Singapore Repertory Theatre announces three critically-acclaimed one-person shows for 2024
Following a milestone eight productions produced in 2023 to celebrate their 30th anniversary, including some of the year’s most critically-acclaimed works, the Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) is ready to announce upcoming highlights for their 2024 season, starting with three one-person plays across the first half of the year. Comprising George Brant’s Grounded, Amer Hlelel’s TAHA and Indian Ink Company’s co-production Paradise or the Impermanence of … Continue reading Singapore Repertory Theatre announces three critically-acclaimed one-person shows for 2024
Singapore International Film Festival Comes to A Triumphant Close With 15 Awards And 50 Nominations at its Silver Screen Awards, Highest Ticket Sales since 2014
The 34th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) concluded its 11-day run with the highest ticket sales on record since 2014, with an increase of 64% from 2022. Topping off the Festival was the Silver Screen Awards (SSA), with 15 awards and 4 Special Mentions presented to exceptional talents and outstanding films from around the world. Introduced in 1991, the Silver Screen Awards was the first … Continue reading Singapore International Film Festival Comes to A Triumphant Close With 15 Awards And 50 Nominations at its Silver Screen Awards, Highest Ticket Sales since 2014
Midnight Under Neon: Films Moving Through Singapore After Hours
Singapore takes off its corporate mask after sunset – Clarke Quay gets busy, the river reflects a thousand lights, and the people stop pretending. Only a few directors really understood that side of the city, and Eric Khoo was first among them with 1995’s Mee Pok Man. A mute noodle vendor lives in a cramped HDB flat, in love with Bunny, a prostitute working near … Continue reading Midnight Under Neon: Films Moving Through Singapore After Hours
Review: Crack the Case – Mind Hunter by Sight Lines Entertainment
Messing with the supernatural in this immersive murder mystery. Everyone loves a good mystery, particularly if it surrounds a grisly crime. In Sight Lines Entertainment’s latest venture, the team is once again elevating the live entertainment experience with Crack the Case: Mind Hunter, as you enter the mind of a criminal, and save his victims before it’s too late. Written and directed by Krish Natarajan … Continue reading Review: Crack the Case – Mind Hunter by Sight Lines Entertainment
★★★★★ Review: Searching Blue by T.H.E Dance Company
An invitation towards finding a better future, together. Do we exist as individuals to suffer the weight of the world, or is there a possibility of thriving through cooperation, where we learn not to live in conflict but harmoniously, seeking out solutions together? That is the story that T.H.E Dance Company’s latest production attempts to tell, with Searching Blue. Choreographed by Kuik Swee Boon, Searching … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Searching Blue by T.H.E Dance Company
★★★★★ Review: Mari Kita Main Wayang by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Breathing new life into Peranakan theatre with diversity, heart, and joy. Over the years, various aspects of Peranakan culture have entered the public consciousness again, thanks to television shows like The Little Nyonya, or the emergence of the Peranakan Museum, alongside intensive marketing campaigns. All of this has led to its renewed popularity, from the prevalence of Peranakan tiles, reimagining the nyonya kebaya in contemporary … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Mari Kita Main Wayang by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Arts of Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur Art Book Fair 2023 – a haven for the independent publishing scene at a bigger venue with record 112 exhibitors
KUALA LUMPUR – The art book fair has slowly but surely grown into one of the most exciting festival circuits to get on board, expanding out from the West to Asia. Representing the fervent spirit of independent creation and innovation amidst an increasingly uniform world, there is a fierce passion that accompanies every regional variant of the fair, regardless of the city it’s held in, … Continue reading Arts of Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur Art Book Fair 2023 – a haven for the independent publishing scene at a bigger venue with record 112 exhibitors
Golden Point Award 2023 celebrates 44 local writers and their exceptional works
The 16th edition of the biennial Golden Point Award (GPA) ceremony took place today at The Arts House. Organised by Arts House Limited (AHL), supported by the National Arts Council (NAC) and in partnership with the Singapore Book Council (SBC), this year’s award honoured 44 outstanding writers for their literary excellence, celebrating winning short stories, poems, and for the first time, translation works of local … Continue reading Golden Point Award 2023 celebrates 44 local writers and their exceptional works
Singapore’s pinnacle arts accolades awarded to eight outstanding practitioners in recognition of their artistic excellence and contributions
Eight artists were conferred the Cultural Medallion and Young Artist Award at the Istana today. The three Cultural Medallion recipients and five Young Artist Award recipients made significant contributions to Singapore’s vibrant arts and cultural landscape across different art forms. They have achieved excellence in their respective fields of visual arts and film, literary arts and performing arts. The recipients’ artistic practices offer their unique perspectives on the … Continue reading Singapore’s pinnacle arts accolades awarded to eight outstanding practitioners in recognition of their artistic excellence and contributions
Preview: Christmas Wonderland returns to Gardens by the Bay for 10th edition
Ring in the festive cheer this December as Christmas Wonderland celebrates a decade of wonder as it returns to Gardens by the Bay from 1st December 2023 to 1st January 2024. Presented by Trip.com, the 10th edition of Singapore’s biggest yuletide fair features a supersized fairground with a sensational array of light displays, new carnival rides and more festive activities. With more than 27,000 square metres to cover, … Continue reading Preview: Christmas Wonderland returns to Gardens by the Bay for 10th edition
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