Preview: Scaredy Kat Presents by Gateway Arts

There’s something quietly powerful about watching your fears play out in front of you—especially when they’re wrapped in story, light, and imagination. This May, Singapore audiences will get exactly that with Scaredy Kat Presents, a new youth theatre production by Gateway Arts. But this isn’t just another stage show, it’s an immersive, multimedia experience that transforms anxiety into something tangible, and ultimately, something hopeful. Inspired … Continue reading Preview: Scaredy Kat Presents by Gateway Arts

★★★★☆ Comedy Review: Off With Your Head by Sam See

Who lives? Who dies? You decide, as Sam See’s Off With Your Head turns comedy into a full-scale medieval uprising. From the moment Off With Your Head begins, there is already a sense that this is not going to be a conventional comedy show. The room feels light, easy-going and strangely intimate despite the scale of audience participation required throughout the night. Hosted by Sam … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Comedy Review: Off With Your Head by Sam See

★★★★☆ Comedy Review: Slomosexual by Nebulous Niang

Awkward, overflowing, and deeply sincere, Slomosexual feels less like a polished comedy special than a late-blooming queer life finally given space to be told out loud Less a tightly engineered standup special than an open diary performed live, Nebulous Niang’s Slomosexual arrives fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Saigon International Comedy Festival to Blu Jazz Clarke Quay. In the autobiographical stand-up power hour, … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Comedy Review: Slomosexual by Nebulous Niang

Art: Amanda Heng’s ‘A Pause’ opens at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia to represent Singapore

VENICE, ITALY – For the Singapore Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Amanda Heng Liang Ngim transforms the historic Sale d’Armi into a space for rest and observation. A Pause brings together photographs, video and an architectural intervention centred on ordinary actions such as sitting, waiting, and watching.  The work is a culmination of Heng’s four-decade practice, drawing on … Continue reading Art: Amanda Heng’s ‘A Pause’ opens at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia to represent Singapore

Preview: Singapore’s maritime history comes alive at Singapore HeritageFest 2026

There’s something about the sea that feels inseparable from Singapore. Maybe it’s the hum of ships on the horizon, the stories tucked into old piers, or the flavours and cultures that arrived on these shores over centuries. This May, that connection takes centre stage as the Singapore HeritageFest 2026 returns with a sweeping, islandwide celebration of maritime life: past, present, and still unfolding. Running from … Continue reading Preview: Singapore’s maritime history comes alive at Singapore HeritageFest 2026

Concert Review: The Music of China’s Magnificent Mountains – Darrell Ang and SCO

Darrell Ang leads the Singapore Chinese Orchestra through an immersive soundscape capturing a vivid journey across mountains. Last weekend, under the baton of Darrell Ang, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s The Music of China’s Magnificent Mountains unfolded like a carefully charted expedition, one where every ascent, valley, and horizon was shaped with intention. From the very beginning, Ang established a distinct presence, where his entrance was … Continue reading Concert Review: The Music of China’s Magnificent Mountains – Darrell Ang and SCO

NAC and Changi Airport Group enter partnership to expand reach of Singapore arts to air travellers

Singapore’s National Arts Council (NAC) and Changi Airport Group (CAG) are reimagining what an airport experience can be, and it goes far beyond duty-free shopping and transit lounges. In a newly announced three-year partnership, Changi Airport is set to transform into a dynamic cultural showcase, bringing Singapore’s arts scene directly to the millions of travellers who pass through its terminals each year. With over 70 … Continue reading NAC and Changi Airport Group enter partnership to expand reach of Singapore arts to air travellers

Tender Urgency: An Interview with rising artist Lucas Tan on his debut solo exhibition ‘Pressure Points’ at Haridas Contemporary

Lucas Tan paints as if trying to hold something just a moment longer, capturing an expression, a touch, a glance that might otherwise slip away. In his debut solo exhibition Pressure Points, the Singapore-based painter offers a body of 14 works that is at once intimate and composed, grounded in lived experience yet carefully constructed into images that linger. It’s a wildly successful work for … Continue reading Tender Urgency: An Interview with rising artist Lucas Tan on his debut solo exhibition ‘Pressure Points’ at Haridas Contemporary

★★★★★ Theatre Review: Secondary – The Musical (2026) by Checkpoint Theatre

Note: the performance reviewed featured understudies in the following major roles: Risa Ann Wong as Lilin, Nadya Zaheer as Mandy, Izzul Irfan as Omar, Fahim Murshed as Reyansh, Coco Wang as Ensemble (Discipline, Rong, Vice-Principal, Hui Ling), Nurulhuda Hassan as (Ensemble: Humour, Nadrah, Welfare, Amira, Cik Sya) weish’s Secondary: The Musical returns with a surer, more confident restaging, deepening the emotional resonance of an already … Continue reading ★★★★★ Theatre Review: Secondary – The Musical (2026) by Checkpoint Theatre

Art: Passion is Volcanic – Desire in Southeast Asian Art at National Gallery Singapore

At National Gallery Singapore, its latest exhibition, Passion is Volcanic, announces itself with a sense of anticipation the moment the tour begins, not as a quiet, contemplative walkthrough, but as something far more alive. Even before the artworks begin, the tone is set: there’s a heightened awareness that this is a space with boundaries, with its unprecedented R18 rating, and strict rules of no photography … Continue reading Art: Passion is Volcanic – Desire in Southeast Asian Art at National Gallery Singapore