Category: Singapore

Arts, Interview, Music, Singapore

I Can, We Can: An Interview with Singer-Songwriter Jesse Ruben

Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Jesse Ruben is a beacon of hope. With two albums already under his belt, the 32-year old musician is enjoying strong success on the road as he promotes his latest EP Hope. On how he got started, Jesse explains: “I’ve always had a very special relationship with music, and I grew up listening to all sorts of genres – rock & roll, folk, … Continue reading I Can, We Can: An Interview with Singer-Songwriter Jesse Ruben

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Arts, Circus, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities by Cirque du Soleil

This July, the circus is back, as the award-winning Canadian circus Cirque du Soleil returns with the Singaporean premiere of acclaimed touring show KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities™. As with all recent circus shows, they’ll be arriving in style, setting up tent on Bayfront Avenue beside Marina Bay Sands, and promises an epic, out of this world storyline and acts to bowl you over with. Written and … Continue reading Preview: Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities by Cirque du Soleil

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Arts, Opera, Singapore

Preview: Fantasy Island Cruise by L’arietta Productions

This April, homegrown opera company L’arietta Productions is here to take audiences on a trip aboard the Fantasy Island Cruise! Directed by Richard Tan, with music directed by Aloysius Foong, the company is set to perform an operatic double bill of works at the Arts House Play Den, presenting Joseph Horowitz’s Gentleman’s Island and Gian Carlo Menotti’s chamber opera classic The Telephone. In Gentleman’s Island, two well-bred gentlemen find themselves shipwrecked … Continue reading Preview: Fantasy Island Cruise by L’arietta Productions

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Singapore, travel, travelXculture

Travel Time: Mövenpick Resort & Spa Jimbaran Bali Receives Green Globe™ Certification

Mövenpick Resort & Spa Jimbaran Bali has just received its very first Green Globe™ Certification, strengthening their pledge to become one of the largest hotel groups committed to Green Globe Certification with all properties getting onboard. As the premier worldwide certification program developed specifically for the travel and tourism industry, Green Globe™ assists organizations to improve their economic, social and environmental sustainability, while rewarding and … Continue reading Travel Time: Mövenpick Resort & Spa Jimbaran Bali Receives Green Globe™ Certification

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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Singapore International Piano Festival 2019 by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

The 26th edition of the Singapore International Piano Festival returns this May and gathers virtuoso pianists from all four corners of the world. Presented by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, naturally, the festival will be held at their home at the Victoria Concert Hall, doubling in significance as the iconic birthplace of the festival. Well known for its intimate setting, audiences can expect concerts up closer and … Continue reading Preview: Singapore International Piano Festival 2019 by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

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Arts, Singapore, Theatre

Preview: Railway Records by Desert Wine

  Desert Wine’s Comfort Theatre Series returns this weekend with a brand new production, this time with a site-specific theatre work titled Railway Records.  Held in partnership with the Bicentennial, the free performance runs at the black truss bridge at the former Bukit Timah Railway Station on Saturday, March 30th for six 30 minute sessions, showcasing five monologues that capture the last 116 years of our passenger … Continue reading Preview: Railway Records by Desert Wine

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Arts, News, Singapore

#SupportLocal: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Launches the Arts Support Framework

As part of their ongoing efforts to support the arts and cultural ecosystem in Singapore, the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC) has announced its all new Arts Support Framework, set to launch an Arts Housing Programme, Visual Arts Partnership and Artspace@SCCC, offering more opportunities for local arts and cultural groups to develop and present their works in SCCC. Three groups have been selected to move … Continue reading #SupportLocal: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Launches the Arts Support Framework

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Arts, Asian Civilisations Museum, Museums, Peranakan Museum, Preview, Singapore

Museum Musings: Wanderland at the Asian Civilisations Museum

Join the Asian Civilisations Musuem’s first ever fruit market, and enjoy a free cup of  LiHo bubble tea, kurama ningyo and bunraku puppet performances, fusion music performed within the galleries, or decorate your own kite for a community art installation as you create your own wanderland this weekend. Other activities include old school arcade games, an immersive space with plenty of dioramas to take photos … Continue reading Museum Musings: Wanderland at the Asian Civilisations Museum

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Arts, Esplanade Theatre Studio, Experimental, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatres

The Studios 2019: An Interview with Natalie Hennedige, Director of Rubber Girl On The Loose

so This week, the Esplanade’s new season of The Studios returns, presenting a lineup of intimate, powerful theatre shows playing at both the Theatre Studio and Annexe Studio. Kicking off the season is Cake Theatrical Productions with their hotly anticipated new production Rubber Girl On The Loose.  Based off Sophocles’s Antigone, this new interpretation of the Greek classic carries on in Cake’s tradition of reworking Greek plays (following … Continue reading The Studios 2019: An Interview with Natalie Hennedige, Director of Rubber Girl On The Loose

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Sands Theatre, Sands Theatre Highlights, Singapore

Preview: The Phantom of the Opera presented by BASE Entertainment Asia

Winning over 70 major theatre awards, boasting the best-selling cast recording of all time and achieving the honour of being the longest running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera is without one of the world’s favourite musicals. So the fact that Base Entertainment Asia will be bringing this titan of a musical back to Singapore in April 2019 is absolutely cause for celebration. … Continue reading Preview: The Phantom of the Opera presented by BASE Entertainment Asia

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