Bakchormeeboy Awards 2023: The Year That Returned To Normalcy, A Time For Reflection
In 2023, Singapore’s theatre scene felt fully ready to take risks and pull out all the stops for the first true season following the pandemic years. We saw the return of blockbuster musical and stage productions, and plenty of new, experimental works filling in the spaces in between, be it through long-awaited collaborations or younger companies having their work see the light of day, or … Continue reading Bakchormeeboy Awards 2023: The Year That Returned To Normalcy, A Time For Reflection
★★★★☆ Review: Crazy Christmas – Balls of the Belles by Dream Academy
The epitome of a holiday season variety show and brilliant way to celebrate the end of 2023. Christmas has always been a time for joy and laughter, and one of the most consistent companies bringing that to Singaporeans almost every December is Dream Academy, with their seasonal Crazy Christmas revue, a prime opportunity to show off their artistes and friends onstage, and put on a … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Crazy Christmas – Balls of the Belles by Dream Academy
★★★★☆ Review: Fault Lines by Protagonist Studio and Cocoon Creative Lab
Flurry of issues during a Malaysian family reunion in New York. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Home is where the heart is, but what happens when the home you left behind follows you into a new country? Adding a new play to the Malaysian canon of theatre is Adriana Nordin Manan, with her original script Fault Lines, which follows Malaysian Shereen as she receives a visit … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Fault Lines by Protagonist Studio and Cocoon Creative Lab
★★★★★ Review: FORBIDDEN by Aditi Mangaldas
An affecting one-woman exploration of the origins of the monstrous feminine, and hope thereafter. In multiple cultures around the world, women have always been seen as the meeker sex, expected to be docile and obedient, with virginity and purity placed among the highest of virtues. But the truth is, women are not these paradigms of virtuosity, and should not be held to such impossible standards. … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: FORBIDDEN by Aditi Mangaldas
★★★★☆ Review: Twin Murder In The Green Mansion by Agam Theatre Lab
Against all odds, the bumbling cast in this play-within-a-play puts a smile on your face and makes you root for them. The beauty of theatre often lies in the suspension of disbelief, where the team will do anything and everything to ensure that you are fully immersed in the world of the play, enraptured and fully taking in every word each character utters. So it … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Twin Murder In The Green Mansion by Agam Theatre Lab
★★★☆☆ Review: Fistful of Rupees by Stone Paper Stories
The chaos of Mumbai distilled into a fish out of water play. No matter how adaptable one thinks they are, moving to a new place is almost always going to take some adjustment. And if you’re ever moving to hustling, bustling city of Mumbai, you can rest assured that you may never really feel stable ground beneath your feet, with the constant chaos and unpredictability … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Fistful of Rupees by Stone Paper Stories
★★☆☆☆ Review: Buckets by NAFA School of Theatre and Nine Years Theatre
Ensemble work about unfulfilled desires and the inevitability of death messy amidst truth. In the final collaborative effort between Nine Years Theatre (NYT) and NAFA School of Theatre, director Timothy Wan and the Year 3 graduating students of NAFA’s Diploma in Theatre (English Drama) present Adam Bernard’s unusual play Buckets. Referencing the idea of a bucket list and the endless unfulfilled tasks one is left … Continue reading ★★☆☆☆ Review: Buckets by NAFA School of Theatre and Nine Years Theatre
★★★☆☆ Review: The Fall by NAFA School of Theatre and Nine Years Theatre
Snapshots of fleeting youth and the tragedy of life in three acts. If it’s one thing in life money can’t buy, it’s youth. Doomed to age till the day we die, it is far too often that by the time we reach a degree of emotional maturity to appreciate what we have, it is often already too late to enjoy it in all its glory. … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: The Fall by NAFA School of Theatre and Nine Years Theatre
★★★★☆ Review: Lord Of The Flies by NAFA School of Theatre and Nine Years Theatre
Hallucinations and violence cause chaos in this Mandarin adaptation of Goldberg’s classic. As civilised as we might seem, when placed in extreme situations, any human is likely to regress into survival mode, reverting to our animal instincts in a primal state closer to beast than man. One of the most prominent works in the English language to explore this is William Golding’s seminal novel Lord … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Lord Of The Flies by NAFA School of Theatre and Nine Years Theatre
Dance with Me: An Interview with Converge Studios co-founder Nash Tan on Converge Recital 2023 and the dance community
Setting up a dance studio is never an easy task – not only is it already financially demanding and requires full commitment from all involved, but the highly competitive environment means that the studio has to stand out in some way above the rest, and take time to patiently build up its own community and loyal fanbase of students and dancers. One studio that has … Continue reading Dance with Me: An Interview with Converge Studios co-founder Nash Tan on Converge Recital 2023 and the dance community
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