Category: Theatre

Arts, London, Preview, Theatre

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019: Prestigious judging committee and exciting shortlist announced for inaugural Popcorn Group Writing Award

EDINBURGH – This year will see the inaugural Popcorn Group Writing Award in association with the Pleasance Theatre celebrate writing excellence at the Fringe. Platforming writers and artists that ignite and challenge the status quo, the award will be presented on 14th August at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to the most fearless and topical piece of new writing. All new writing works in Pleasance’s festival programme … Continue reading Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019: Prestigious judging committee and exciting shortlist announced for inaugural Popcorn Group Writing Award

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre, travel, travelXculture

Arts of the UK 2019/20: Simon Annand’s The Half at the Lawrence Batley Theatre

HUDDERSFIELD – A major new photography exhibition by world renowned photographer Simon Annand will present rare images of the privacy actors experience backstage in the half hour before performing on the stage – the intense transformation from everyday life that is completely hidden from the audience. To celebrate their 25th anniversary as a prestigious multi-arts organisation, The Half opens this September at the Lawrence Batley Theatre … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2019/20: Simon Annand’s The Half at the Lawrence Batley Theatre

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre, travel, travelXculture

Edinburgh 2019: Breffni Holahan wins The Stage Edinburgh Award for Collapsible by Margaret Perry

EDINBURGH – Breffni Holahan has won The Stage Edinburgh Award for her performance in Collapsible – a piece by Margaret Perry, directed by Thomas Martin. It comes to Edinburgh as part of HighTide’s Disruption series, in partnership with Assembly Roxy. Holahan comments: “I’d like to say a massive thank you to The Stage for this enormous honour. No takesies backsies now! My eternal gratitude to Margaret, … Continue reading Edinburgh 2019: Breffni Holahan wins The Stage Edinburgh Award for Collapsible by Margaret Perry

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre, travel, travelXculture

Edinburgh 2019: Pleasance Launches 35th Season at Fringe In Grand Style

EDINBURGH – Back for their 35th season at the Fringe with over 270 shows, the Pleasance has launched this year’s massive programme in grand style. The Pleasance offers some of the biggest names in entertainment, much-loved returning acts and exciting newcomers.  This year also marks a number of big anniversaries with the dedicated children’s programme at the Kidzone celebrating its 10th anniversary and the 15th anniversary … Continue reading Edinburgh 2019: Pleasance Launches 35th Season at Fringe In Grand Style

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Arts, Finger Players, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

Preview: Forked (2019) by The Finger Players

We first saw Jo Tan’s Forked when it premiered at the 2018 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. Now, with further developments under The Finger Players’ Watch This Space playwright incubation programme, she’s back with a brand new version of the comedy-drama this August! Directed by Chong Tze Chien, Forked is veteran actress Jo Tan’s first full length play as an emerging playwright. First written under a six-week writers programme under … Continue reading Preview: Forked (2019) by The Finger Players

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Arts, Review, Singapore, The Necessary Stage, Theatre, Theatre Companies, Theatres

Review: We Were So Hopeful Then by The Necessary Stage

An attempt to highlight the invisible people key to a production’s success. In any theatre production, those deemed worthy of praise are often limited to cast and creatives. But even beyond them, there still exist people who are present in every production, yet never receive praise or acknowledgement they deserve. To highlight these invisible people then acts as one of the key goals of Ellison Tan’s We … Continue reading Review: We Were So Hopeful Then by The Necessary Stage

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Arts, Review, Sands Theatre, Sands Theatre Highlights, Singapore, Theatre

Review: Aladdin the Musical presented by BASE Entertainment Asia

It doesn’t matter how much you love the animated film – this staging of Aladdin is a whole new world in itself filled with theatrical magic of the best kind.   For all of Disney’s theatrical adaptations of their films, Aladdin certainly ranks among one of the best, effectively bringing out the colourful world of the film to the stage. Adapted from the 1992 animated film of the … Continue reading Review: Aladdin the Musical presented by BASE Entertainment Asia

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Arts, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: Double Bill – The Ground/Wonderland (Review)

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) and Anderson Secondary School showcase potential in two plays about poverty and school life. How does a student in Singapore encounter and understand the poverty that’s hidden all around them? Students from Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) and Anderson Secondary School have been given the chance to present their pieces created specially for the M1 Peer Pleasure Youth Festival to a public … Continue reading M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: Double Bill – The Ground/Wonderland (Review)

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Mating in Captivity by Flo Taylor Productions in association with We Are Kilter (Preview)

LONDON – Playing as part of King’s Head Theatre’s Queer Season 2019, get ready for the European premiere of Oliver Page’s Mating in Captivity as it comes to London for one week only. With the entire season aimed to champion diverse stories across the breadth of the queer experience, and feature ground-breaking new writing, the play has so far received rave reviews when it previewed at the 2019 … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Mating in Captivity by Flo Taylor Productions in association with We Are Kilter (Preview)

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M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: An Interview with Artistic Director Jean Ng

The M1 Peer Pleasure Youth Theatre Festival, Singapore’s only annual theatre festival by young people, is back with a number of shows and programmes after a year’s hiatus. With brand new artistic director and theatre practitioner Jean Ng at the helm, the festival has gained a new focus by zooming in on specific societal issues, such as this year’s theme of Poverty, explored through both research … Continue reading M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: An Interview with Artistic Director Jean Ng

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