Category: Singapore

Arts, Concert, Music, Preview, Singapore

Music Is: Singapore Symphony Orchestra goes onscreen with Shaw Theatres

For the first time in the Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s history, an SSO concert will be screened in cinemas – on 27th and 30th November at Shaw Theatres. The film will be shown at Shaw Theatres Lido 4 in Orchard, on Friday 27th November, followed by a screening at Shaw Theatres Jewel 1 on Monday 30th November. The screening features the orchestra’s concert “Chorus of the … Continue reading Music Is: Singapore Symphony Orchestra goes onscreen with Shaw Theatres

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Arts, Dance with Me, Esplanade Theatre Studio, Preview, Singapore

Preview: RawGround – Reference by RAW Moves

Bored at home and run out of things to binge on Netflix? Try marathoning dance videos instead, as RAW Moves presents RawGround: Reference this November. Taking its title from how references act as the the frameworks through which we develop several different facets of our lives – ourselves, others, the past and the present, a total of 12 short films will be released over 12 … Continue reading Preview: RawGround – Reference by RAW Moves

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Arts, Film, Preview, Singapore

Preview: True Colors Film Festival 2020

This December, the inaugural True Colors Film Festival (TCFF) makes its debut online, as a 10-day festival comprising around 30 award-winning full-length and short films, documentaries and dialogues from 15 countries, all available online for free.  Curated around the theme “One World, One Family”, the films turn the spotlight on the universal experiences of connection, hope, dreams, struggle and transformation; and on the vision of a … Continue reading Preview: True Colors Film Festival 2020

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

Preview: How To Break A Window by T:>Works

Following their hybrid edition of Festival of Women: N.O.W. 2020 (not ordinary work) in July, this December, T:>Works is set to re-open their doors for their final programme of 2020. Taking place from 16th to 19th December 2020, T:>Works will be welcoming a limited audience to attend a hybrid theatrical experience at their home at 72-13, with the intention of deepening engagement with an emerging community of … Continue reading Preview: How To Break A Window by T:>Works

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Arts, festival, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

Preview: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2021 – Quiet Riot!

In a year that’s seen the world undergo forced change and expedited evolution, it seems only appropriate that the 2021 edition of the annual M1 Singapore Fringe Festival (M1SFF) would be dealing with related themes of revolution, transformation and resistance. Now in its 17th edition, the festival returns from 20th to 31st January 2021 with nine events from local and international companies, available in the … Continue reading Preview: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2021 – Quiet Riot!

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Arts, Music, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre

Preview: Arts In Your Neighbourhood – Kallang and Geylang

Even with a pandemic going on, there’s no stopping you from getting to know your neighbourhood a little better, especially with the return of the National Arts Council’s Arts In Your Neighbourhood (AYN) programme this November. This time around, the biannual programme is zooming in on the eastern neighbourhood of Kallang/Geylang Serai, with plenty of fascinating history and stories to be discovered. For the first … Continue reading Preview: Arts In Your Neighbourhood – Kallang and Geylang

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Arts, Film, Review, Singapore

★★★★☆ Review: 男儿王 Number 1 dir. Ong Kuo Sin

One of Singapore’s first openly queer Mandarin films brings drag and LGBTQ issues to the mainstream with heart and humour.  RuPaul may have brought drag culture to mainstream audiences all over the world, but here in conservative Singapore, the idea of a man dressing up as a woman continues to be seen as a thing to be shunned, and a source of shame for most … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: 男儿王 Number 1 dir. Ong Kuo Sin

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Arts, Music, Preview, Singapore

Sing’Theatre organises fundraising initiative SINGATHON for the needy

In line with the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre’s Giving Week, local theatre company Sing’theatre is launching a unique fundraising campaign, with SINGATHON on Sunday, 20th December 2020. “If people can run a Marathon for a cause, why not sing for a cause, for a Singathon? Especially when the cause is to bring live music to the patients in the hospitals,” explains TJ Taylor, Sing’theatre’s Associate … Continue reading Sing’Theatre organises fundraising initiative SINGATHON for the needy

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Arts, Books, By The Book, literature, Review, Singapore

★★★★☆ Book Review: Calm – A Journal For Myself by PK Poniah

Keep calm and carry on. With how awful 2020 has turned out to be, it’s more important than ever to embrace the idea of mindfulness, and learn how to take care of our mental health so we don’t fizzle out all of a sudden with no warning. And according to PK Poniah, who has a masters in guidance and counselling, one way of doing that … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Book Review: Calm – A Journal For Myself by PK Poniah

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Arts, Books, By The Book, literature, Review, Singapore

★★★☆☆ Book Review: Sherlock Sam and the Seafaring Scourge on Sentosa by A.J. Low

Crime-solving child sleuths take to Singapore’s offshore islands.  I’ll admit, despite it being the fifteenth book in the series, this is actually the first Sherlock Sam book I’m reading. But even as a newcomer, it’s easy enough to dive into the fast-paced exploits of our local child detectives. And this time around, Sherlock Sam and the Wonderful Watson Online Detective Agency are taking their adventure … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Book Review: Sherlock Sam and the Seafaring Scourge on Sentosa by A.J. Low

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