Arts of the UK 2021: Theatres Trust announces 2021 Theatres at Risk Register
LONDON –The Covid-19 pandemic has had devastating effects on the UK theatre industry, causing theatres across the country to close and cancel productions, risking companies and jobs. Theatres Trust, the national advisory body for theatres, has assisted theatres throughout the pandemic with their Theatre Reopening Fund grants, #SaveOurTheatres Crowdfunder campaign, free special advice services and assisting on the DCMS working group powerfully advocating for the … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Theatres Trust announces 2021 Theatres at Risk Register
Arts of the UK 2021: The Scottish Gallery hosts concurrent exhibitions A Sense of Place and Earth Shaker
EDINBURGH – March sees joint exhibitions in the gallery by Michael McVeigh, who until recently worked in Edinburgh as a street artist, even being known as a cult figure by the city’s groups on nights out, who also draws inspiration from his Scottish surroundings. Alongside McVeigh’s work is fellow Scot David Cook who uses his imposed isolation on a remote stretch of coastline to connect … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: The Scottish Gallery hosts concurrent exhibitions A Sense of Place and Earth Shaker
Television Time: BBC Earth Presents the Eco Season
Following Sir David Attenborough’s incredible five-part natural history series, A Perfect Planet, which premiered on BBC Earth and BBC Player in January, BBC Earth is building on the appetite for more inspiration and tips on caring for the planet with a dedicated Eco Season. Starting every Sunday from 7 February to 28 March, viewers can learn more and be inspired to create everyday change through special programmes scheduled within … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Earth Presents the Eco Season
Television Time: BBC Shows – February 2021
It’s going to be a month of abundance this February as BBC Studios presents a collection of programmes for you to enjoy during Chinese New Year. First up, kick start the month with BBC’s Eco Season – a month long stint aimed at encouraging individuals to adopt more eco-friendly habits in 2021. Featuring investigative documentaries such as Extinction: The Facts and Feast to Save the Planet, viewers can … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows – February 2021
Review: XITY by RAW Moves
A closer look at the relationship we share with the city we live in. Amidst our bustling lives in a metropolitan city, perhaps we spend far too little time thinking about our relationship with it. Dancer Matthew Goh however, has taken inspiration from this idea, not only as reflection, but as an entire project where he transforms our responses to our urban environment into movement. … Continue reading Review: XITY by RAW Moves
Review: I, Frida by Ay, Caramba! Theatre
Heartfelt one woman show of a Hispanic family’s struggles as migrants in Canada. In Carol Ann Duffy’s poem Foreign, the Scottish poet invites readers to imagine themselves as a migrant in a strange country, where ‘You think/in a language of your own and talk in theirs’. Unless you’ve lived in a country with a vastly different culture from your own for an extended period of … Continue reading Review: I, Frida by Ay, Caramba! Theatre
Review: Snow Whitening Revisited by New Cambodian Artists
Haunting, moving dance work embodying what it means to hold on when everything is falling apart. When a country has no contemporary arts scene to speak of, it would be easy for one of the only contemporary dancers to use it as an excuse to produce less than stellar work. But for the New Cambodian Artists, Snow Whitening Revisited is more than enough proof that … Continue reading Review: Snow Whitening Revisited by New Cambodian Artists
Preview: Vel Vel – A Sonic Walk by The Arts House
In celebration of Thaipusam on Thursday, 28th January 2021, The Arts House will be presenting a virtual edition of the festival’s pilgrimage route through a web app. Through an interactive audio-visual-text experience, audiences will be able to discover the cultural significance of this festival. “Throughout human history, art has provided for our needs, which at times include solace, ritual, and togetherness. With Thaipusam being substantially … Continue reading Preview: Vel Vel – A Sonic Walk by The Arts House
Music Is: Jean Tan releases remix of single ‘Oak Cherry Wine’
As a follow up to her recently-released 5-track EP, ‘Blooms’, Singaporean singer-songwriter Jean Tan will be releasing a remix of her spellbinding single, ‘Oak Cherry Wine’. Produced by Singaporean music producer, Feng Lee, the synth-pop-soul remix is a collaboration with Korean Youtube artist 양중은Yang Jung Eun and will be available on all music platforms on 29th January 2021. Written in her distinctive, bluesy vein, ‘Oak Cherry … Continue reading Music Is: Jean Tan releases remix of single ‘Oak Cherry Wine’
Music Is: Naomi G releases new song “Prey”
Singapore-based artist Naomi G has released her contemplative pop single “Prey” in an attempt to reclaim greater tenure as a woman knowing her worth in a relationship. The track, invocative of Banks’ chilling despair on some notes and The Weeknd’s midnight sentiments on others, resolves itself by criticizing structural behaviors that oppress women and upholding virtues that are necessary to curb patriarchal pressures. As Naomi … Continue reading Music Is: Naomi G releases new song “Prey”
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