Lest the demons get to me. Written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in the early 1800s, there is a timelessness to the narrative and themes discussed in Faust that have led to it becoming an inspiration for countless other works of art, and its regard as one of the greatest works of German literature. To stage it in a new capacity then, is certainly a challenging … Continue reading Review: FAUST/US (浮世/德) by Nine Years Theatre
HONG KONG – The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre has launched its 2019–20 season, themed “Long Live the Classics!” The season focuses on both classic works that have stood the test of time, while also producing new work in the hopes of establishing brand new modern classics of the future. Season highlights include the contemporary Chinese masterpiece A Dream Like a Dream, the renowned Cantonese musical The Good Person of … Continue reading Hong Kong 2019: Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Announces 2019-2020 Season – Long Live The Classics!
LONDON –This April, Emma Dennis-Edwards presents Funeral Flowers, exploring trauma, relationships, and our human instincts to find the courage to survive. Having won the Filipa Bragança Award for an outstanding solo theatre performance by an actress for her Fringe First award-winning run of this production at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, Funeral Flowers uses lyrical spoken word and floristry demonstration to bring audiences into the world of seventeen-year-old Angelique, … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Funeral Flowers at The Bunker (Preview)
LONDON – This Christmas season, Jamie Wilson, Mark Goucher, Gavin Kalin and Kevin McCollum present the brand new Made at Curve production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at London’s Dominion Theatre from 15th November 2019 to 4th January 2020. Based on the hit 1954 musical film of the same name starring Bing Crosby and Phil Davis, White Christmas follows singers who perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont – upon the boys … Continue reading In London’s West End 2019: White Christmas the Musical at the Dominion Theatre (Preview)
It’s a Saturday evening as we stand in the liminal space between a block of flats and the back exits of Chinatown Point. A cool breeze blows by, a welcome respite from the sweltering heat of the last few days, and we watch as Zelda Tatiana Ng draws a long breath from the cigarette perched between her left index and middle finger. Suddenly, she recalls: … Continue reading Always Every Time: An Interview with Ground Z-0 Artistic Director Zelda Tatiana Ng
Drama Box returns to kick off their 2019 season with a brand new show from resident artist Han Xuemei, creator of last year’s MISSING: The City of Lost Things. Titled FLOWERS, the experiential installation is set to take place in a terrace house in Chip Bee Gardens, dealing with issues of patriarchal violence and its effects on others, regardless of gender, and invites audience members to (re)consider their lived experiences … Continue reading Preview: FLOWERS by Drama Box
Having started off their 2019 season with Stanley Seah’s The Transition Room, Toy Factory is back again this April with a new addition to their outreach programme for inclusive theatrical sharing as they present A Silent Hour: Buskers of Singapore. Conceptualized and developed by Associate Artistic Director Stanley Seah, A Silent Hour was inspired by street performers who perform with passion and gusto every day, and for this theatrical production … Continue reading Preview: A Silent Hour – Buskers of Singapore by Toy Factory
A timely reminder of the genius and timelessness of Jit Murad in this reflection on the Malaysian identity. KUALA LUMPUR – It’s been 13 years since Jit Murad’s Gold Rain & Hailstones was last produced in his own home country of Malaysia. So it’s about high time then that a revival is in order by the Instant Cafe Theatre Company this March. Gold Rain & Hailstones follows the outspoken and … Continue reading In Kuala Lumpur 2019: Gold Rain & Hailstones by The Instant Cafe Theatre Company (Review)
The power and variation of classical music on show. Pianist Abigail Sin and violinist Loh Jun Hong come together for this musical showcase to open the 2019 NUS Festival of the Arts, performing chamber music pieces together to reveal the many variations and variables inherent in music. Oddly enough, this is similar to concepts in Mathematics, where there are endless varieties and variations in formulae … Continue reading NUS Arts Festival 2019: Variations and Variables (Review)
Math is hard. Math and theatre initially seem like odd bedfellows. After all, math is grounded in undeniable realities, while theatre tends to take liberties with that, shuttling between the abstract and absolute to produce art. Yet, with 2019 NUS Arts Festival opening show A Disappearing Number, director Edith Podesta attempts to prove the theorem that math and theatre can coexist, with surprising parallels that can be applied … Continue reading NUS Arts Festival 2019: A Disappearing Number (Review)
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