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.
Hang Qian Chou stars as the titular ‘Hay Bee’, which translates to ‘dried shrimp’, in this one man play. Written by Desmond Sim, Shrimps In Space follows the life of Lim Huat Bee as he grows up and navigates life as a scrawny kid and the terrifying world of school, girls and more. Shrimps in Space takes the audience on a journey from Hay Bee’s primary school life … Continue reading Review: Shrimps in Space by GenerAsia [10/11/16]
SRT rounds off their 2016 season with one of the most thought provoking plays this decade. Get your tickets for the Singaporean premiere of Pulitzer-Prize winning play Disgraced, which has also become the most staged play in the US in 2016! Disgraced follows Amir, an American born Muslim who’s achieved the American Dream with a great job and beautiful artist wife (who happens to specialise in Islam-inspired … Continue reading Preview: Disgraced by SRT
“ Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton. New Opera Singapore was last seen at the Victoria Theatre with a production of Orpheus In The Underworld. They’re back again, and presenting their very first Youth Opera and Artiste-in-Residence concert series. The Youth Opera was started with the intent to spot and groom youths in Singapore with the talent … Continue reading REVIEW: A Heart That Loves + Poet’s Love by New Opera Singapore (2/11/16)
Watch Singapore’s history come alive as Serene Chen and Jean Ng recap key milestones of Singapore’s literary scene in their captivating performance, Rant and Rave II. Beyond The Bookworm Club, Bonnie Hicks, Flame of the Forest and Borders bookstore, Rant and Rave II presents the various struggles writers have been contending with since the 1950s. Should writers write only what the public wants to read? … Continue reading Preview: Rant And Rave II by The Finger Players
twentythirty is a show that’s more community theatre than avant garde. Sitting in the room full of secondary school students, I felt young again surrounded by youth. As the show began, Dramabox introduced the audience the the concept of forum theatre, which if you weren’t already aware, uses theatre as a means to discuss societal issues, allowing audiences to participate and voice their own opinions in … Continue reading Review: twentythirty by Dramabox [27/10/16]
By 2030, there will be 6.9 million people in Singapore. How will it affect you? Similar to International Friendship Day, the Singapore Kindness Movement is once again collaborating with a theatre company to produce a new play about our increasingly diverse population, with classmates, neighbors and people on the street from all over the world. Taking on a forum theatre style aimed at teens, the … Continue reading Preview: twentythirty by DramaBox
Got your head spinning deciding what shows to catch this school holiday? SRT is here to offer up two tantalising shows this November! Firstly, there’s the Singaporean premiere of Pulitzer-Prize winning play Disgraced, which has also become the most staged play in the US in 2016! Disgraced follows Amir, an American born Muslim who’s achieved the American Dream with a great job and beautiful artist wife (who happens … Continue reading Preview: Two great shows to catch this November!
Desmond Sim’s one man play Shrimps in Space is finally getting a revival this November! First written in 1999 and lauded for its heart and humour, we follow the life of Lim Huat Bee (Hang Qian Chou of Nine Years Theatre) as he grows up. Known as ‘Hay Bee’ to his friends (shrimp), Lim is a skinny, scrawny ‘shrimp’of a boy cautiously navigating his way through school … Continue reading [Preview] Shrimps in Space by GenerAsia Limited
The Necessary Stage rounds off their 2016 season with a sequel to their 2013 piece Best Of, which starred Siti K. Titled Best Of (His Story), the performance is once again written by Haresh Sharma and directed by Alvin Tan, and stars TV and theatre’s Sani Hussin, playing the role of Siti K’s husband, now taking to the stage to tell his side of the story. We … Continue reading Preview+Interview: Best Of (His Story) by The Necessary Stage
The annual W!ld Rice pantomime is back! W!ld Rice is bringing back their hit musical and last year’s Life! Theatre Award Production of the Year Monkey Goes West this Christmas season, a perfect send off to the year of the Monkey! Monkey Goes West riffs on the Chinese fantasy classic Journey to the West, where orphan Ah Tang embarks on an epic quest in a strange land, joined by … Continue reading Preview: Monkey Goes West by W!ld Rice
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