Art What!: Southeast Asia’s first Graffiti Hall of Fame arrives at Kampong Glam
Singapore has always been known for having a hard stance against graffiti and street art. Whether it’s Sam Lo’s cheeky stickers or Priyageetha Dia’s golden staircase, few to no street artists are really allowed to have complete freedom of expression when it comes to their work, which is in itself, tends to be anti-establishment by way of claiming public spaces as their canvas. How then … Continue reading Art What!: Southeast Asia’s first Graffiti Hall of Fame arrives at Kampong Glam
Arts of the UK 2021: New audio installation ‘Seedling’ comes to the Grosvenor Centre in Northampton
LONDON – Seedling is an exciting new audio installation by Northampton artist Helen Crevel (Loop, Theatre in Black; 60 Miles by Road or Rail, 60 Miles/Carbon Theatre) focused on potential motherhood, environmental responsibility and consumerism. As passers-by enter a structure found within a town shopping centre they are invited to take the time to stop and reflect, to consider the changes they would like to … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: New audio installation ‘Seedling’ comes to the Grosvenor Centre in Northampton
Arts of the UK 2021: Free online interactive theatre made for front line NHS workers and their families opens for bookings
LONDON – The COVID-19 pandemic has placed NHS staff under extreme pressure, balancing personal and professional commitments, risk of infection to themselves and their families, and their duty to care for patients. Sickness rates in April 2020 for NHS staff in England were at their highest in a decade, with anxiety, stress, depression or another psychiatric illness reported as the most common cause. Children within these … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Free online interactive theatre made for front line NHS workers and their families opens for bookings
Arts of the UK 2021: Brand new musical podcast ‘The Ballad of Anne and Mary’ announced
LONDON – Five-part musical podcast series The Ballad of Anne & Mary will launch on Thursday 29th April with a stellar cast including musical sensation Christina Bianco, actress and comedian Sooz Kempner, Hamilton star Karl Queensborough, and drag legend Le Gateau Chocolat among others. It’s 1721, and London is abuzz with news of notorious pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, currently languishing in Newgate Prison. It’s the perfect time for debt-ridden journalist Nathaniel Mist to exploit the public … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Brand new musical podcast ‘The Ballad of Anne and Mary’ announced
Arts of the UK 2021: Exhibition of rare Aubrey Beardsley collection to re-launch Shapero Rare Books on New Bond Street
LONDON – Renowned draughtsman and illustrator Aubrey Beardsley shocked and thrilled audiences with his decadent monochrome drawings. This important collection, started by Rainforth Armitage Walker and continued by W. G. Good, comprises all the major works in the artist’s canon and is the most comprehensive collection of Beardsley’s printed works ever assembled. Exploring the outlandish, the comical, the stylish and the erotic, Beardsley’s distinctive style … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Exhibition of rare Aubrey Beardsley collection to re-launch Shapero Rare Books on New Bond Street
Review: Late Shift dir. Tobias Weber
Originally released overseas in 2016, even before Netflix’s Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Late Shift truly does mark one of the earliest interactive films, and possibly, the first of its kind to receive a cinematic release in Singapore. The concept is simple – download a special app on your smartphone prior to the show, and use it to make key decisions over the course of your experience, … Continue reading Review: Late Shift dir. Tobias Weber
Art What!: Something New Must Turn Up at National Gallery Singapore
This May, National Gallery Singapore presents Something New Must Turn Up: Six Singaporean Artists After 1965, the first-ever joint exhibition comprising six solo presentations that explore the diverse artistic practices of six post-independence Singaporean artists: Chng Seok Tin, Goh Beng Kwan, Jaafar Latiff, Lin Hsin Hsin, Mohammad Din Mohammad, and Eng Tow. Launched on 7th May, the show offers an in-depth and comparative examination of … Continue reading Art What!: Something New Must Turn Up at National Gallery Singapore
Arts of the UK 2021: The Show Must Go On Live! at the Palace Theatre
LONDON – After a record breaking on-sale in November, the producers of The Show Must Go On Live! are delighted to announce 18 West End shows and an all-star musical theatre cast coming together for a unique one-off concert in the biggest West End celebration this summer. The show will run for seven performances only from 2nd to 6th June 2021 at The Palace Theatre. The concert will be hosted … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: The Show Must Go On Live! at the Palace Theatre
Arts of the UK 2021: I and the Village by Bread and Roses Theatre
LONDON – The Bread and Roses Theatre are delighted to have been awarded a grant from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. This funding has enabled the award-winning pub theatre to recover, reopen and bring an exciting new production to life. The Bread and Roses Theatre will be reopening on Tuesday 25 May 2021, starting with an in-house produced play, one of three winners … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: I and the Village by Bread and Roses Theatre
Arts of the UK 2021: The Bloody Chamber by Proteus Theatre
LONDON – Proteus Theatre will bring their adaptation of Angela Carter’s collection The Bloody Chamber (and Other Stories) to Pavilion Theatre, Worthing this June. At a moment when women and men across the country confront the double standards of safety, sex, and the fears of what goes bump in the night, Carter’s incendiary caustic take on fairy tales as cautionary tales could not be a … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: The Bloody Chamber by Proteus Theatre
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