Category: Review

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George Town Festival 2019: Kampong Chempedak by The Glowers Drama Group (Review)

Change is the only constant. PENANG, MALAYSIA – While most modern city-dwellers have long gotten used to the constant march of progress as our cityscape moves forth, there remain those that find it difficult to impossible to adapt to the way the world has changed. Performed by Singapore senior theatre group The Glowers, our story then focuses on the villagers of Kampong Chempedak, once a thriving and … Continue reading George Town Festival 2019: Kampong Chempedak by The Glowers Drama Group (Review)

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Arts, Chinese Theatre, Interview, KC Arts Centre, Nine Years Theatre, Review, Singapore, Theatre, Theatre Companies

Review: First Fleet (第一舰队) by Nine Years Theatre and Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre

Steering audiences to believe in the redemptive power of art. Written and directed by Nelson Chia, First Fleet marks a bold move for the Nine Years Theatre artistic director, clearly differentiating them from the rest of the companies producing works relating to Singapore’ colonial history this year. Taking inspiration from both historical figures and Thomas Keneally’s novel The Playmaker, First Fleet instead focuses on Australia’s colonial history. And more specifically, the … Continue reading Review: First Fleet (第一舰队) by Nine Years Theatre and Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review, Singapore

M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2019: Off Stage (Review)

Strong potential evident in each of these works-in-progress Created as a platform to showcase new works-in-progress from local and regional dance artists, the M1 Contact Dance Festival 2019’s Off Stage presented four draft pieces at T.H.E Dance Company’s studio at Goodman Arts Centre. Inviting both members of the public and local/international dancers and choreographers, Off Stage not only gave audience members a chance to preview … Continue reading M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2019: Off Stage (Review)

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Arts, Food, Review, Singapore

Singapore Food Festival 2019: Advanced Dining by Telok Ayer Arts Club & The Picnic (Review)

Expect the unexpected and come away with a new belief in the art of dining. Spoilers ahead Eating is and always will be a part of our daily lives. But get into a routine long enough, and you may just begin to forget just what it was that made food such a magical experience in the first place. Enter Advanced Dining, a curated experiential art … Continue reading Singapore Food Festival 2019: Advanced Dining by Telok Ayer Arts Club & The Picnic (Review)

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Arts, malaysia, Review, travel, travelXculture

George Town Festival 2019: Screaming in Silence by Parastoo Theatre Team (Review)

Staging the painful truth of forced marriage in Afghanistan.  PENANG, MALAYSIA – Performed by Parastoo Theatre Team, a group of Afghan refugees who are based in Malaysia, Screaming in Silence uses the form of Theatre of the Oppressed to raise awareness about child marriage in Afghanistan, following the life of a young girl forced into marriage with a much older man by her father and the community. Performed in … Continue reading George Town Festival 2019: Screaming in Silence by Parastoo Theatre Team (Review)

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72-13, Arts, Music, Review, Singapore, Theatreworks

N.O.W. 2019: Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Review)

  Almost 30 years on and Ovidia Yu’s classic remains shockingly relevant. One of my earliest memories of coming into contact with local theatre is picking up a copy of Fat Virgins, Fast Cars and Asian Values in the late 2000s, collecting some of the Theatreworks Writers’ Lab’s most seminal plays from the 1990s. Naturally, as its title suggests, this collection contained Ovidia Yu’s Three Fat Virgins Unassembled, a … Continue reading N.O.W. 2019: Three Fat Virgins Unassembled (Review)

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review, Singapore

M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2019: Dance at Dusk by T.H.E Second Company (Review)

Highlighting communication breakdowns in the light of the setting sun. Returning to the M1 Contact Festival once again since its inception in 2017, Dance at Dusk remains one of the festival’s most important, accessible free programmes reaching out not only to curious families, but also, to the differently abled, who may not be able to appreciate dance in the same way the able do. Working together with … Continue reading M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2019: Dance at Dusk by T.H.E Second Company (Review)

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Food, Review, Singapore

SPRMRKT at STPI: Bringing Out The Best Of Each Ingredient

SPRMRKT at STPI has been a mainstay of the Robertson Quay area for some time now. Supporting art gallery STPI with a space to eat, drink and relax after indulging in a little arts and culture, SPRMRKT has grown from strength to strength with each passing year. Most recently, they’ve been delving into collaborations with regional chefs or chefs from around the region based in … Continue reading SPRMRKT at STPI: Bringing Out The Best Of Each Ingredient

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Arts, Opera, Review, Singapore

Review: Dwarf by The Opera People

Zemlinsky’s opera receives a high school twist that exposes society’s ugly prejudices. A 1922 Austrian opera may seem like it has little to do with Singapore in 2019, but with The Opera People’s Dwarf, there may be more similarities than meets the eye. While the original Der Zwerg closely followed its Wildean source material The Infantata’s Birthday, where a Spanish Infantata (princess) receives a dwarf for her birthday, only … Continue reading Review: Dwarf by The Opera People

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Arts, Review, Singapore

Review: Singapore International Festival of Arts 2019

When the 2019 Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) programme line-up was announced in February this year, expectations ran high and hype was abound. With the impending arrival of some of the greatest living artists today and exciting new work from local artists, SIFA 2019 promised a season of arts that would establish May as Singapore’s month of arts, building on what Festival Director Gaurav … Continue reading Review: Singapore International Festival of Arts 2019

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