Category: Review

Arts, Review, Singapore, Theatre

★★★★☆ Review: Model Citizens (2021) by The Necessary Stage

Women without men. Singapore is a nation that has always been proud of its pristine city, seemingly flawless to the rest of the world. But underneath its facade lies a tangled mass of quashed tensions, constantly threatening to break past the surface.  Such is the case in The Necessary Stage’s (TNS) Model Citizens, where a Member of Parliament (MP) is stabbed by an unhappy citizen, … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Model Citizens (2021) by The Necessary Stage

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review, Singapore

★★★★☆ Review: Agathi | Refugee by Apsaras Arts

Retelling the story of the refugee crisis through Bharatanatyam. In a first-time collaboration between Apsaras Arts and Wild Rice, the Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium played host to Agathi | Refugee. Directed by Aravinth Kumarasamy, with dramaturgy by Ivan Heng, the performance brings together theatre, poetry and the classical Indian dance form Bharatanatyam to spotlight the lives and plight of refugees on the intimate stage. The … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Agathi | Refugee by Apsaras Arts

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Arts, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre

★★☆☆☆ Review: The Other F Word by Miriam Cheong

Confused message finds it difficult to cut through the flab of Miriam Cheong’s one-woman show. In her no-holds barred confessional play The Other F Word, Miriam Cheong admits that her body has always been an issue for her, ever since she was in school, to being an adult actress today. Directed by Aidli ‘Alin’ Mosbit, The Other F Word is all about starting a conversation … Continue reading ★★☆☆☆ Review: The Other F Word by Miriam Cheong

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review, Singapore

Review: LEAP 2021 by Frontier Danceland

Youth dancers take on Frontier Danceland dancers’ new choreographies. In the 11th edition of LEAP, the latest batch of the M1-Frontier Danceland PULSE Programme graduates made their mark with five works that showed off the results of their training. Taking inspiration from the movement of birds, the performance opened strong with Mark Robles’ AviuMotus, seeing the dancers dressed in traditional, cultural garb. One could practically … Continue reading Review: LEAP 2021 by Frontier Danceland

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Arts, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre

Review: Broken Turns by Qotn. Van Su Yun

Choose your own Spanish dance class. Despite its status as a corporate meeting platform, Zoom has offered up a surprising number of possibilities and potential as a medium for theatre. For performer Qotn. Van Su Yun, director Adeeb Fazah, and writer Nah Dominic, it’s become a prime means of experimentation when it comes to storytelling in the pandemic season, as seen in their new work … Continue reading Review: Broken Turns by Qotn. Van Su Yun

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Arts, Books, By The Book, literature, Review

★★★☆☆ Book Review: First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami

Quintessential Haruki Murakami reflecting on the little absurdities that make up our world.  I first discovered Haruki Murakami as a teenager, diving into his works from The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle to 1Q84. Often, it was the ones that had a distinct, surreal touch that struck me, creating the idea that beyond what our usual senses could detect, there lay an entire layer of alternate reality, dangerous and dream-like. … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Book Review: First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami

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Arts, Opera, Review, Singapore

★★★☆☆ Review: In Our Manner of Speaking – ReClaimed Lands by The Opera People

Migration and movement explored through song. Following their previous live performance, one of the last to take place in a venue before circuit breaker measures in 2020, The Opera People returned to Wild Rice’s theatre studio for their annual iteration of In Our Manner of Speaking. Combining poetry read by Joel Tan), art songs, classical tunes and contemporary numbers, the performance present commentary on the … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: In Our Manner of Speaking – ReClaimed Lands by The Opera People

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Arts, Review, Substation

SeptFest Week 2: Brown Is Haram and Tabula Rasa

The stories and lived experiences of minorities take centrestage in week 2 of The Substation’s SeptFest.  For the second week of The Substation’s SeptFest, we watched two works centred on minorities, in terms of both race, and unique life experiences. Both pieces this week had strong messages about what they wanted to say about their identity, fiercely unique in their personal voice, and speaking loud … Continue reading SeptFest Week 2: Brown Is Haram and Tabula Rasa

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Arts, Comedy, Review, Singapore

★★★★☆ Review: A Dose of Comedy featuring Kumar and his Showgirls

Singapore’s queen of comedy is back to claim the throne in local live comedy. A chance to see Singapore’s funniest drag queen should never be passed up, especially when it’s been so long since her last show. Presented by OMT Entertainment, A Dose of Comedy welcomes Kumar back onstage for live comedy gigs since the pandemic began, with his brand of humour the vaccination you … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: A Dose of Comedy featuring Kumar and his Showgirls

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review, Singapore

Review: Past . Presence . Future . by NUS Dance Ensemble feat. NUS Electronic Music Lab (NUS Arts Fest 2021)

A reminder to live life fully and without regret. Given its theme of A Question of Time, it seems appropriate that the 2021 NUS Arts Festival opens with NUS Dance Ensemble and NUS Electronic Music Lab’s Past . Presence . Future . Choreographed by Zaini Mohammad Tahir, the collaborative work combines dance, electronic music and film to tell the story of a family, and how … Continue reading Review: Past . Presence . Future . by NUS Dance Ensemble feat. NUS Electronic Music Lab (NUS Arts Fest 2021)

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