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Preview: Indices of Vanishment by RAW Moves

Theatre practitioner Edith Podesta takes on the role of choreographer at dance company RAW Moves’ 2017 edition of its annual Repertory Platform. Performed by the RAW Moves Company Dancers, Indices of Vanishment aims to examine the connections we have with personal artifacts and explores the psychological space clutter occupies in our daily lives. Podesta was first approached by RAW Moves with the theme of clutter and initially stumped as … Continue reading Preview: Indices of Vanishment by RAW Moves

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Preview: Prism by Toy Factory

Toy Factory starts off their 2017 season with a bang: a restaging of their speculative play Prism, which received rave reviews when it first premiered in the early 2000s. Prism features Apprentice star Firdaus Rahman as Aman, an Urban Redevelopment Board official tasked with evicting 33000 residents of “The Surrounding City”, the city’s oldest heritage as it faces demolition in the name of progress. Confronted with angry, despairing citizens, Aman … Continue reading Preview: Prism by Toy Factory

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Preview: The Necessary Stage 2017 Season

2017 will be a big year for The Necessary Stage – it’s their 30th Anniversary!Having humble beginnings starting off when a group of NUS undergraduates decided to form a new theatre group, TNS has since grown to become one of the leading theatre companies in Singapore, producing countless quality, original works every year. Founder and Artistic Director Alvin Tan and Resident Playwright Haresh Sharma continue … Continue reading Preview: The Necessary Stage 2017 Season

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[Review] Huayi Festival 2017: Actor, Forty by The Necessary Stage

Actor, Forty is a meeting of strengths for award-winning actress Yeo Yann Yann and The Necessary Stage team. Having worked together many times in the past, Yeo reunites with TNS for a unique collaboration, returning to her lesser known roots as a thespian. Taking Yeo’s life and career as a starting point, resident playwright Haresh Sharma has crafted a monologue that sparkles with its linguistic diversity and … Continue reading [Review] Huayi Festival 2017: Actor, Forty by The Necessary Stage

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Huayi Festival 2017: Actor, Forty by The Necessary Stage (Preview)

The Necessary Stage makes their foray into the Chinese theatre scene in this special commission for the annual Huayi Festival! Actor, Forty features Golden Horse Award-winning actress Yeo Yann Yann returning to the stage in a brand new monologue in collaboration TNS’ Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma. Actor, Forty promises an honest, informal and conversational look at the way we take on various identities throughout our lives, similar … Continue reading Huayi Festival 2017: Actor, Forty by The Necessary Stage (Preview)

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Esplanade Annexe: An All New Food Extravaganza Where Art x Life

The Esplanade has always been renowned for bringing in world-class acts at its amazing concert hall and theatre. They’ve got an exciting year ahead too, with a slew of shows at the 2017 Huayi Chinese Festival of the Arts right after Chinese New Year and Dream Academy’s Detention Katong from 17 Feb. But one thing that’s always bugged us is how there’s a severe lack of … Continue reading Esplanade Annexe: An All New Food Extravaganza Where Art x Life

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Preview: Chicago @ Marina Bay Sands

Chicago is one of the sexiest, most exciting musicals to come off Broadway, and this 2017, finally returns to our shores! Set in the roaring 20s, Chicago is based on real life events and follows struggling nightclub singer Roxie Hart’s meteoric rise to fame after she shoots her lover. Befriending cunning double-murderess Velma Kelly in the cell, the femme fatales enlist the help of smooth talking lawyer Billy … Continue reading Preview: Chicago @ Marina Bay Sands

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Preview: Detention Katong by Dream Academy

Dream Academy presents an all new original musical comedy written and directed by Selena Tan! Set in the fictitious Geylang Girls Secondary School, this new musical is all about those angsty, difficult teenage years. From pimples to ponytails, boys to breaking the rules, this is one story that’ll appeal to both the young and young at heart. Detention Katong stars theatre stalwarts Suhaimi Yusoff, Neo … Continue reading Preview: Detention Katong by Dream Academy

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Preview: Crossings by young & w!ld

Over the last eighteen months, eight young theatre makers trained under the directorship of Rodney Oliveiro and Serena Ho, cumulating in an all new batch of young & w!ld graduates. Now, they’re about to release their first public performance to showcase what they’re made of. Crossings is a fully devised double bill, consisting stories, characters and themes created by the young & w!ld batch via improv … Continue reading Preview: Crossings by young & w!ld

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Review: Mulan the Musical

Mulan follows the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, the woman who took her aged father’s place in the army under guise as a man, made famous internationally by the Disney animated film of the same name and immortalised in various other TV and film adaptations. Adapting it from an award winning Taiwanese script, RWS’ all new production of Mulan keeps the legend alive, with a Singaporean twist, … Continue reading Review: Mulan the Musical

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