★★☆☆☆ Review: Dancing with Fish in the Midnight Zone by ARTivate
A valiant attempt at dealing with the spectre of death. Death never comes easily, especially when it’s unexpected. How then does one learn to process it, and not allow it to completely consume you and those around you? Drama Box’s third graduating batch of ARTivate members attempts to answer that, with their original play Dancing with Fish in the Midnight Zone. Directed by Koh Wan … Continue reading ★★☆☆☆ Review: Dancing with Fish in the Midnight Zone by ARTivate
Film Fanatic: National Youth Film Awards 2021 announces 56 nominees
The 7th National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) has announced 56 films that showcase a new wave of filmmakers for Singapore’s film industry. Held by *SCAPE, an organisation that supports the development of Singaporean youths, the platform saw a total of 330 submissions this year. The most prominent themes this year were mental health, self-discovery, as well as the importance of human connection as we battle … Continue reading Film Fanatic: National Youth Film Awards 2021 announces 56 nominees
Arts Down Under 2021: OzAsia Festival 2021 reveals new writing and ideas program, comedy night, Australian premiere concert and more
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – The Australian premiere of Destinations by acclaimed Taiwanese-Australian pianist Belle Chen is one of three shows providing a sneak peek at Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival 2021. At the forefront of UK new wave classical music, Chen is as uncategorisable as her music is captivating. Her compositions retain the beauty of classical piano while traversing avant-garde and electronica to embody the world’s natural wonders. Using electric … Continue reading Arts Down Under 2021: OzAsia Festival 2021 reveals new writing and ideas program, comedy night, Australian premiere concert and more
Television Time: BBC Shows – July 2021
Crime and thriller are in session on BBC First, as McDonald & Dodds returns with its second season, where the unlikely duo – played by Tala Gouveia and BAFTA award-winning actor Jason Watkins – continue to encounter grisly crimes in across three films. Four-part series Roadkill also premieres this month starring Hugh Laurie as Peter Laurence, a Conservative politician whose life has been ladened with scandals, impacting his personal … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows – July 2021
Art What!: I Can’t Wait To Quit My Job at Woaw Gallery
HONG KONG – Woaw Gallery presents Sean Gannon’s solo exhibition, I Can’t Wait To Quit My Job, in collaboration with Ramp Gallery. Featuring 11 new works created in the past year, I Can’t Wait To Quit My Job is the Chicago-based artist’s first exhibition in Hong Kong. The show will run from 25th June to 25th July 2021 at Woaw Gallery Wanchai space. Informed by the Chicago Skyline … Continue reading Art What!: I Can’t Wait To Quit My Job at Woaw Gallery
Review: The Art of Facing Fear by The Red Curtain International and Os Satyros
Standing in solidarity against the hurt and fear that plagues this world. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an onslaught of problems to the world, plunging the year 2020 and beyond into uncertainty and trepidation, with no clue what the future looks like or how to plan for it. How then does one face fear? For Brazilian theatre company Os Satyros, fear is best faced by … Continue reading Review: The Art of Facing Fear by The Red Curtain International and Os Satyros
Preview: The Mother by Pangdemonium!
Motherhood has never been an easy path to take. From carrying a child for nine months, the pain of actual childbirth, to a mother’s duties to her husband and children, it’s practically enough to make one woman go mad. Following their staging of The Father (2018) and The Son (2020), Pangdemonium is set to complete Florian Zeller’s ‘family’ trilogy with The Mother this August. Translated … Continue reading Preview: The Mother by Pangdemonium!
Preview: George Town Festival 2021
GEORGE TOWN, PENANG – Even with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Penang’s annual George Town Festival has announced that the Festival is set to continue as scheduled, with a slew of online programmes from 10th to 18th July 2021. Physical events are tentatively postponed until further notice, due to the government’s announcement of a total nationwide lockdown, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The postponement of … Continue reading Preview: George Town Festival 2021
★★★★☆ Review: Lungs by Singapore Repertory Theatre
Conflating the miracle of life with the end of the world. From the pandemic to climate change, it seems inexplicable that anyone could imagine bringing a child into existence today. That’s precisely the dilemma a young couple faces as they consider having a child, in Singapore Repertory Theatre’s production of Lungs. Written by Duncan Macmillan and directed by Daniel Jenkins, Lungs‘ young millennial couple are … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Lungs by Singapore Repertory Theatre
Open Call: Viddsee’s Fourth Juree Awards Singapore Now Open With New Award Category Added
The fourth Viddsee Juree Awards (Singapore Edition) is now open until midnight, 12th July. Juree Awards Singapore welcomes all genres of short films including documentary, animation, thriller or hybrid. Filmmakers, storytellers and content producers are invited to submit their short films completed after 1st January 2020. This year’s Juree Awards includes a new category, the LifeSG Award, created in partnership with the Government Technology Agency … Continue reading Open Call: Viddsee’s Fourth Juree Awards Singapore Now Open With New Award Category Added
