★★★★☆ Review: 0.01 by Goh Shou Yi, Rei Poh & Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

Mind the gap – you might find a surprising connection. In Wong Kar-Wai’s 1994 film Chungking Express, Takeshi Kaneshiro considers his character’s relationship with Brigitte Lin, where at the highest point, they were a mere 0.01cm apart. With how tight-knit our city structure is, this could also apply to our everyday interactions, where 0.01cm represents the tiny distance between ourselves and others, the space and … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: 0.01 by Goh Shou Yi, Rei Poh & Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

bakchormeeboyJanuary 18, 2022Leave a comment

Arts, Review, Singapore

★★★☆☆ Review: The Good Citizen by Singapore Youth Theatre

Play by the rules or get left behind, in this bleak interpretation of Singaporean life. What happens in life can sometimes feel like it’s left completely up to chance, perhaps with the roll of a die. With the Singapore Youth Theatre’s The Good Citizen, Wild Rice’s youth theatre wing takes that thought and runs with it, as it imagines the only way to get ahead … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: The Good Citizen by Singapore Youth Theatre

bakchormeeboyJanuary 14, 2022January 14, 2022Leave a comment

Arts, KC Arts Centre, Review, Theatre

★★★☆☆ Review: Girls Like That by The Young Company

A heartbreaking work of youthful cruelty. Sometimes the cruelest people in society, are those closest to you, because they know exactly where it hurts most. And in Singapore Repertory Theatre’s production of Evan Placey’s Girls Like That, we learn that it is often the youth who are the worst perpetrators of all – unaware of just how much pain their words can inflict. Directed by … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Girls Like That by The Young Company

bakchormeeboyJanuary 10, 2022Leave a comment

Food, Review, Singapore

★★★★★ Review: Restaurant Absurdities by Andsoforth

The very idea of a restaurant that serves the unexpected sounds altogether…absurd. How would diners know how to prepare themselves? What if they get served something they absolutely hate? And more importantly, that you won’t be sitting down for the whole two hours, but moving around from room to room with every course? There’s only one company that’s off-kilter and ambitious enough to do it … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Restaurant Absurdities by Andsoforth

bakchormeeboyJanuary 4, 20224 Comments

Arts, Review, Singapore, Theatre

2021 In Review: The Year Of Perseverance, and the Bakchormeeboy Awards 2021

Last year, we coined 2020 as ‘The Year That Never Was’, where we skipped out on our annual Bakchormeeboy Awards, due to the immense toll and damage the arts scene had taken on during the year. Companies were left battered and bruised from the financial burden of sunk costs from booking venues, or were unable to stage full shows due to the restrictions on performer … Continue reading 2021 In Review: The Year Of Perseverance, and the Bakchormeeboy Awards 2021

bakchormeeboyDecember 31, 20211 Comment

Arts, Cabaret, Comedy, Review, Theatre

Review: Boom Boom Room Live

Reviving the glory days of Singapore’s cabaret scene. If there’s one thing to be said about the Boom Boom Room, it’s that it lived up to its name – loud, proud and unabashed about giving audiences a good time. And amidst the dark reality we’re all living through right now, it’s exactly the kind of energy we need once again. While the original Boom Boom … Continue reading Review: Boom Boom Room Live

bakchormeeboyDecember 18, 2021Leave a comment

Arts, Dance with Me, Review

★★★★☆ Review: Seeing ______ Through the Eyes of Impermanence by T.H.E Dance Company

Nothing lasts forever. With how often we experience change in our life, you’d think that we’d have gotten used to it by now. But no matter how many iterations of change we’ve been through, be it moving from place to place, or simply breaking from day to day routines, we remain resistant to change. In T.H.E Dance Company’s year-end production, Seeing ______Through The Eyes of … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Seeing ______ Through the Eyes of Impermanence by T.H.E Dance Company

bakchormeeboyDecember 18, 2021December 18, 2021Leave a comment

Arts, Review, Singapore, Theatre

★★☆☆☆ Review: The Lobby by Impromptu Meetings

Absurdist theatre meets social commentary. Having made their debut in 2021 with The Late Night Show with Xiao Ming, and a follow-up in September with The Staff Room, it seemed for a while that Impromptu Meetings had found their niche online, making use of Zoom functions to create unique, interactive digital productions bringing a little light to the pandemic era. However, come December, the collective … Continue reading ★★☆☆☆ Review: The Lobby by Impromptu Meetings

bakchormeeboyDecember 18, 2021December 18, 20212 Comments

Arts, Film, Review, Singapore

★★★★☆ Review: The Edge of Daybreak dir. Taiki Sakpisit

It’s always darkest before the dawn. Across horror films, the haunted house trope has remained one of the Western world’s strongest. From its humble beginnings as simply a cursed space where visitors and inhabitants meet gruesome ends, the modern haunted house film has evolved to explore how generations of trauma infect the space, becoming a musing on cycles of violence and pain households become ensnared … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: The Edge of Daybreak dir. Taiki Sakpisit

bakchormeeboyDecember 2, 2021Leave a comment

Arts, Film, Review, Singapore

★★★★☆ Review: Barbarian Invasion dir. Tan Chui Mui

Finding strength and power through film. “When I was younger, film was everything,” says director Roger Woo (Pete Teo), in Malaysian filmmaker Tan Chui Mui’s new film Barbarian Invasion. “Now, everything is film.” In many ways, that’s the quote that encapsulates Barbarian Invasion as a whole, as it considers the thin line between fiction and reality, and the redemptive qualities of performance and film. Playing … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Barbarian Invasion dir. Tan Chui Mui