The Banter: A Bigger And Better Four Horse Road With Kuo Jian Hong and Jonathan Lim
First constructed in 1837, Singapore’s Waterloo Street now has over 170 years of history to its name, and a whole lot of lives and stories that have been intertwined with it. […]
Review: The Son by Pangdemonium!
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 22/2/20) Sometimes, love just isn’t enough. For a play that’s titled The Son, it’s interesting how it ends up becoming a show that reveals far less about the eponymous son […]
Preview: Four Horse Road 四马路 2020 by The Theatre Practice
When The Theatre Practice produced Four Horse Road back in 2018, the project was a sprawling, massive undertaking. Taking its cues from immersive theatre and heavily vested in a firm foundation of […]
The Banter: An Interview with Adrian, Tracie, and Zachary Pang (Pangdemonium’s The Son)
It’s not every day that you get a face-to-face interview with the people behind critically-acclaimed local theatre company Pangdemonium! Run by husband and wife super team Adrian and Tracie Pang, […]
Preview: The Son by Pangdemonium!
Ass-kicking theatre company Pangdemonium! is back this February to start their 10th anniversary on the scene with Florian Zeller’s The Son (translated by Christopher Hampton). Following on from their sold-out production […]
Review: Crazy Christmas 2020 – Crazy Grinch Asians by Dream Academy
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 17/12/19) Dream Academy’s A-Team come together for a festive variety show to do what they do best – having fun, spreading joy and laughter. If it’s one […]
Review: Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment, Presented by Singapore Repertory Theatre
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 28/11/19) Reimagined version of Sondheim’s macabre musical thriller a refreshing take on an oft-forgotten classic, with Broadway star Lea Salonga a highlight. In the Victorian era, penny […]
God, That’s Good!: An Interview with Lea Salonga and Jett Pangan, Stars of Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, it’s a wonder that the Stephen Sondheim musical thriller has never before been brought to Singapore. Thankfully, Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group and the Singapore […]
Toy Factory’s The Wright Stuff Festival 2019: The Puppet King (玩具王) by Titus Yim
★☆☆☆☆ (Attended 2/11/19, Matinee) Final production of The Wright Stuff 2019 meanders in its exploration of existentialism. While the characters of Pixar’s Toy Story have always dealt with inherent struggles surrounding ideas of […]
Review: Lie With Me by Intercultural Theatre Institute
★★☆☆☆ (Attended 7/11/19) Graduating show from latest batch of ITI students a modern exploration of human relationships, but is marred by actors getting lost in iffy chemistry and a dragged […]
Review: A Fiend’s Diary by The Finger Players
Powerful work that highlights the meaninglessness and absurdity in everyday living. How do we recover from a traumatic incident? For artist and theatremaker Oliver Chong, the answer was to take […]
Toy Factory’s The Wright Stuff Festival 2019: Random Access Memory by Mark Cheong (Review)
Techno thriller collides with family drama and spells the future of humanity. What are humans if not an organic computer? With Mark Cheong’s Random Access Memory, the age-old question of what it means […]
Preview: Lie With Me by Intercultural Theatre Institute
The latest batch of students from Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) is just about ready to graduate, but before they do, they’ll be presenting one last show, with the Asian premiere […]
Toy Factory’s The Wright Stuff Festival 2019: Ashes, Ashes by Rajkumar Thiagaras (Review)
Some things are better left fed to the flames. Two years ago, the Straits Times reported on the demolition of Lakshmi Villa, a generations old family home that had grown […]
Preview: A Fiend’s Diary by The Finger Players + An Interview with Oliver Chong
There are some people who have lost touch with society, or rather, no longer find meaning in life. They find their existence to be absurd. If that’s the case, is […]
Review: Dear Elena (青春禁忌游戏) by Nine Years Theatre
Worst birthday ever makes for one of the best shows of 2019. Growing up in Singapore, the hard and fast path to ‘success’ has always been made abundantly clear to […]
