Preview: A Voyage to Nanyang V – Balik Kampong by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra

The Singapore Chinese Orchestra returns this November with SCO Young People’s Concert: Voyage to Nanyang V – Balik Kampong. This time around, they’ll be featuring the beloved “Ah De” in this final episode, played by SCO Resident Conductor Quek Ling Kiong as the orchestra takes audiences on a trip down memory lane! Rediscover Singapore’s old days, where the multicultural and heartwarming kampong spirit is all about, … Continue reading Preview: A Voyage to Nanyang V – Balik Kampong by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra

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Review: Cerita Cinta by akulah bimbo SAKTI

The inheritance of violence and despair is on show in a powerful, unusual love story from one of Singapore’s most exciting theatre makers. If one has never known love, how does one then display it? That is the issue at the core of Noor Effendy Ibrahim’s 1995 play Cerita Cinta, where contrary to its innocent title (literally ‘Love Story’), love manifests itself in perverse, violent ways that leaves … Continue reading Review: Cerita Cinta by akulah bimbo SAKTI

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Review: Provenance by Autopoetics

A well-paced, tightly scripted first outing for Autopoetics. Founded by local arts educators Chelsea Crothers, Laura Hayes and Maiya Murphy, Autopoetics is the latest theatre collective to arrive on our scene, making their bold debut with an original once act play – Provenance. Written by Hayes, Provenance opens on the home of Alice (Hayes), an obsessive hoarder living in a home filled with all manner of junk and … Continue reading Review: Provenance by Autopoetics

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MINDSET Challenge & Carnival Raises Over S$375,000 for Mental Health

MINDSET Care Limited the registered charity of the Jardine Matheson Group has successfully raised over S$375,000 for mental health at The MINDSET Challenge & Carnival 2018 held at the Marina Bay Financial Centre on 28th October. The annual vertical race and carnival is MINDSET’s signature event to raise funds and awareness for mental health, with this year’s beneficiary being MINDSET Learning Hub, Singapore’s first and only … Continue reading MINDSET Challenge & Carnival Raises Over S$375,000 for Mental Health

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Singapore Writers Festival 2018: An Interview with Producers Phan Ming Yen and Karine Tan (The Ghost In Your Head)

If you’re a book nerd like us, then you’ve probably had a few experiences where you’ve read something, and wanted desperately to meet the author. Problem is, what happens when those authors are dead? Not to worry though – Global Cultural Alliance will be performing a seance this week at the Singapore Writers Festival, summoning ghosts of authors past in the multi-sensorial experience The Ghost … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2018: An Interview with Producers Phan Ming Yen and Karine Tan (The Ghost In Your Head)

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Review: She’s A Great Way To Fly presented by The Substation

A five course meal of in-flight entertainment. Resplendent in her batik sarong kebaya, the Singapore Girl is perhaps one of our nation’s best known and recognizable icons worldwide. The Singapore Girl goes far beyond her status as a simple air stewardess, having come to signify beauty, elegance and is essentially an Oriental fantasy at its peak, whether she’s serving up a glass of orange juice … Continue reading Review: She’s A Great Way To Fly presented by The Substation

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Mr A-Z: Jason Mraz Announces 6-Date Tour of Asia In 2019

At a press conference held on 29th October, Monday, Multi-Grammy Award winning artist Jason Mraz has officially announced his plans for a 6-city tour of Asia commencing in May 2019! With the show in Singapore on the 11th of May 2019 held at The Star Theatre! Fresh from his recent show at Singapore’s National Stadium last weekend as part of the WTA Finals, Mraz spoke … Continue reading Mr A-Z: Jason Mraz Announces 6-Date Tour of Asia In 2019

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Review: The Reunification of The Two Koreas by Theatreworks

Love is the drug, and oh what a terrible, wonderful drug it is too. For a four letter word, ‘love’, to this day, remains one of mankind’s greatest mysteries. At times absurd, most times frustrating, occasionally uplifting and always messy, it’s no wonder we’re practically obsessed with solving it, unable to live with or without it. In French playwright Joël Pommerat’s The Reunification of the Two … Continue reading Review: The Reunification of The Two Koreas by Theatreworks

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Preview: Kalaa Utsavam – Indian Festival of Arts 2018 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

This November, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay returns with the 17th edition of the annual Kalaa Utsavam – Indian Festival of Arts. From 16th to 25th November this year, watch as the region’s top Indian artists gather to present revolutionary modern versions of traditional art forms, with artists such as sitar maverick Niladri Kumar, alternative rock band Avial, dancer/choreographer Leela Samson and chitravina artist Vishaal Sapuram … Continue reading Preview: Kalaa Utsavam – Indian Festival of Arts 2018 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

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Museum Musings: Boedi Widjaja Co-Comissioned For APT9 and Singapore Biennale 2019

Singapore-based Indonesian artist Boedi Widjaja has been co-comissioned by the Singapore Art Museum and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) to produce a two-part architectural and sound installation, to be presented at ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9) in Brisbane, Australia and the Singapore Biennale 2019. This is the first project to be developed from a five-year partnership between the two … Continue reading Museum Musings: Boedi Widjaja Co-Comissioned For APT9 and Singapore Biennale 2019