Super Rugby 2019: SUNWOLVES Put Up Determined Fight Against Sharks In First Match of 2019 despite going down 45-10

Super Rugby returned to Singapore at the Sports Hub on Saturday for an intense match between adopted home team HITO-Communications Sunwolves in red, in their first match of the season, and away team Sharks (in black), in their third match of the season. The Sunwolves kicked off the first half, only to lose the opening advantage to the Sharks with a penalty in the 4th … Continue reading Super Rugby 2019: SUNWOLVES Put Up Determined Fight Against Sharks In First Match of 2019 despite going down 45-10

Preview: The Future of Our Pasts Festival by Yale-NUS College

Organised by Yale-NUS College in support of the Singapore Bicentennial, next week sees the launch of the inaugural The Future of Our Pasts Festival (TFOOPFest), seeking to explore lesser-known narratives in Singapore history through various art mediums. Running from 16th February to 17th March, the month-long festival features 11 projects created by local undergraduates, young artists and cultural advocates. The programme lineup is set to showcase a range of … Continue reading Preview: The Future of Our Pasts Festival by Yale-NUS College

Super Rugby 2019: SUNWOLVES Determined to Boost Their Record This Season As They Take On Sharks

Singapore’s adopted home team HITO-Communications SUNWOLVES will take on South Africa’s SHARKS at the National Stadium tomorrow, in the first of two Super Rugby matches in Singapore this year. The SUNWOLVES return to the Southeast Asian city state coming off their first historic win here in June last year against the Bulls. They will be aiming to kick off their campaign with a winning start to their 2019 Super Rugby season … Continue reading Super Rugby 2019: SUNWOLVES Determined to Boost Their Record This Season As They Take On Sharks

Super Rugby 2019: SUNWOLVES Inspire Young Fans At Fun-Filled Afternoon of Rugby Coaching

The HITO-Communications SUNWOLVES are back in Singapore for the highly-anticipated Super Rugby match against the SHARKS, and some players joined a local rugby training session this afternoon at Sembawang Primary School ahead of the big game. Over 50 students aged between 9 to 12 attended the session and had the opportunity to get up-close and personal with the players for some rugby fundamentals, skill workshops … Continue reading Super Rugby 2019: SUNWOLVES Inspire Young Fans At Fun-Filled Afternoon of Rugby Coaching

Huayi Festival 2019: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by Li Liuyi Theatre Studio (Review)

Tragedy seems written in the stars in this lengthy production as the cosmos themselves bid our sweet prince goodnight.  Ranking among Shakespeare’s best works, it’s little surprise that Hamlet has seen countless productions and interpretations over the centuries. Opening the Esplanade’s Huayi Festival 2019, director Li Liuyi’s latest production of the piece sees the moody protagonist played by film star Hu Jun (Red Cliff, East Palace West Palace), … Continue reading Huayi Festival 2019: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by Li Liuyi Theatre Studio (Review)

In London’s West End 2018: The Cane by the Royal Court Theatre (Review)

A wicked reflection on victimization in the age of snowflakes. LONDON – For many adults, the image of a cane dredges up the memory of unpleasant childhoods, a symbol of punishment, fear and judgment. But as the years have gone by, corporeal punishment has in turn gone out of vogue, leaving the physical cane very much a thing of the past, becoming a hollow reminder of … Continue reading In London’s West End 2018: The Cane by the Royal Court Theatre (Review)

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: My White Best Friend and Other Letters Left Unsaid at the Bunker Theatre (Preview)

LONDON – 2019 is here, and we still live in a time where white feminism runs rampant, blackface happens from time to time, and racism and discrimination are well and alive. How do we strengthen the move for change and be inclusive, and tell white people themselves that they are part of the problem such that they just get it? Writer Rachel De-Lahay and director Milli Bhatia … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: My White Best Friend and Other Letters Left Unsaid at the Bunker Theatre (Preview)

Touring The UK: The Trials of Oscar Wilde (Preview)

LONDON – If anyone is familiar with Wildean history at all, one would know that just days after the celebrated opening of The Importance of Being Earnest, he started legal proceedings against The Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel – a rash action leading to three scandalous trials that would go on to destroy his career, wreck his family and see him sentenced to two years … Continue reading Touring The UK: The Trials of Oscar Wilde (Preview)

Television Time: BBC reveals unprecedented commitment to Natural History with announcement of new landmark programmes up to 2022

Fans of David Attenborough rejoice: in a reveal from BBC Director of Content Charlotte Moore, the BCC has unveiled a series of landmark natural history programmes to take the BBC’s natural history offerings into the next decade.  Five new series have been announced to be in production as part of the globally renowned and hugely popular Planet strand, aimed to help audiences everywhere to better understand the greatest … Continue reading Television Time: BBC reveals unprecedented commitment to Natural History with announcement of new landmark programmes up to 2022

Preview: First Storeys by Sean Cham (The Future of Our Pasts Festival)

Sean Cham’s 2019 is fast shaping up to be one of his busiest ones yet – hot on the heels of his photo exhibition This Is Where as part of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2019, the young artist returns this March to present an ambitious new work as part of Yale-NUS’ The Future of Our Pasts Festival. Titled First Storeys, punning on the homonym of ‘stories’ … Continue reading Preview: First Storeys by Sean Cham (The Future of Our Pasts Festival)