Preview: Toy Factory releases past plays to stream online
Local theatre company Toy Factory Productions Ltd has released NOWstreaming@TOY, a video-on-demand streaming service featuring stage recordings of their past plays via Vimeo On Demand. Exploring an array of themes and narratives, Toy Factory is set to launch the first of its 6 planned titles on 5th March, with the critically-acclaimed Titoudao. With more plays released on its Vimeo platform every month, viewers can expect to … Continue reading Preview: Toy Factory releases past plays to stream online
Television Time: BBC Shows – March 2021
It’s going to be a March filled with incredible dramas and heart-warming stories with BBC studios. Starting with BBC First, viewers will be treated to the likes of Jodie Comer, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton and more in the contemporary drama, Talking Heads – an adaptation of Allan Bennett’s beloved series of stage monologues. Tackling topics such as grief, guilt and isolation, Talking Heads will penetrate the hearts … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows – March 2021
★★★★☆ Review: The Amazing Celestial Race by Wild Rice
Bringing a touch of pantomime spirit to the Lunar New Year. While pantomimes are traditionally Christmas affairs, Wild Rice’s latest one has brought that same holiday cheer and spirit to the Lunar New Year. Directed by Glen Goei, with a book by Dwayne Lau, The Amazing Celestial Race is a musical retelling of the origins of the Chinese Zodiac. As the Jade Emperor holds a … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: The Amazing Celestial Race by Wild Rice
★★★☆☆ Book Review: The Good Guys by Darren Chen
Thrilling mystery of a superhero novel, with potential for this first-time author. While many of us have cheered hardest at scenes of superpowered human beings locked in mortal combat, pitting super strength against elemental might, it has always been the stories of heroes wrestling with their inner demons that have stuck with us the longest. There’s good reason why Alan Moore’s gritty, noir-inspired Watchmen has been … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Book Review: The Good Guys by Darren Chen
Review: Reawakening Cultural Memories by T.H.E Dance Company
Bringing contemporary dance to the Eastern heartlands. Thanks to its reputation of being ‘hard to understand’, contemporary dance isn’t exactly the easiest thing to bring to the masses. But one company has dared to try, as T.H.E Dance Company presented Reawakening Cultural Memories at Our Tampines Hub last week. Playing at the Festive Arts Theatre, Reawakening Cultural Memories is primarily aimed at exposing the heartlands to the … Continue reading Review: Reawakening Cultural Memories by T.H.E Dance Company
Preview: The Sound Inside by Singapore Repertory Theatre
Fresh off directing Nine Years Theatre’s Mandarin-language adaptation of Sophocles’ Oedipus, Cherilyn Woo is set to direct another project this March, as she returns to Singapore Repertory Theatre to head award-winning playwright Adam Rapp’s The Sound Inside. The first play of SRT’s new season, The Sound Inside is a two-hander that turns the spotlight on an unusual connection forged between a pair of literary-minded people – … Continue reading Preview: The Sound Inside by Singapore Repertory Theatre
Arts of the UK 2021: Vanara at Hackney Empire
LONDON – The world premiere of the highly-anticipated new musical Vanara will take place at Hackney Empire this October. Following two workshop performances, and an acclaimed concept album featuring some of the biggest names in musical theatre, the ground-breaking production will open in London for a strictly limited season before embarking on a UK-wide tour in 2022. Casting will be announced in due course. As disaster … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Vanara at Hackney Empire
Arts of the UK 2021: Graduates at Cadogan Hall 2021
LONDON – To support performing arts graduates who have had their careers halted before they’ve even begun, 40 young professionals are being given the opportunity to showcase their talents in three nights of online musical theatre concerts, with all profits going to Acting for Others. The evenings will be hosted by Courtney Bowman (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, SIX), Grace Mouat (& Juliet, SIX) and Luke Bayer (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Graduates at Cadogan Hall 2021
Arts of the UK 2021: Wig Show by Tract + Touch
LONDON – Bringing something fun, playful and outrageous back to learning, Tract + Touch’s Wig Show is a participatory romp through voice and identity for children. The four quick 2-3 minute videos are a free resource and the perfect way to tap into some silliness and playfulness to enjoy from home, from school, during lockdowns and beyond. Wig Show’s crazy vocal warm-up and workouts are an … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Wig Show by Tract + Touch
Arts of the UK 2021: Sister Act The Musical postponed to 2022
LONDON – Due to the current and ongoing pandemic restrictions and the knock-on effect this has had to the international production’s schedule, Jamie Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg, the producers of Sister Act The Musical, have sadly come to the decision that it is impossible to open the show in London this summer and have postponed performances at the Eventim Apollo until 2022. The new dates for … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Sister Act The Musical postponed to 2022
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