M1 Patch! 2020: Artist Farm 2020 《艺术农庄》 (Review)

It is the journey, not the destination, that takes centrestage in Artist Farm 2020.  Following in the footsteps of last week’s Playwrights’ Bootcamp, The Theatre Practice (TTP) rounds off their 2020 edition of the M1 Patch! festival with the third edition of Artist Farm. Led by TTP Artistic Director Kuo Jian Hong, Artist Farm unites a group of nine artists and three dramaturgs to experiment and work … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2020: Artist Farm 2020 《艺术农庄》 (Review)

Arts of the UK 2020: #RUMAHFest Online (Preview)

After being postponed from its original date in March, RUMAH Khai’s RUMAHFest is coming to your homes this September. Airing for two hours on RUMAH Khai’s YouTube page, get ready for an eclectic mix of commissioned spoken word and sonic performances, scratch works, food treats and comedy skits re-imagined on a digital platform. Following her productions of Same Same Collective’s Drop Dead Gorgeous and Martha Watson Allpress’s Patricia … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: #RUMAHFest Online (Preview)

M1 Peer Pleasure Festival 2020: What If? (Review)

  Considering it’s the year the world is going through a global pandemic, it feels strangely appropriate that the final year of the M1 Peer Pleasure Festival is themed around Disability. Not only did the team involve disabled creatives and performers in the works this year, but also, considered the idea behind how disability is simply a different way of perceiving the world, something that COVID-19 … Continue reading M1 Peer Pleasure Festival 2020: What If? (Review)

Preview: SCENES – Participatory Practices by Drama Box

  Drama Box is celebrating its 30th year in Singapore arts with SCENES: Participatory Practices, a virtual gathering of artists from the Asia Pacific region with socially-engaged artistic practice. SCENES first took place in 2010 with a celebration of Chinese language theatre in Singapore, and has since been programmed every 5 years as Drama Box’s way of consolidating its practice. The second edition in 2015 … Continue reading Preview: SCENES – Participatory Practices by Drama Box

M1 Patch! 2020: Play with…Power (Review)

  The future of Singapore lies in your hands. Co-organised and developed by The Theatre Practice (TTP) and Accommodate, the last of the 2020 M1 Patch! workshops ends with Play with…Power. In the online land-use simulation game, players roleplay as various civil servants, as they work together with their respective parent ministry to bid for land in order to decide how to develop it for the … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2020: Play with…Power (Review)

M1 Patch! 2020: Play with…Flavours (Review)

Anything goes in the world of cocktails. The art of mixology may come across as a craft reserved for those with exquisite taste buds and superior skills, but if it’s one thing bartender Johnny Rosle (who mixes drinks at bespoke cocktail bar Oriental Elixirs) has taught us, it’s that anyone can make a good drink, as long as you’re willing to play. Playing as part … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2020: Play with…Flavours (Review)

M1 Patch! 2020: Playwrights’ Bootcamp (Review)

Bringing out unexpected creativity under immense time pressure. If anyone was asked to write, conceptualise and stage a play in under 3 days, most people would balk and respond that it’s an insane task. But for the participants of The Theatre Practice’s Playwrights’ Bootcamp, it’s an activity they’ve willingly taken upon themselves to see through once again, as they create and perform a whopping nine plays … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2020: Playwrights’ Bootcamp (Review)

Review: Between 5 Cows and the Deep Blue Sea (Dramatised Reading) by Brown Voices

The trials and tribulations of brown women finding love among the many fish in the sea.  Written by A Yagnya and directed by Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai, Between 5 Cows and the Deep Blue Sea tackles one of the most pressing and contentious issues that Indian people have been facing throughout history – marriage. As anyone who’s watched Netflix’s hit series Indian Matchmaking will know, love is serious … Continue reading Review: Between 5 Cows and the Deep Blue Sea (Dramatised Reading) by Brown Voices

MASKquerade!: Annual W!ld Rice Ball goes virtual for 2020

Leading theatre company W!ld Rice’s annual Rice Ball is back for its 19th edition, only this time, instead of staging it at the Shangri-La Hotel’s Island Ballroom, the fundraising gala will be hosted online. Often touted as one of the year’s most anticipated social events, the Rice Ball has distinguished itself as one of Singapore’s most entertaining and creative fundraising events. “COVID-19 has challenged us to … Continue reading MASKquerade!: Annual W!ld Rice Ball goes virtual for 2020

Arts of the UK 2020: Broadway Records and Ginger Quiff Media release ‘Beautiful City’ to mark Godspell 50th Anniversary

LONDON – Acclaimed West End star Jodie Steele (SIX; Heathers; Wicked) will lend her flawless vocals to a female-led recording of Godspell’s ‘Beautiful City’, to be released as a single ahead of the show’s 50th anniversary. Producers Ginger Quiff Media have teamed up with premiere industry record label, Broadway Records, to make this a reality. Renowned for immortalising major Broadway shows with outstanding cast recordings, … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Broadway Records and Ginger Quiff Media release ‘Beautiful City’ to mark Godspell 50th Anniversary