★★★★☆ Theatre Review: Teater Normcore – Odisi Romansa by Ridhwan Saidi

Ridhwan Saidi crafts a haunting, cosmic space drama about androids to remind us what it means to be human. Ridhwan Saidi’s Teater Normcore: Odisi Romansa begins with surveillance. Before the theatre fully settles into darkness, before language and philosophy take over the stage, a grainy video emerges onscreen like recovered memory. Through the detached gaze of a CCTV camera, we follow a man and woman … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Theatre Review: Teater Normcore – Odisi Romansa by Ridhwan Saidi

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Arts, Comedy, Review, Singapore

★★★★☆ Comedy Review: Off With Your Head by Sam See

Who lives? Who dies? You decide, as Sam See’s Off With Your Head turns comedy into a full-scale medieval uprising. From the moment Off With Your Head begins, there is already a sense that this is not going to be a conventional comedy show. The room feels light, easy-going and strangely intimate despite the scale of audience participation required throughout the night. Hosted by Sam … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Comedy Review: Off With Your Head by Sam See

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Arts, Comedy, Review, Singapore

★★★★☆ Comedy Review: Slomosexual by Nebulous Niang

Awkward, overflowing, and deeply sincere, Slomosexual feels less like a polished comedy special than a late-blooming queer life finally given space to be told out loud Less a tightly engineered standup special than an open diary performed live, Nebulous Niang’s Slomosexual arrives fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Saigon International Comedy Festival to Blu Jazz Clarke Quay. In the autobiographical stand-up power hour, … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Comedy Review: Slomosexual by Nebulous Niang

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Arts, Chinese Theatre, NAFA Theatre Studio, Review, Theatre

Theatre Review: Pulau Rindu by Emergency Stairs x NAFA Industry Project 2026

Finding the shape of yearning through deconstructing a city and all the lives and stories within it. What does it mean to belong, and what happens if that belonging is tied to a place that exists only in memory, imagination, or longing? Pulau Rindu, directed by Tan Shou Chen and presented as part of the NAFA Industry Project by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and … Continue reading Theatre Review: Pulau Rindu by Emergency Stairs x NAFA Industry Project 2026

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Arts, Chinese Theatre, NAFA Theatre Studio, Review, Theatre

Theatre Review: Backstage Protocol 后台协议 by Emergency Stairs x NAFA Industry Project 2026

Demystifying the backstage and paying tribute to the unseen parts of production In line with Emergency Stairs’ ethos, Backstage Protocol, part of the NAFA Industry Project 2026 by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and Emergency Stairs, leans fully into uncertainty, trading narrative clarity for process, and polish for possibility. As a showcase, it feels less concerned with delivering a cohesive theatrical product and more invested … Continue reading Theatre Review: Backstage Protocol 后台协议 by Emergency Stairs x NAFA Industry Project 2026

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Arts, Intercultural Theatre Institute, Review, Theatre

Theatre Review: godategod by Intercultural Theatre Institute

Spiritual sequel to Haresh Sharma’s godeatgod explores faith, identity and belonging through a modern, foreign lens. Presented by the Intercultural Theatre Institute’s graduating class of 2026, Haresh Sharma’s godategod acts as a spiritual successor to his earlier godeatgod, originally written as a theatrical response to the devastating events of 9/11 and how to carry on in the face of the existential and spiritual crises it … Continue reading Theatre Review: godategod by Intercultural Theatre Institute

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Arts, Esplanade Theatre, Review, Theatre

★★★★★ Theatre Review: The BFG by the RSC, Chichester Festival Theatre, Roald Dahl Story Company, co-presented with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and SRT

A splendiferous invitation to dream big, in this magical adaptation of a beloved children’s classic with masterful puppetry and a giant heart full of hope. What if a single dream could change the world, and all it took was one small, brave “human bean” to believe in it? That spirit lies at the heart of The BFG by Roald Dahl, now reimagined in a breathtaking … Continue reading ★★★★★ Theatre Review: The BFG by the RSC, Chichester Festival Theatre, Roald Dahl Story Company, co-presented with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and SRT

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Arts, Concert, Music, Review, Singapore

Concert Review: The Music of China’s Magnificent Mountains – Darrell Ang and SCO

Darrell Ang leads the Singapore Chinese Orchestra through an immersive soundscape capturing a vivid journey across mountains. Last weekend, under the baton of Darrell Ang, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s The Music of China’s Magnificent Mountains unfolded like a carefully charted expedition, one where every ascent, valley, and horizon was shaped with intention. From the very beginning, Ang established a distinct presence, where his entrance was … Continue reading Concert Review: The Music of China’s Magnificent Mountains – Darrell Ang and SCO

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review, Theatres

★★★★☆ Dance Review: Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Somewhere between trance and precision, Fase keeps turning. Watching Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich, the signature work of Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, feels less like attending a performance and more like submitting to a condition. It is not something that easily invites a rating. It asks instead for time, attention, and a willingness to sit inside repetition—something that feels … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Dance Review: Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

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