Preview: The Orange Production by The Necessary Stage

The Necessary Stage presents all new productions of scripts from talented young writers. Amidst their 30th anniversary celebrations and the throng of restagings, The Necessary Stage will be developing new scripts from young local playwrights under their newest project, The Orange Production. Newly launched as part of TNS’ 30th anniversary celebrations, The Orange Production aims to mentor and workshop smaller, portable works with new artists. The … Continue reading Preview: The Orange Production by The Necessary Stage

Preview: M1 Peer Pleasure Youth Theatre Festival 2017 – The Other

The annual M1 Peer Pleasure Youth Theatre Festival returns with an all new edition and lineup of shows this July! Presented by ArtsWok Collaborative in collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, this year’s edition of Peer Pleasure tackles the theme of The Other. Concerned with the increasingly diverse world we live in, The Other deals with the increasing rise of ignorance leading to … Continue reading Preview: M1 Peer Pleasure Youth Theatre Festival 2017 – The Other

Underbelly Festival 2016: Briefs – Close Encounters

London’s favourite Boy-lesque troupe is back again this summer with an all new show! The Briefs mothership is making a bang as they hurtle across the oceans from Australia to crash land into the Southbank with Close Encounters.  The all new show will feature their trademark combination of cabaret burlesque, expertly melding the comedic into the dazzling. With four consecutive sellout runs in London to date, … Continue reading Underbelly Festival 2016: Briefs – Close Encounters

Review: The Memory of Water by Wag the Dog Theatre

It’s always a conundrum to decide on a first play to stage for a new theatre company. A classic? Shakespeare? Something edgy and modern? What they ultimately pick is a production that will encapsulate what their company stands for, and as a means to leave a lasting first impression on the local theatre scene. New company Wag the Dog Theatre seems to have chosen well … Continue reading Review: The Memory of Water by Wag the Dog Theatre

Review: Being Haresh Sharma by The Necessary Stage in Collaboration with Cake

When one thinks of The Necessary Stage, it’s nearly impossible not to think of a production that was based off Resident Playwright Haresh Sharma’s scripts. Having been with the company since its humble beginnings in 1987, Sharma and TNS are inseparable, and Being Haresh Sharma celebrates both the man and the many scripts and unforgettable characters he’s penned over the last 30 years. Although presented by The … Continue reading Review: Being Haresh Sharma by The Necessary Stage in Collaboration with Cake

Artist Highlight: Wag the Dog Theatre

Every year sees new theatre companies coming and going, particularly with amateur and youth theatre groups who appear once and disappear forever. But with Wag the Dog Theatre, something completely different is brewing here, with their introduction of co-op theatre to the Singapore scene. Consisting of seven core members – Victoria Mintey, Krissy Jesudason, Warren Baumgart Jr., Deborah Hoon, Mark Seow, Susie Penrice Tyrie and Sean Worrall, … Continue reading Artist Highlight: Wag the Dog Theatre

Boeing Boeing Goes Pink: Support the Freedom to Love with W!ld Rice

In conjunction with Pink Dot 2017 happening this Saturday, 1st July, W!LD Rice is offering a very special PINK discount for this weekend’s matinee performances of Boeing Boeing! Individuals who turn up at the Victoria Theatre in pink on 1st and 2nd July from 2pm will enjoy 20% off tickets to the 3pm matinee shows on the two days. In addition, to show their unwavering support for Pink Dot 2017 and #ConnectingTheDot, come meet … Continue reading Boeing Boeing Goes Pink: Support the Freedom to Love with W!ld Rice

Preview: CinemaLive presents Carmen on the Lake

Award-winning masters of event cinema CinemaLive have just announced that they will be parterning up with C-Major Entertainment to bring George Bizet’s classic opera Carmen as performed at Bregenz, Austria to close to 300 cinemas in the UK on Thursday 14th September as part of CinemaLive’s new initiative The World’s Most Spectacular Operas, aiming to make accessible the very best operas played around the world to UK audiences. For Carmen On … Continue reading Preview: CinemaLive presents Carmen on the Lake

The O.P.E.N. 2017: Art as Res Publicae

The 2017 edition of the Singapore International Opening of the O.P.E.N. kicked off last night with the opening event Art as Res Publicae, or roughly translated from latin – art as a public good. Designed as a panel discussion themed around the value of art in society, the first edition of Arts as Res Publicae was titled Some Complexities Surrounding Pluralism In Singapore, and surrounded the topic of pluralism, acceptance … Continue reading The O.P.E.N. 2017: Art as Res Publicae

Preview: Tit for Tat by Original Impact

Original Impact last impressed us with their creative production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at the Blue Elephant theatre, and returns this June with some all new works of writing in a single night with Tit for Tat  On June 29th and 30th, Original Impact will present a grand total of seven thought-provoking new plays with Tit for Tat. You’ll get to check out Will Langley’s The Watch – a play … Continue reading Preview: Tit for Tat by Original Impact