Category: Review

Arts, Concert, Music, Review, Singapore

Voilah! 2019: SSO Gala – Vladimir Ashkenazy & Gautier Capuçon (Review)

A lavish opening for Voilah! 2019  Although never positioned as such, it feels as if the underlying theme of the individual battling insurmountable odds runs through the latest SSO Gala’s set. Opening the 2019 Voilah! France Singapore Festival, the concert invites internationally celebrated conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy along with French cellist Gautier Capuçon to perform two pieces by Schumann, and a Tchaikovsky symphony to finish. The gala … Continue reading Voilah! 2019: SSO Gala – Vladimir Ashkenazy & Gautier Capuçon (Review)

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Arts, Comedy, Music, Review, Singapore

Laughter Is: The Try Guys Legends of the Internet Tour 2019 (Review)

Giving the fans exactly what they want at their tour’s only Southeast Asian stop. There’s something altogether fascinating that each time entertainers who’ve made it big via a medium such as music, podcasts or video, they’re compelled to translate that to the most universal and timeless medium of all – live entertainment. For as much as one can accumulate billions of views on one’s YouTube … Continue reading Laughter Is: The Try Guys Legends of the Internet Tour 2019 (Review)

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Arts, London, Review, Singapore, Theatre, travel, travelXculture

Touring the UK 2019: European Arts Company’s A Christmas Carol (Preview)

LONDON – This festive season, European Arts Company returns following a highly successful 2018 run of A Christmas Carol. Inspired by Dickens’s own charitable work, the 2019 tour is in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital, reflecting the heart-warming message of Scrooge’s philanthropic transformation in this perfect Christmas story. Audiences will be thrilled to experience A Christmas Carol as Dickens himself performed it over 150 … Continue reading Touring the UK 2019: European Arts Company’s A Christmas Carol (Preview)

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Arts, Comedy, Review, Singapore

Laughter Is: Going Places at Merry Lion Club (Review)

Fun night out hearing new voices on the local comedy scene. If there’s something to be said about Singapore’s comedy scene, it’s that more than ever, there’s an increasing number of opportunities for newcomers to arrive on the scene and get a chance to try it out. And over at the Merry Lion Club on Circular Road, Singapore’s ‘Home of Comedy’, that opportunity is ripe, … Continue reading Laughter Is: Going Places at Merry Lion Club (Review)

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Arts, Pangdemonium, Review, Singapore, Theatre, Theatre Companies

Review: Urinetown by Pangdemonium

Piss-perfect performance to round off Pangdemonium’s 2019 season. If Les Miserables was the musical that brought the romance to revolution, then Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis’ Urinetown is almost certainly the one that takes the piss out of it. Wrapping up Pangdemonium’s 2019 season, Urinetown is the rare satirical musical that dares to poke fun at the musical genre and convention, yet, is in itself a more than competent production … Continue reading Review: Urinetown by Pangdemonium

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Arts, London, Review, Singapore, Theatre, travel, travelXculture

Touring the UK 2019: Proteus Theatre’s Macbeth (Preview)

LONDON – Embarking on a UK tour following its successful run in London and Basingstoke, award-winning Proteus’ adaptation of Macbeth takes Shakespeare’s macabre tragedy to the tumult of the trading room floor. Directed by Mary Swan, the artistic director, this Macbeth is a gripping corporate thriller set in London during the stock market crash of 1987. A Great Storm, a Black Monday, a market crash … Continue reading Touring the UK 2019: Proteus Theatre’s Macbeth (Preview)

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Arts, Comedy, Music, Review, Singapore

Laughter Is: Melbourne International Comedy Roadshow 2019 (Review)

The latest edition of the annual comedy roadshow brings more laughs to the Singapore crowd.  If there’s one comedy event we can count on to come back every year, it’s almost certainly the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow, who’ve made Singapore a mainstay of their tour schedule for years now. Back again at the KC Arts Centre with a brand new set of five up … Continue reading Laughter Is: Melbourne International Comedy Roadshow 2019 (Review)

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Arts, Concert, Esplanade Concert Hall, Music, musical, Review, Singapore, Theatres

Review: Dick Lee’s The Mad Chinaman 30th Anniversary Concert

30 years on from the launch of his signature album, and Dick Lee can still turn out an unforgettable concert. There’s good reason why Dick Lee is known as ‘The Mad Chinaman”, sharing that title with one of his most iconic albums, released in 1989. There’s a manic, unrestrained energy that emanates from the man in every move and every word, tempered by a timeless … Continue reading Review: Dick Lee’s The Mad Chinaman 30th Anniversary Concert

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Arts, Dance with Me, Experimental, Review, Singapore

Review: Being, and Organs by Paul Gong (Taiwan), presented by RAW Moves

Striking a balance between humanity and technology in RAW Moves latest work. From a prosthetic limbs to a bio-printed heart, technology seems to be developing at increasingly unprecedented rates. And as we find new ways and means to replace our organic body parts with artificial ones, how much longer will it be before we can truly, fully call ourselves ‘human’? Such a conundrum forms the … Continue reading Review: Being, and Organs by Paul Gong (Taiwan), presented by RAW Moves

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Arts, Esplanade Theatre, Interview, Music, Review, Singapore

Esplanade’s Mosaic Music Series: The Manhattan Transfer (Review)

50 years on and still one of the absolute best vocal groups around. The Manhattan Transfer are undoubtedly one of America’s greatest treasures. Comprising Janis Siegel, Alan Paul and Cheryl Bentyne, along with newest member Trist Curless, the multiple Grammy Award-winning pop/jazz vocal quartet returned to the Esplanade Theatre after eight years on Tuesday, performing tracks from their latest album, along with all their greatest … Continue reading Esplanade’s Mosaic Music Series: The Manhattan Transfer (Review)

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