Some time ago we brought you a preview of the epic new production: Tropicana The Musical, featuring an all star cast and creative team. But now here’s even more reasons to come down to the show! After what seemed to be a long time, Tropicana is finally opening tomorrow! Here are some of the events you can look forward to! 1. There will be a pop-up … Continue reading Preview: Tropicana The Musical (Part 2)
Bhumi Collective is proud to present the Singporean premiere of Duncan Macmillan’s Every Brilliant Thing, a hit at the 2014 and 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festivals and receiving critical acclaim. Starring in this one-man play is 2017 Life! Theatre Award Best Actor nominee Andrew Marko (Falling, Rent), and will portray a six-year old boy attempting to come up with a list of 1000 ‘brilliant things’ for his mother … Continue reading Preview: Every Brilliant Thing by Bhumi Collective
2016 has been a monstrously strong year of theatre, and as always, the Life! Theatre Awards are back to highlight and honour the best of the year. This year’s awards took place on 10 April at the Esplanade Recital Studio, and here’s the full list of the 14 award winners! Best Supporting Actor: Lian Sutton (Electra by Cake) Best Supporting Actress: Sukania Venugopal (Ghost Writer … Continue reading Life! Theatre Awards 2017
Hope (Harap) boasts a stellar cast, from Sani Hussin, to YouTube celebrity Hirzi Zulkiflie, to Apprentice star and rising stage presence Fir Rahman, as well as Siti Hajar Abd Gani and Nur Zakiah Bte Mohd Fared. Originally written by Haresh Sharma and performed in English in 1994, this 2017 version sees it translated into Malay by Zulfadli Rashid, and directed by Mohd Fared Jainal. Primarily discussing the main theme … Continue reading Review: Hope (Harap) by Teater Ekamatra
For the first time since 2000, Haresh Sharma’s This Chord and Others returns to the stage! Directed by Timothy Nga, the play stars Thomas Pang, Pavan J Singh and Neo Hai Bin as three friends and colleagues as their friendship is put to the test in the face of a potential job promotion. This Chord is of course, a pun on the word ‘discord’, and this theme was … Continue reading Review: This Chord and Others [The Studios 2017]
Journalist Paul Mason has had a rather exciting career. Particularly in the 2010s, Mason joined Channel 4 News as culture and digital editor, and has continued to cover some of the most relevant and politically charged news stories around the world. Possibly, one of the least expected places you’d find him is performing in a theatre, but here at the Young Vic, for three nights … Continue reading Review: Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere by The Young Vic
“A badly decomposed corpse was found floating on Singapore River early this morning…” Teater Ekamatra rounds off The Studios’ 2017 season with Hope (Harap), with an adaptation of Haresh Sharma’s 1994 script into Malay by Zulfadli Rashid. Hope (Harap) explores the dynamics of a family and their friends, and the importance of their individual hope as the drive for their dreams, the very basis for desire and … Continue reading Preview: Hope (Harap) [The Studios 2017]
Singapore Repertory Theatre brings Broadway hit Hand to God to Singapore! If you thought puppet theatre was dead, think again. Hand To God plays like a cross between Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon, with a touch of evil. Troubled teen Jason is still coping with his father’s death and is forced to join his mother, Margery in her Church-led puppet group, consisting of his crush and a rebellious … Continue reading Preview: Hand to God by SRT
Get ready for a blast from the past during the 2017 season of the Esplanade’s The Studios when Haresh Sharma’s 1991 play is given a new breath of life in this restaging headed by Timothy Nga! Last performed in 2000, This Chord and Others is a comedy about friendship and identity through the eyes of three young friends: Sukdev, Gerald and Thomas. The three friends work together … Continue reading Preview: This Chord and Others [The Studios 2017]
In a world where childhood fairy tales are constantly being adapted into darker, grittier versions for film, it was inevitable that someone would eventually do the same for nursery rhymes. Enter The Finger Players’ first show of the season: ITSY The Musical, which does just that, taking some of your favourite nursery rhymes you learnt as a kid and bringing them to life in this grown up musical. … Continue reading Review: ITSY The Musical by The Finger Players
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