Theatre Review: Just Maybe by Orangedot Productions

A production that seeks to challenge our assumptions about privilege, fairness and access to justice, with too many unresolved storylines. What does justice look like when life is not lived in black and white? Just Maybe follows Kayleigh, an ambitious law student who believes she has earned everything through hard work. When she is required to complete 20 hours at Pro Bono SG before graduating, … Continue reading Theatre Review: Just Maybe by Orangedot Productions

Preview: Just Maybe by Orangedot Productions

What does justice look like when life isn’t lived in black and white? Just Maybe invites audiences into the everyday lives of people whose stories often go unheard, revealing the resilience, compassion and quiet courage that exist behind Singapore’s polished façade. Through heartfelt encounters, unexpected humour and moments of profound reflection, the production explores the human side of the legal system, challenging perceptions of privilege, … Continue reading Preview: Just Maybe by Orangedot Productions

This Humid House makes Creative Spaces at Chelsea Flower Show debut, with site-specific artwork Tabula Rosa

LONDON – This Humid House (THH), a botanical design studio based in Singapore and Paris, makes its debut at the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show with Tabula Rosa, a new site-specific installation. Presented in the Creative Spaces category, the project marks the first time a studio from Asia has been invited to exhibit in this segment of the show. Selected by invitation, Creative Spaces is … Continue reading This Humid House makes Creative Spaces at Chelsea Flower Show debut, with site-specific artwork Tabula Rosa

★★★★☆ Review: Soft Power – The Collaborative Making of a Botanical Installation by This Humid House and Wagner Kreusch

Flower power by way of storytelling via plants. While often known more for their installations and collaborations in retail, botanical design studio This Humid House presented their first ever public event on Wednesday, with a botanical installation created live with renowned florist and educator Wagner Kreusch. Held at the Arts House Chamber, Soft Power is described as ‘part performance, part demonstration, and part conversation’, while … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Soft Power – The Collaborative Making of a Botanical Installation by This Humid House and Wagner Kreusch

Preview: Soft Power – The Collaborative Making of a Botanical Installation by This Humid House and Wagner Kreusch

Botanical design studio This Humid House is presenting its first public event in the form of the collaborative making of a botanical installation live with renowned florist and educator Wagner Kreusch on 6 March 2024 at the Chamber of the Arts House. Part performance, part demonstration, and part conversation, “Soft Power” draws conceptually from the language of plants and flowers presented in the context of … Continue reading Preview: Soft Power – The Collaborative Making of a Botanical Installation by This Humid House and Wagner Kreusch

The Banter: Kamini Ramachandran gets to The Heart of Story as StoryFest 2020 goes digital

  Even as the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions have begun to ease in Singapore, it’s still hard to imagine planning for a performing arts festival in these extraordinary circumstances, let alone putting those plans into action. But if it’s one person who can do it, it’s almost certainly storyteller Kamini Ramachandran, creative producer of the annual StoryFest, which returns for its 4th edition this July. Co-presented … Continue reading The Banter: Kamini Ramachandran gets to The Heart of Story as StoryFest 2020 goes digital

Review: Fika & Fishy by Patch and Punnet

★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 15/2/20) ‘Adult-oriented’ show about a friendship between pets stuck at crossroads between crass humour and an attempt at genuine emotion.  Remember waking up on weekends as a kid, switching on the TV and catching those Saturday morning cartoons? Patch and Punnet’s Fika & Fishy is a little like that, complete with its own opening song in the form of a rap by omarKENOBI … Continue reading Review: Fika & Fishy by Patch and Punnet

Preview: Fika & Fishy by Patch and Punnet

Local theatre company Patch and Punnet rings in 2020 with a brand new show, following their two productions of their original work The Adventures of Abhijeet  in 2019. Now under W!ld Rice’s inaugural Company-in-Residence programme, the fledgling collective has been enjoying free access to rehearsal space, dramaturgical support and arts management advice since August 2019. All of this has resulted in the upcoming Fika & Fishy, their first … Continue reading Preview: Fika & Fishy by Patch and Punnet

Review: Single Mothers by Dwayne Ng

★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 20/12/19) New play tackles the challenges of single motherhood, and shows potential for more.  Being a single mother certainly isn’t easy. On top of one’s actual obligations to take care of one’s child more or less alone, the situation is often further complicated by society’s expectations and judgment thrust upon them. The trials and tribulations of single motherhood then are explored in … Continue reading Review: Single Mothers by Dwayne Ng

Preview: Single Mothers by Dwayne Ng

Back at the tail end of 2017, we watched Patch and Punnet’s debut production 2042, which included a play titled A Mother’s Love by Dwayne Ng, and starring Ng and Alia Alkaff. Now, Dwayne is back with a brand new play, once again dealing with the topic of motherhood as Single Mothers premiere at The Arts House this December. Directed by Isaiah Christopher Lee, Single Mothers will once again star … Continue reading Preview: Single Mothers by Dwayne Ng