This section covers the Singapore Arts and Theatre Scene. This very vibrant scene is amazing and we will update the latest happenings and giveaways. Stay Tuned.
It’s an interesting phenomenon how most children aspire to match or surpass their parents, only to reminisce and wish for their childhood once more the moment they become a parent themselves. There seems to be an irreconcilable rift between a parent and his or her child – in spite of being of the same flesh and blood, they’ll never live in the same world or … Continue reading M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Under My Skin by Alessandra Fel
Pretty Butch is a title that’s confusing at first – is it saying it’s a show about butches who’re pretty? Or a particularly ravishing short haired, ‘mannish’ woman? And can a butch be considered ‘pretty’, if society has already deemed the word ‘butch’ to exclude being pretty? In fact, in attempting to interpret its very title, director and playwright Tan Liting’s Pretty Butch is already making us think … Continue reading M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Pretty Butch
Marina Bay Sands has played host to some of the most exciting international acts since its inception. For 2017, the trend continues, and this is their exciting lineup in the months to come! Chicago (8-19 February) Chicago is one of the sexiest, most exciting musicals to come off Broadway. Involving nightclub singers, smooth-talking lawyers and a double-murderess, this production certainly won’t bet your usual cheery … Continue reading Preview: BASE Entertainment 2017 Season
If I had to categorize or label Fight! Palast, I would consider it to be less of a performance and more of an experience. Minutes into the show, I found myself moulting out of my role as an audience and engaging with the Peng! Palast trio as just another participant in a communal activity with three hosts. One likes cooking, another likes exercising, the last … Continue reading M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Fight! Palast #MembersOnly by Peng! Palast
Labels, UK-based Worklight Theatre’s multi-award winning show, made its Asian debut as one of the festival highlights of this year’s M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. Written and performed by Worklight co-founder Joe Sellman-Leava, this one-man autobiographical show presents a funny and touching look at Sellman-Leava’s childhood growing up in 90s rural England against the radically shifting political landscapes of Britain today. Using the overarching theme of … Continue reading M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Labels by Worklight Theatre
Gear up for another year of quality theatre from SRT. Although we mourn the lack of their annual Shakespeare in the Park, we’re more than delighted at their lineup this year, featuring some of the most exciting new plays off Broadway, along with an older local favourite from a few years back… SRT starts off 2017 with English writer Nick Payne’s Constellations, which had fangirls … Continue reading Preview: SRT’s 2017 Season
2017 marks the FIFTH year Pangdemonium introduced their Season Ticket, allowing buyers priority booking to all three of their shows in 2017 for some great seats. This year, they’ve added two new categories – a cheaper season ticket that gives you Cat 2 seats to all shows, as well as a premier, VIP category, which will grant exclusive access to meets and greets with cast … Continue reading Preview: Pangdemonium 2017 Season
After bringing you a preview of week 1’s offerings (hyperlink here), here’s week 2’s list of shows at the 2017 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival! Pretty Butch by Tan Liting Director Tan Liting takes on portrayals of gender in this ensemble performance featuring five characters grappling with living on the edge of masculinity and femininity in a society that harasses them for it. Pretty Butch explores the possibility … Continue reading Preview: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2017 – Art & Skin (Week 2)
Passerby Projects’ latest production features a collaboration with Dream Bravely, with an original script by writer Sarah Howell, who also directed the piece that melds the mysteries of the internet with a mysterious death. In Search of Salt follows Gaya (Alison Wong), whose younger sister Sel passes a few months before the events of the play. Gaya begins to receive mysterious Facebook messages from her supposedly deceased … Continue reading Review: In Search of Salt by Passerby Projects and Dream Bravely
December is a period that’s often fraught with big commercial plays and musicals to capitalise on the Christmas spirit. Sometimes you get tired of all that, and need something a little more sincere, honest and heartfelt. And that’s why Dear Jay is a breath of fresh air and one production you should be catching. Blue Bean Productions’ inaugural production Dear Jay follows Leonard (Benedict Leong), a young man … Continue reading Review: Dear Jay by Blue Bean Productions
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