Pangdemonium’s This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls: An Interview with the Cast and Creatives

This May, Pangdemonium premieres a brand new show tackling sexual violence head on. Titled This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls, playwright Ken Kwek took inspiration from the ongoing #MeToo movement and interviews with over a hundred women and men to showcase a series of stories that encapsulates some of the biggest problems with society today, a call for change in one timely and poignant theatrical event. … Continue reading Pangdemonium’s This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls: An Interview with the Cast and Creatives

Preview: Civilised by The Necessary Stage

Break out the party poppers, cut the cake, and celebrate Singapore’s Bicentennial with The Necessary Stage (TNS)! But hold on a minute – should we really be celebrating our Bicentennial, an anniversary marked and marred by the complications of colonialism and an almost reverent commemoration of the white men and founding fathers who arrived on our shores to transform us from small fishing villages to booming metropolis, … Continue reading Preview: Civilised by The Necessary Stage

Touring the UK 2019: Custody by Urban Wolf

LONDON – Interrogating the impact of police brutality on BAME communities, Custody embarks on an exciting tour following its hugely successful run at Ovalhouse in 2017. An urgent production, Custody tackles an uncomfortable and devastating truth often naively assumed to be an American issue and questions the ability of the police to police themselves. When another young black man dies in police custody and apparently … Continue reading Touring the UK 2019: Custody by Urban Wolf

Touring the UK 2020: Beautiful – The Carole King Musical

LONDON – Long before she was Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, she was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent. It’s stories like these that’s the stuff of incredible musicals, and after two and a half years in the West End and a sold out tour in 2017/18, Paul Blake, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Mike Bosner in association with Michael Harrison present the Olivier, Tony … Continue reading Touring the UK 2020: Beautiful – The Carole King Musical

UK 2019: This Noisy Isle by Spun Glass Theatre (Brighton Fringe 2019)

BRIGHTON – Playing as part of Brighton Fringe 2019, Spun Glass Theatre presents This Noisy Isle, an immersive, family-friendly treasure hunt show, taking audiences on a journey through a strange, magical new world. Taking inspiration from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, this modern adaptation of the classic work aims to help make concepts of human displacement and the challenges faced by migrants to the UK accessible to a young … Continue reading UK 2019: This Noisy Isle by Spun Glass Theatre (Brighton Fringe 2019)

Touring the UK 2019: In Loyal Company by David William Bryan

LONDON – In Loyal Company embarks on an extensive UK tour this year, returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after a sell-out run in 2018. Based on the incredible true story of Arthur Robinson’s experiences as a Prisoner of War during World War II, this poignant tale of survival and sacrifice is written and performed by his great-nephew David William Bryan. Arthur ‘Joe’ Robinson was a … Continue reading Touring the UK 2019: In Loyal Company by David William Bryan

The Studios 2019: My Grandfather’s Road (RHDS) (English Version) by Neo Kim Seng (Review)

Return to Neo Pee Teck Lane. Neo Kim Seng’s My Grandfather’s Road is back, this time as part of the Esplanade’s 2019 season of The Studios. While overall following the same plot and arc as the last time we watched it. Now taking place in the Esplanade Theatre Studio, our experience begins even before we step into the performance space, where Kim Seng has set up … Continue reading The Studios 2019: My Grandfather’s Road (RHDS) (English Version) by Neo Kim Seng (Review)

Shanghai Nights: Sleep No More《不眠之夜》by Punchdrunk International and SMG Live (Review)

The definitive immersive theatre experience deserves its success and all the accolades. SHANGHAI, CHINA – How does one even begin to describe what is already one of the best immersive theatre productions in existence? After enjoying immense success across London and New York, Punchdrunk made a journey to the East to bring Sleep No More to Shanghai, certainly, the kind of theatre that heralded nothing China had ever … Continue reading Shanghai Nights: Sleep No More《不眠之夜》by Punchdrunk International and SMG Live (Review)

Theatre of the United Kingdom 2019: Railed by Head First Acrobats (Brighton Fringe 2019)

BRIGHTON – The horses are saddled, the guns are slung and the chaps are ready. This May, the Aussie kings of narrative circus, Head First Acrobats will ride into town for the 2019 Brighton Fringe with an all-new acrobatic adventure. Railed is a Western themed circus spectacular, combining the trademark physical talents, finely chiselled bodies and comic capers of the creators of the smash hit Elixir … Continue reading Theatre of the United Kingdom 2019: Railed by Head First Acrobats (Brighton Fringe 2019)

Preview: This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls by Pangdemonium

Sex. Violence. Blurred lines. After a strong start to their 2019 season with Late Company, for their second production of the year, Singapore’s favourite ‘ass-kicking’ theatre company is set for the world premiere of a brand new play – This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls. A completely original work inspired by the ongoing  #MeToo movement, This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls was written by Ken Kwek … Continue reading Preview: This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls by Pangdemonium