★★★☆☆ Review: Why Be Good When You Can Be The Best? by Deonn Yang

Modern fable about the productivity trap of the endless rat race. Category Score (out of 10) Direction (Deonn Yang) 7 Script (Deonn Yang 6 Performance (Chng Xin Xuan, Eve Voigtlander, Mitchell Fang, Sindhura Kalidas, Suhaili Safari) 7 Lighting Design (Emanorwatty Salleh) 7 Set Design (Wong Chee Wai) 7 Total 34/50 (68%) Final Score: ★★★☆☆ Over the course of the pandemic, the idea of work has … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Why Be Good When You Can Be The Best? by Deonn Yang

★★★☆☆ Review: Never The Bride by The Necessary Stage

Searching for meaning beyond marriage as the endgame. Category Score (out of 10) Direction (Alvin Tan) 6 Script (Rajkumar Thiagaras, Ryan Ang, Fadhil Daud) 6 Performance (Rajkumar Thiagaras, Ryan Ang, Fadhil Daud) 6 Composition / Sound Design (Emily Wong Ng Jing) 7 Scenography (Petrina Dawn Tan) 6 Multimedia /Film (Genevieve Peck / Tan Wei Ting) 8 Choreography (Ryan Ang) 7 Total 46/70 (66%) Final Score: … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Never The Bride by The Necessary Stage

★★★☆☆ Review: Less Than Half by Adib Kosnan, Yarra Ileto & Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

Glass half empty perspective towards how a nation cares for its minorities. Category Score (out of 10) Direction (Adib Kosnan, Yarra Ileto) 7 Script (Aswani Aswath, NAFA students) 6 Performance (NAFA students) 7 Sound Design (Alif Danial Ahmad) 7 Lighting (Tai Zi Feng) 7 Total 34/50 (68%) Final Score: ★★★☆☆ In a world where appearances are everything, it is far too often that we try … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Less Than Half by Adib Kosnan, Yarra Ileto & Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

Sports: New Zealand claims third win of Season 3 in stunning comeback at Singapore Sail Grand Prix

 In a gutsy and impressive performance New Zealand defied the odds to win the Singapore Sail Grand Prix. The win cements Peter Burling’s position as the main threat to Tom Slingsby’s charge for a third straight season title, with New Zealand now clearly second in the Season 3 standings. The Kiwis are also the only team besides Australia to win more than one event this … Continue reading Sports: New Zealand claims third win of Season 3 in stunning comeback at Singapore Sail Grand Prix

Sports: SailGP’s Champions For Change sustainability programme promises “More Speed, Less Plastic”

As SailGP, the sailing world’s hottest global race series, arrives in Singapore for the first time this weekend, the competition organisers remain humble of their popularity, and are using the platform as a vital force for good. SailGP’s thought leadership program Champions For Change brought together like-minded individuals at the Adrenaline Lounge as the build up to the first Grand Prix of 2023 continues. The … Continue reading Sports: SailGP’s Champions For Change sustainability programme promises “More Speed, Less Plastic”

Sports: What’s SailGP and why is it Singapore’s next big sporting event?

Singapore may have made a name for itself with the first ever Formula 1 Night Race, still going strong since 2008. But now that they’ve torn up the asphalt track with race cars, it’s time to take to the seas, as world-renowned sailing tournament SailGP arrives in Singapore for the first time this weekend. Powered by Nature™, SailGP is adrenaline-fueled racing as rival teams go … Continue reading Sports: What’s SailGP and why is it Singapore’s next big sporting event?

Art What!: Funan’s “Creative Intersections” springs to life with interplay and collaborations this Year of the Rabbit

Funan’s third edition of its popular mall-wide art activation, titled Creative Intersections: In the Year of the Rabbit, continues its marriage of artists with brands to engage, inspire, provide access and treat both seasoned art lovers and mall goers alike. From 6 January to 5 February 2023, experience the duality when art meets retail, reality meets creativity, and art manifests itself in everyday objects and … Continue reading Art What!: Funan’s “Creative Intersections” springs to life with interplay and collaborations this Year of the Rabbit

★★★☆☆ Review: Mother of Compost by Noémie Huttner-Koros

An invitation to ponder over the future of families in the anthropocene. Category Score (out of 10) Direction (Andrew Sutherland) 7 Script (Noémie Huttner-Koros) 7 Performance (Noémie Huttner-Koros) 8 Audiovisual Design (Edwin Sitt) 6 Lighting Design (Jasmine Lifford) 7 Costume Design (Molly Werner) 7 Stage Design (Molly Werner) 6 Sound Design (Lyndon Blue) 8 Total 54/80 (68%) Final Score: ★★★☆☆ Noémie Huttner-Koros loves babies. But … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Mother of Compost by Noémie Huttner-Koros

Preview: Checkpoint Theatre 2023 Season

Come 2023, Checkpoint Theatre is introducing an exciting season ahead, with new work, a hot favourite, and a previously delayed staging, all coming to the Drama Centre Black Box across the year, as the company continues to present and develop important, original stories from Singapore. The season opens with Myle Yan Tay’s Brown Boys Don’t Tell Jokes. Directed by and with dramaturgy by Huzir Sulaiman, … Continue reading Preview: Checkpoint Theatre 2023 Season

Growing Home: An Interactive Showcase on Highlights of Our SG Arts Plan (2023 – 2027)

The National Arts Council (NAC) launches a public roadshow, Growing Home: A showcase about The Arts Plan and You, inviting the public to embark on an interactive journey that explores the endless possibilities of the next five-year masterplan for Singapore’s arts, and to share their views. From live silkscreen printing sessions to becoming a curator for a day, visitors will see The Arts Plan (TAP) … Continue reading Growing Home: An Interactive Showcase on Highlights of Our SG Arts Plan (2023 – 2027)