Review: The Adventures of Abhijeet by Patch and Punnet
Singa-satire still falls flat. When The Adventures of Abhijeet was first presented the M1 Singapore Fringe earlier this year, I was unable to get a chance to catch it. Reading […]
Huayi 2018: I came at last to the seas by The Theatre Practice (Review)
It is perhaps fitting that the Esplanade’s 2018 Huayi Festival kicked off on Friday (Feb 23) with a local production starring one of Singapore’s largest breakout stars in China of 2017 […]
Singapore Writers Festival 2017: We Can be Heroes, Just For One Day
Eight writers from the UK, Ireland, Iran, Australia and Singapore gathered in the Arts House Chamber and celebrated their personal heroes tonight through the written word. Moderated by poet Marc Nair […]
Review: The Black Eye Club by Phil Charles
“He’s one of the girls!” shouts Zoe (Rebecca Pryle) innocuously – except in this world of misconceptions and boundaries, he (Christopher Sherwood) legally isn’t. Himself a victim of domestic abuse, […]
da:ns Festival 2017: Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project (Review)
Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project presented at Esplanade’s da:ns Festival was a riveting performance of perfection, and left audiences in awe throughout the 80 minute show. The show opened with a sequence […]
Review: Leakage(s) and Anticoagulants by ITI
Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic novel Crime and Punishment, David Gaitan’s Leakage(s) and Anticoagulants is a biting psychological exploration on rational egotism and morality. A young intellectual, Raskolnikov (Tan Weiying), […]
Review: A Piece of Cake by Toy Factory (The Wright Stuff 2017)
Earlier this week, I watched another play made under Toy Factory’s new writing programme, The Wright Stuff. It was deeply ambitious in its storytelling and had a keen voice on […]
Review: Sejarah-ku by Toy Factory (The Wright Stuff 2017)
It is rare to see in short plays the confidence of voice found in Al Hafiz Sanusi’s new work, Sejarah-Ku. It is clear from the start that the authors have done more […]
Review: What’s Wrong With Me by Kristina Pakhomova
Written by Anvita Gupta and produced and performed by Kristina Pakhomova, What’s Wrong With Me? is a solo comedy piece about a woman named Fey, who is unaware that she […]
Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow at the National Gallery
Japanese avant -garde artist Yayoi Kusama is arguably one of the world’s most influential and well-known artist- playing an integral part in key art movements of the 20th and 21st […]
Review: Labyrinth by Hampstead Theatre [7/10/16]
Labyrinth burns with an intensity that seems to have become standard fare for new writing at Hampstead Theatre. As with her first two plays, Beth Steel works on the fringes […]
