Review: Lemmings and The Wedding Pig by The Second Breakfast Company

Staging new scripts can be daunting, and even more so when these scripts mark their writers’ stage debuts. But in The Second Breakfast Company’s second outing, they’re going big and presenting an ambitious double bill of two completely new plays, both of which tackle mature topics beyond their young writers’ ages, and are promising starts should they choose to continue down this route in the future. The … Continue reading Review: Lemmings and The Wedding Pig by The Second Breakfast Company

Review: Sanctuary by The Necessary Stage and HANCHU-YUEI

There’s always something innately exciting about watching a collaborative devised work. Providing fertile ground for seeding new ideas and pushing collaborators beyond their creative comfort zones, there was plenty of hype surrounding The Necessary Stage’s latest collaboration, this time with young Japanese theatre company HANCHU-YUEI with their newest work: Sanctuary. Ending off their 30th Anniversary season with Sanctuary in many ways feels appropriate for TNS. The eponymous title … Continue reading Review: Sanctuary by The Necessary Stage and HANCHU-YUEI

Preview: Songs of the Dragon Kiln by Ding Yi Music Company

This December, the Ding Yi Music Company will be shedding light on one of Singapore’s forgotten places and present a truly unique concert experience with Songs of the Dragon Kiln. As the fourth concert in Ding Yi’s annual Of Music Series, Songs of the Dragon Kiln continues to champion new and innovative forms of presenting Chinese chamber music in a more intriguing and immersive manner, following last year’s sold-out Of … Continue reading Preview: Songs of the Dragon Kiln by Ding Yi Music Company

Aesthetic Meets Appetizing: Dinner at RWS’ Curate

We love art. We also love food. So it makes perfect sense that we’d love a restaurant who serves food that has been so well crafted, so innovative and painstakingly planned out that it naturally, elevates itself to an art form. Besides visiting Resorts World Sentosa for its theatre and for Universal Studios, there’s a plethora of great restaurants available as well, and one we’ve … Continue reading Aesthetic Meets Appetizing: Dinner at RWS’ Curate

da:ns Festival 2017: Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project (Review)

Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project presented at Esplanade’s da:ns Festival was a riveting performance of perfection, and left audiences in awe throughout the 80 minute show. The show opened with a sequence of three duets from the documentary A Dancer’s world: Martha Graham. Performed on a bare stage, the no-frills presentation of the dance brought the audience’s attention to the detail and shape of the dancers’ bodies, emphasizing the sharp lines … Continue reading da:ns Festival 2017: Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project (Review)

Preview: The Nursery Rhymes Project by The Theatre Practice

If you’re a person of Chinese descent, ask yourself this: how many Mandarin nursery rhymes do you know? The answer to that can probably be represent by the fingers on a single hand (we know ours did). That’s why The Theatre Practice has embarked on a daunting new project to preserve our culture and reinvent Mandarin Nursery Rhymes, reintroducing these classics for audiences both old and new … Continue reading Preview: The Nursery Rhymes Project by The Theatre Practice

The Best Flower Shopping Destination in Singapore

If you are on a hunt for the best florist in Singapore that’s going to bring your flower dreams to life, we suggest going to A Better Florist. A Better Florist is a florist that has a different approach and philosophy when it comes to designing flowers and catering to their customers. What sets apart the best florist in Singapore from all the rest is the … Continue reading The Best Flower Shopping Destination in Singapore

Preview: Golden Village Horror Film Festival 2017

Happy Halloween! Golden Village promises a spooktacular experience at cinemas this October with their first ever Horror Film Festival! Expect ghosts and ghouls from 27th – 31st October as GV brings in a specially curated set of horror films to cinemas. On opening night on 27th October, Paranormal Investigators will descend upon GV Plaza to deliver some spooky tales from their experiences at the most … Continue reading Preview: Golden Village Horror Film Festival 2017

Preview: Boom by (aside) – Yale-NUS Repertory Theatre Company

This November, Yale-NUS’ Repertory Theatre Company (aside) presents an all new production of Jean Tay’s Boom. Written by economist-turned-playwright Tay, Boom was first performed in 2008 by the Singapore Repertory Theatre, where tt was nominated for Best Original Script for The Straits Times’ Life! Theatre Awards, Boom has since gone on to become an ‘O’- and ‘N’-Level Literature text in Singapore schools. Set in a surreal yet familiar version of Singapore, Boom takes … Continue reading Preview: Boom by (aside) – Yale-NUS Repertory Theatre Company