★★★★☆ Review: WAN BELANTARA – Enjet-Enjet Semut by Saiful Amri & Anwar Hadi Ramli
Political problems abound in the animal kingdom. From ancient fables passed down from generation to generation, to modern day nature documentaries, there’s always been something about using the animal kingdom as a medium for telling stories about the human condition. And as part of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, director Saiful Amri and playwright Anwar Hadi Ramli are only adding to that canon, with the … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: WAN BELANTARA – Enjet-Enjet Semut by Saiful Amri & Anwar Hadi Ramli
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2021: Liu Xiaoyi goes on the record about ‘Offstage 3.0’
Liu Xiaoyi has always been a man determined to think out of the box. And as a theatremaker, perhaps one of the biggest boxes he finds himself in is literally the theatre itself, where we’ve often limited our perception of what theatre is. For a long time now, Xiaoyi has been chipping away at what it means to create theatre, from the Southernmost Festival’s prioritising … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2021: Liu Xiaoyi goes on the record about ‘Offstage 3.0’
Arts of the UK 2021: Young Vic marks conclusion of TWENTY TWENTY with three short films
LONDON – Young Vic Taking Part has announced the conclusion of TWENTY TWENTY – their year-long in-depth creative enrichment project within their local community – with the online premiere of three short films starring the members of their TWENTY TWENTY community company. The films will premiere online at 6pm GMT on Thursday 28th January, via the Young Vic website. The films will be available for free, with no time … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Young Vic marks conclusion of TWENTY TWENTY with three short films
Arts of the UK 2021: Without Walls grows its collaborative network for the Outdoor Arts
LONDON – Without Walls, a unique network of over 30 festivals that brings fantastic outdoor arts to people across the UK, opens 2021 by welcoming three new partners: Timber Festival, Certain Blacks and The Culture House. With collaboration at the heart of Without Walls’ work, this national network aims to raise the artistic bar of the Outdoor Arts – an industry that is paramount as … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Without Walls grows its collaborative network for the Outdoor Arts
Television Time: Justin Timberlake stars in Apple TV+’s ‘Palmer’, plus other Apple TV+ news
Justin Timberlake may be best known as a former member of NSYNC, but in recent years, his acting career has really taken off. In his latest project, Timberlake stars as Eddie Palmer in Palmer, a former high-school football star who went from hometown hero to convicted felon, earning himself twelve years in a state penitentiary. Coming home, he goes to move back in with the grandmother who … Continue reading Television Time: Justin Timberlake stars in Apple TV+’s ‘Palmer’, plus other Apple TV+ news
Preview: 王命 Oedipus by Nine Years Theatre
Since their inception in 2012, Singapore’s Nine Years Theatre (NYT) has carved out a name for itself performing classic international works adapted in Mandarin. From Yeng Pway Ngon’s Art Studio (Singapore) to Shakespeare’s King Lear (UK), Nine Years Theatre has tackled works from one end of the world to another, often adding their own spin to each production, and well-supported by their core ensemble at the heart of … Continue reading Preview: 王命 Oedipus by Nine Years Theatre
Music Is: SSO reveals Feb-May 2021 Digital Season
The SSOPlayOn! digital season continues with a raft of concerts, announced today, taking place from February to May. Highlights include a performance of Bach’s Double Violin Concerto by young virtuoso Chloe Chua alongside SSO First Violinist Ye Lin. Cindy Lim, Head of Marketing Communications for SSG said: “With the gradual resumption of live performances, the SSO will be reducing the frequency of its online concerts … Continue reading Music Is: SSO reveals Feb-May 2021 Digital Season
Singapore Art Week 2021: The Body As A Dream – A Singapore Art Story
Art Agenda, S.E.A. (AASEA) presents The Body as a Dream: A Singapore Art Story, a new thematic exhibition curated by Vivyan Yeo. Featuring works from ten modern and contemporary Singaporean artists spanning 1965 – the year of Singapore’s national independence – to pieces created contemporaneously, the exhibition traces depictions of the human body as a visual marker of perceived identity throughout time. The past is … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2021: The Body As A Dream – A Singapore Art Story
Preview: SIDES 2020 by Frontier Danceland
Following their exploration of movement on film with Dancers’ Locker 2020, Frontier Danceland returns this January with SIDES 2020, a digital double bill comprising B(_).I(_).O(_) by Zhuo Zihao and Apple Diary by Chiew Peishan, created in collaboration with local filmmaker Koo Chia Meng. An open-ended investigation into the nature of human sentiments through the set-up of a microscope in a laboratory, B(_).I(_).O(_) explores the roots of … Continue reading Preview: SIDES 2020 by Frontier Danceland
Art What!: Phoebe Hui Selected to Present the Fifth Audemars Piguet Art Commission in Hong Kong in April 2021
From left to right: Portrait of Phoebe Hui in her studio, Ying Kwok and Phoebe Hui in the artist’s Hong Kong studio, studies for The Moon is Leaving Us, all images courtesy of the artist and Audemars Piguet. Audemars Piguet Contemporary has announced that Hong Kong-based multidisciplinary artist Phoebe Hui has been selected to realise the fifth Audemars Piguet Art Commission, in collaboration with Hong Kong-based … Continue reading Art What!: Phoebe Hui Selected to Present the Fifth Audemars Piguet Art Commission in Hong Kong in April 2021
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