Preview: Singapore Archifest 2025 – Don’t (Just) Think Like An Architect
Singapore Archifest (SGAF) 2025, an annual festival celebrating architecture and the built environment, today unveiled its highly anticipated programme, inviting design enthusiasts and the public to explore a radical new perspective on design. Running from 25 June to 25 July 2025 across the city, the 19th edition challenges audiences to “Don’t (Just) Think Like An Architect,” positioning architecture not merely as building structures, but as … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Archifest 2025 – Don’t (Just) Think Like An Architect
Dance with Me: An Interview with Kuik Swee Boon on the 15th cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival and the Paths That Bind Us
This June marks a pivotal moment for contemporary dance in Singapore as cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival returns for its milestone 15th edition. Themed Paths That Bind Us, the 2025 programme is more than a showcase of works; it’s also a meditation on connection, memory, collaboration, and resilience. At its helm is Kuik Swee Boon, Artistic Director of T.H.E Dance Company and founding festival director of … Continue reading Dance with Me: An Interview with Kuik Swee Boon on the 15th cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival and the Paths That Bind Us
Film Fanatic: Mocha Chai Laboratories reveals new upcoming feature film ‘The Sandbox’
The Sandbox, an evocative feature film currently in production, offers a hilarious and heartfelt portrayal of a struggling stunt training school battling extinction—and, in doing so, becomes a powerful allegory for Singapore’s creative industry. Featuring some of Singapore’s brightest talents, including Benjamin Kheng, Estelle Fly, Nathan Hartono, and Oon Shu An, the ensemble cast is led by celebrated stunt actor and action director Peps Goh. … Continue reading Film Fanatic: Mocha Chai Laboratories reveals new upcoming feature film ‘The Sandbox’
Review: Grand Theft Theatre (Singapore) (WIP Showcase) by Miriam Cheong and Adeeb Fazah
Joyous, self-aware wink in a celebration of local theatre. In the midst of SG60, what if we threw Singapore theatre a birthday party? That’s the cheeky, heartfelt premise behind Grand Theft Theatre (Singapore), a new devised performance by Miriam Cheong and Adeeb Fazah, inspired by the original concept of the same name by Australian collective Pony Cam. This work-in-progress draws from interviews with theatre practitioners, … Continue reading Review: Grand Theft Theatre (Singapore) (WIP Showcase) by Miriam Cheong and Adeeb Fazah
Singapore, Michigan: An Interview with director Timothy Koh and playwright Chong An Ong
This June, Pangdemonium unveils the world premiere of Singapore, Michigan, a bold, genre-defying new work that weaves together forgotten history, emotional truth, and sharp humour. Written by emerging playwright Chong An Ong and developed under Pangdemonium’s New Works Lab, the play follows three friends (two Singaporeans and one American) as they travel to the ghost town of Singapore, Michigan, in search of stories buried under … Continue reading Singapore, Michigan: An Interview with director Timothy Koh and playwright Chong An Ong
Preview: Grand Theft Theatre (Singapore) (WIP Showcase) by Miriam Cheong and Adeeb Fazah
What if Singapore theatre history were stolen, remixed, and retold, with a wink, a song, and a whole lot of heart? Miriam Cheong and Adeeb Fazah present Grand Theft Theatre (Singapore), a cheeky, cross-genre devised performance that pays homage to pivotal moments in Singapore theatre, by quite literally stealing them. Inspired by the original work by Australia’s award-winning experimental collective Pony Cam, this Singapore iteration … Continue reading Preview: Grand Theft Theatre (Singapore) (WIP Showcase) by Miriam Cheong and Adeeb Fazah
Review: Snakes & Ladders – Life Edition! by Dwayne Lau
Dwayne Lau shows you how to find the silver lining in every moment, in this sincere, autobiographical show disguised as an interactive cabaret. There’s something charmingly chaotic about Snakes and Ladders: Life Edition!, a 40-minute cabaret-style solo show performed by actor Dwayne at the Esplanade Concourse. Free and open to the public, it’s an earnest, heartfelt experiment in autobiographical performance, part-musical, part-game-show, part-memoir, as well … Continue reading Review: Snakes & Ladders – Life Edition! by Dwayne Lau
Concert Review: Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement at Capitol Theatre
Kamasi Washington is the kind of man who brings jazz into the new age, utilising unusual riffs and instrumentation to add on to his preexisting body of work. Let’s start with a caveat: I’m not a jazz person and can’t recognise the specific technicalities that go into jazz, but if anything, the crowd at capitol theatre was buzzing as they gathered before the show. It … Continue reading Concert Review: Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement at Capitol Theatre
★★★★★ Review: Tunggu Sekejap – The P. Ramlee Suite by Wild Rice
Lecture-performance by Julian Wong brings P. Ramlee’s story to life, and pays tribute to his passion and musicality in a stirring, emotional suite comprising a carefully-curated set of songs. By now, Julian Wong, one of Singapore’s most outstanding music arrangers and directors, has more than proven his ability to produce powerful tributes to local music icons. And following his show about national anthem composer Zubir … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Tunggu Sekejap – The P. Ramlee Suite by Wild Rice
★★★★☆ Review: Hossan-ah! In The High Arts by Hossan Leong
Hossan Leong takes us on a musical and theatrical journey through his life and times in the Singapore arts scene. Who says the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) always needs to show off ‘atas’, head-scratching art forms? In a rather unexpected turn of programming, this year’s festival presents local entertainer Hossan Leong in his SIFA debut with Hossan-ah! In The High Arts, as he … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Hossan-ah! In The High Arts by Hossan Leong
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