Preview: Chef – Bibimbap vs Chili Crab at Resorts World Sentosa

This school holiday, drop by Resorts World Sentosa for a theatrical extravaganza to tantalize all five of your senses ! CHEF: Bibimbap vs. Chilli Crab is a non-verbal food musical performance that uses live beatboxing and b-boying to tell the story of the Green and Red chefs locked in an intense battle of food know-how – with an extra generous serving of humour and fun! CHEF will … Continue reading Preview: Chef – Bibimbap vs Chili Crab at Resorts World Sentosa

Preview: Dramatised Readings 2017 by Theatreworks Writers’ Lab

TheatreWorks has birthed an all new triple threat of promising new writers from their latest Writers’ Lab workshops. Having received dramaturgical mentorship from internationally renowned playwright Tony Perez, Isaac Lim, Tan Mae Shen and Beverly Wee are ready to showcase their finished works in a one day only performance of Dramatised Readings.  Directed by Tan Shou Chen, the three writers’ new works will hear their plays … Continue reading Preview: Dramatised Readings 2017 by Theatreworks Writers’ Lab

Preview: Hansel and Gretel by Orchestra of the Music Makers

The forest is dark and cold as night But what do we see there in the clearing’s light? A house made of sweets, oh what a delight! How could a hungry child resist such a sight? But not all that’s sweet is cause for joy, For she who lives within has planned this ploy. Hansel and Gretel remains one of the brothers Grimms’ best loved fairytales. … Continue reading Preview: Hansel and Gretel by Orchestra of the Music Makers

Preview: Forbidden City by SRT

What really happened in the Forbidden City over a century ago?  Who was the real Dowager Empress? The Dragon Lady of myth? Or a misunderstood victim of circumstance? Singapore Repertory Theatre and the Esplanade will be restaging one of Singapore’s most successful original musicals this August with Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress. With three sold-out runs and over 100,000 tickets sold, this epic musical returns … Continue reading Preview: Forbidden City by SRT

Review: Kitchen Series – #AhMa by The Theatre Practice

The Theatre Practice (TTP) has always been a pioneer of different theatre experiences in Singapore, such as the Poor Theatre Series a few years back. This year, TTP has come up with the Practice Tuckshop, a move to bring the arts to the community as a collaborative space in front of TTP’s headquarters along Waterloo Street. In-line with their aim of bringing people and art … Continue reading Review: Kitchen Series – #AhMa by The Theatre Practice

Review: Driftwood by Casus

The 2017 Underbelly Festival presented the London-premiere of Australian circus company’s thrilling new show Driftwood. Coming into London as part of their UK tour of the show, Driftwood received rave reviews at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and features more of Casus’ unique acrobatic shapes that won them thunderous praise for their previous show Knee Deep.  Driftwood is an intimate circus experience. Seated in the front row, the show began … Continue reading Review: Driftwood by Casus

Review: Life of Galileo by Young Vic

Following his successful production of A Season In The Congo in 2013, award-winning director Joe Wright returns to the Young Vic with Bertolt Brecht’s classic play Life of Galileo. A challenging piece to adapt, the play has managed to remain relevant in today’s unstable world of fake news and unfounded knowledge rampant across the Internet. In this new production, Wright’s version focuses heavily on turning it into an … Continue reading Review: Life of Galileo by Young Vic

Preview: Taha at the Young Vic

Written and performed by Palestinian thespian Amer Hlehel and directed by Young Vic Associate Artist Amir Nizar Zuabi, Taha tells the incredible story of Palestinian poet Taha Muhammed Ali, following their previous collaboration in I am Yusuf and This is My Brother and In the Penal Colony. Forced from his home in Galilee in 1948, Taha and his family are faced with the cruel realities of a war-torn … Continue reading Preview: Taha at the Young Vic

Review: Volt Revolt+A Game of Chaos by Staging the Nation

Inspired by the impact of Brexit and the politics surrounding what makes people vote the way they do, writers Jessica Bailey and Terri Donovan came up with a double bill of new works, presented by all female creative conglomerate Staging the Nation at Theatre N16 in Balham. Vote Revolt Directed by Tonje Wik Olaussen, the first segment of the doublebill presented an extract from Jessica … Continue reading Review: Volt Revolt+A Game of Chaos by Staging the Nation

Preview: Boeing Boeing by W!ld Rice

2017 seems to be the year W!ld Rice is bringing back some of their biggest hits to date: first La Cage, and now the phenomenal Boeing Boeing! Since its Parisian premiere in December 1960, Boeing Boeing has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most performed French play throughout the world. The play was also adapted into a Hollywood movie, starring … Continue reading Preview: Boeing Boeing by W!ld Rice