Preview: 27th Singapore International Piano Festival
The 27th edition of the annual Singapore International Piano Festival is back this June, with four virtuoso pianists performing a broad scope of musical works across just four days. Kseniia Vokhmianina, Churen Li, Nicholas Loh and Chang Yun-Hua will each perform solo recitals in the historic Victoria Concert Hall over the festival’s four nights. Lim Yan, Artistic Director of the Singapore International Piano Festival, said: “The 27th edition of the Singapore International Piano Festival … Continue reading Preview: 27th Singapore International Piano Festival
Art What!: Lai Yu Tong’s Selfish Boxes at The Substation
Running as part of The Substation’s final Associate Artist programme, Lai Yu Tong’s Selfish Boxes runs at The Substation Gallery this April, his third solo exhibition as part of his year long participation in the Associate Artist Programme 2020. The exhibition presents new works that contemplate car culture, art, and death in the context of Singapore. “A recent discovery of a tiny bird figurine that … Continue reading Art What!: Lai Yu Tong’s Selfish Boxes at The Substation
Arts of Hong Kong 2021: HKRep announce 2021-22 season
The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (HKRep) has announced their brand new theatre season for 2021–22 theatre season. Themed “Theatre Returns to Life”, the company enters the new season with the hope of the pandemic receding and the public embracing the theatre again. Season highlights include August Strindberg classic work To Damascus, Part One, Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, new works The Finale of Mr. AD and Ambiguous, the second … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong 2021: HKRep announce 2021-22 season
Art What!: ACM’s refreshed Fashion and Textiles Gallery presents Fashionable in Asia
Cutting across Asia from Chinese painted silks and Indian printed cottons to Javanese batiks, the latest display at the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) opens today displaying wonders of Asian fashion from the 18th to 20th century. Titled Fashionable in Asia, this latest showcase in the Fashion and Textiles Gallery celebrates innovation in the space of tradition, with more than 20 exquisite masterpieces recently acquired by … Continue reading Art What!: ACM’s refreshed Fashion and Textiles Gallery presents Fashionable in Asia
Arts of Malaysia: Sepet The Musical In Concert by Liver & Lung
KUALA LUMPUR – After conquering new ground last month with KLoud Fest, Malaysia’s first digital arts festival, Liver & Lung returns this April with an intimate, concert version of their award winning adaptation of Yasmin Ahmad’s iconic film: Sepet The Musical. This will be Malaysia’s first live musical since the bans on live performances have been lifted. Sepet The Musical In Concert will feature all … Continue reading Arts of Malaysia: Sepet The Musical In Concert by Liver & Lung
Arts of the UK 2021: Turtle Opera announces free workshops for children on the autism spectrum
LONDON – Turtle Opera, a music and drama creative project for children on the autism spectrum, has announced its free workshop series for 2021. Allowing children to create their own group performance of music and story, the Saturday workshops will initially be held on Zoom and then at the Ogston Music School – St Edward’s School, Oxford. The workshops are vitally important as they support … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Turtle Opera announces free workshops for children on the autism spectrum
Art What!: Michale Kagan’s ‘It’s Never Over’ at Over The Influence, Hong Kong
Michael Kagan, Schumacher, 2021. Oil on canvas. 61 x 61 cm. 24 x 24 in. Courtesy of the Artist and Over the Influence. Photo credit: Adam Reich HONG KONG – Focused on six F1 drivers Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Niki Lauda, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher painted in cropped tight compositions, It’s Never Over is Michael Kagan’s first solo exhibition with Over the … Continue reading Art What!: Michale Kagan’s ‘It’s Never Over’ at Over The Influence, Hong Kong
★★★★☆ Review: Model Citizens (2021) by The Necessary Stage
Women without men. Singapore is a nation that has always been proud of its pristine city, seemingly flawless to the rest of the world. But underneath its facade lies a tangled mass of quashed tensions, constantly threatening to break past the surface. Such is the case in The Necessary Stage’s (TNS) Model Citizens, where a Member of Parliament (MP) is stabbed by an unhappy citizen, … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Model Citizens (2021) by The Necessary Stage
The Banter: Hossan Leong and Derrick Chew unravel The Curious Case of The Missing Peranakan Treasure
Does digital theatre truly represent the future stage? Following on from their presentation of Murder at Mandai Camp – The Case Reopens, Sight Lines Entertainment is back for a brand new, family-friendly digital mystery in The Curious Case of The Missing Peranakan Treasure. Not only will they be teaming up with Hossan Leong’s Double Confirm Productions, but they’ll also work together with some of Singapore’s … Continue reading The Banter: Hossan Leong and Derrick Chew unravel The Curious Case of The Missing Peranakan Treasure
★★★★☆ Review: Agathi | Refugee by Apsaras Arts
Retelling the story of the refugee crisis through Bharatanatyam. In a first-time collaboration between Apsaras Arts and Wild Rice, the Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium played host to Agathi | Refugee. Directed by Aravinth Kumarasamy, with dramaturgy by Ivan Heng, the performance brings together theatre, poetry and the classical Indian dance form Bharatanatyam to spotlight the lives and plight of refugees on the intimate stage. The … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Agathi | Refugee by Apsaras Arts
