Preview: BASE Entertainment 2017 Season

Marina Bay Sands has played host to some of the most exciting international acts since its inception. For 2017, the trend continues, and this is their exciting lineup in the months to come! Chicago (8-19 February) Chicago is one of the sexiest, most exciting musicals to come off Broadway. Involving nightclub singers, smooth-talking lawyers and a double-murderess, this production certainly won’t bet your usual cheery … Continue reading Preview: BASE Entertainment 2017 Season

M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Fight! Palast #MembersOnly by Peng! Palast

If I had to categorize or label Fight! Palast, I would consider it to be less of a performance and more of an experience. Minutes into the show, I found myself moulting out of my role as an audience and engaging with the Peng! Palast trio as just another participant in a communal activity with three hosts. One likes cooking, another likes exercising, the last … Continue reading M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Fight! Palast #MembersOnly by Peng! Palast

M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Labels by Worklight Theatre

Labels, UK-based Worklight Theatre’s multi-award winning show, made its Asian debut as one of the festival highlights of this year’s M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. Written and performed by Worklight co-founder Joe Sellman-Leava, this one-man autobiographical show presents a funny and touching look at Sellman-Leava’s childhood growing up in 90s rural England against the radically shifting political landscapes of Britain today.  Using the overarching theme of … Continue reading M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Labels by Worklight Theatre

Preview: SRT’s 2017 Season

Gear up for another year of quality theatre from SRT. Although we mourn the lack of their annual Shakespeare in the Park, we’re more than delighted at their lineup this year, featuring some of the most exciting new plays off Broadway, along with an older local favourite from a few years back… SRT starts off 2017 with English writer Nick Payne’s Constellations, which had fangirls … Continue reading Preview: SRT’s 2017 Season

Preview: Pangdemonium 2017 Season

2017 marks the FIFTH year Pangdemonium introduced their Season Ticket, allowing buyers priority booking to all three of their shows in 2017 for some great seats. This year, they’ve added two new categories – a cheaper season ticket that gives you Cat 2 seats to all shows, as well as a premier, VIP category, which will grant exclusive access to meets and greets with cast … Continue reading Preview: Pangdemonium 2017 Season

Preview: World Gourmet Summit 2017

Famed for bringing in world-class international cuisine, the exciting World Gourmet Summit returns to our shores for its 21st edition next March! This time, with a focus on sustainability, the WGS will unite more than 30 restaurants and 12 international chefs to form the “United National Gastronomy Assembly” (#UNGA). Chefs will be featured from countries from the likes of Canada, Hungary, Vietnam and Cuba, promising … Continue reading Preview: World Gourmet Summit 2017

Preview: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2017 – Art & Skin (Week 2)

After bringing you a preview of week 1’s offerings (hyperlink here), here’s week 2’s list of shows at the 2017 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival! Pretty Butch by Tan Liting Director Tan Liting takes on portrayals of gender in this ensemble performance featuring five characters grappling with living on the edge of masculinity and femininity in a society that harasses them for it. Pretty Butch explores the possibility … Continue reading Preview: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2017 – Art & Skin (Week 2)

Review: In Search of Salt by Passerby Projects and Dream Bravely

Passerby Projects’ latest production features a collaboration with Dream Bravely, with an original script by writer Sarah Howell, who also directed the piece that melds the mysteries of the internet with a mysterious death. In Search of Salt follows Gaya (Alison Wong), whose younger sister Sel passes a few months before the events of the play. Gaya begins to receive mysterious Facebook messages from her supposedly deceased … Continue reading Review: In Search of Salt by Passerby Projects and Dream Bravely

Review: Dear Jay by Blue Bean Productions

December is a period that’s often fraught with big commercial plays and musicals to capitalise on the Christmas spirit. Sometimes you get tired of all that, and need something a little more sincere, honest and heartfelt. And that’s why Dear Jay is a breath of fresh air and one production you should be catching. Blue Bean Productions’ inaugural production Dear Jay follows Leonard (Benedict Leong), a young man … Continue reading Review: Dear Jay by Blue Bean Productions

Preview: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2017 – Art & Skin (Week 1)

Tinged with a little controversy (as all good Fringe festivals should be), the 2017 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival starts off the year with a bang, offering some truly odd, unusual and amazing art from Singapore and all around the world. Taking place over two weeks from 4-15 January 2017, here’s our preview of the first week’s activities to give you an idea of what to … Continue reading Preview: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2017 – Art & Skin (Week 1)