Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat by Bill Kenwright (UK Tour)

Billed as a family friendly musical, you’d be surprised to know that it was none other than the great Andrew Lloyd Webber who penned the score, along with lyrics by longtime collaborator Tim Rice, who also wrote lyrics for musicals like The Lion King and Chess. As one of their earlier works, Joseph is nothing too complicated, more or less faithfully retelling the Biblical tale of Joseph and … Continue reading Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat by Bill Kenwright (UK Tour)

Preview: Chicago @ Marina Bay Sands

Chicago is one of the sexiest, most exciting musicals to come off Broadway, and this 2017, finally returns to our shores! Set in the roaring 20s, Chicago is based on real life events and follows struggling nightclub singer Roxie Hart’s meteoric rise to fame after she shoots her lover. Befriending cunning double-murderess Velma Kelly in the cell, the femme fatales enlist the help of smooth talking lawyer Billy … Continue reading Preview: Chicago @ Marina Bay Sands

VAULT Festival 2017: Notflix by Waiting For The Call

Coming in fresh from a sellout run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, musical improv team Waiting For The Call presents Notflix, a nightly performance where the team reimagines your favourite film as a completely original musical! Notflix starts off with picking a film at random, with choices drawn from a bucket of slips audience members filled out before the show. This was their second night performing at the … Continue reading VAULT Festival 2017: Notflix by Waiting For The Call

Preview: Detention Katong by Dream Academy

Dream Academy presents an all new original musical comedy written and directed by Selena Tan! Set in the fictitious Geylang Girls Secondary School, this new musical is all about those angsty, difficult teenage years. From pimples to ponytails, boys to breaking the rules, this is one story that’ll appeal to both the young and young at heart. Detention Katong stars theatre stalwarts Suhaimi Yusoff, Neo … Continue reading Preview: Detention Katong by Dream Academy

Preview: Crossings by young & w!ld

Over the last eighteen months, eight young theatre makers trained under the directorship of Rodney Oliveiro and Serena Ho, cumulating in an all new batch of young & w!ld graduates. Now, they’re about to release their first public performance to showcase what they’re made of. Crossings is a fully devised double bill, consisting stories, characters and themes created by the young & w!ld batch via improv … Continue reading Preview: Crossings by young & w!ld

Review: Promises Promises at Southwark Playhouse

Southwark Playhouse has yet to disappoint us with its keen curatorial sense for musicals, and producing the Tony Award nominated Promises Promises was certainly a good choice. Promises Promises is set in 60s New York, where ambitious, but overlooked employee Chuck Baxter is lucky enough to own a one room apart. This draws the attention of his higher ups, who routinely request to borrow his room to entertain … Continue reading Review: Promises Promises at Southwark Playhouse

Preview: Temuan [the meeting] by Pink Gajah Theatre

If you find yourself in Perth this week, take some time to support local talent and check out Pink Gajah Theatre’s Temuan [the meeting] at the 2017 Fringe World Festival. Performed by local award-winning theatre darling Sharda Maxine Harrison, who we last saw in a brilliant spectrum of roles in W!ld Rice’s Hotel, Temuan was first performed under the name bi(cara) at the 2016 M1 Fringe Festival and has received critical acclaim. … Continue reading Preview: Temuan [the meeting] by Pink Gajah Theatre

Review: A Faerie Tale By Wide Eyed Theatre

Despite a ten year gap from their last show, Wide Eyed Theatre’s seventh production received an almost sold out run. Taking place in the home of Wide Eyed Theatre, a small shop house in the heart of the Nakano district in Tokyo, this unsuspecting place played host to a dark, modern fairy tale for adults. Even though the play was in English, it was heartening … Continue reading Review: A Faerie Tale By Wide Eyed Theatre

Preview: W!ld Rice’s 2017 Season

2016 has been an incredible year for W!ld Rice, bringing back some of their most critically acclaimed hits such as Hotel and Monkey Goes West, along with introducing brand new, quality theatre during the Singapore Theatre Festival. 2017 looks set to be just as exciting, if not more so. Check out next year’s highlights below: Crossings by young & w!ld (15-19 February) W!ld Rice’s newest batch of young & … Continue reading Preview: W!ld Rice’s 2017 Season

M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Under My Skin by Alessandra Fel

It’s an interesting phenomenon how most children aspire to match or surpass their parents, only to reminisce and wish for their childhood once more the moment they become a parent themselves. There seems to be an irreconcilable rift between a parent and his or her child – in spite of being of the same flesh and blood, they’ll never live in the same world or … Continue reading M1 Fringe Festival 2017: Under My Skin by Alessandra Fel