Preview: Textures 2020 – These Storied Walls at the Arts House
This March, get ready as The Arts House’s Textures: A Weekend with Words returns to breathe life into literature through a smorgasbord of arts events. Themed “These Storied Walls”, the third edition of the festival dives deep into the venue’s many identities and history. From a Scotsman’s planned estate to a courthouse, assembly house, our nation’s first parliament, and now Singapore’s literary arts centre, … Continue reading Preview: Textures 2020 – These Storied Walls at the Arts House
Preview: 4.48 Psychosis by Intercultural Theatre Institute
Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) is back with a new set of graduating students with their very first production of the year. This March, watch as they perform Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis, as directed by award-winning director and ITI alumnus Andy Ng Wai-shek. Combining lyricism with dark humour, 4.48 Psychosis is an unvarnished look at the difficulty of questioning and communicating with the outside world through the lens … Continue reading Preview: 4.48 Psychosis by Intercultural Theatre Institute
The Banter: An Interview with New Substation Artistic Co-Directors Raka Maitra and Woon Tien Wei
Taking over from previous Artistic Director Alan Oei, The Substation has now come under the joint leadership of Ms. Raka Maitra and Dr. Woon Tien Wei as Artistic Co-Directors of the venue. Says Chew Kheng Chuan, Chairman of The Substation: “While celebrating our 30th year as a small but significant national arts institution in Singapore, we are conscious that the future holds great challenges and … Continue reading The Banter: An Interview with New Substation Artistic Co-Directors Raka Maitra and Woon Tien Wei
Music Is: Truth by Jassy Husk: A Charity Gala for The Substation (Preview)
Multi-award winning music artist Jassy Husk is performing a charity gala Truth on 16th April 2020 in support of The Substation. All proceeds will be contributed to The Substation’s 30th anniversary celebration programming. Jassy Husk is an international award-winning, critically acclaimed artist who sings in both classical and popular genres. She has worked with the opera world luminaries like Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Richard … Continue reading Music Is: Truth by Jassy Husk: A Charity Gala for The Substation (Preview)
In London’s (Off) West End 2020: JEW…ish at the King’s Head Theatre (Preview)
LONDON – Returning to King’s Head Theatre by popular demand, JEW…ish is a romcom revolving around the tempestuous and obstacle-ridden relationship of Max, who is Jewish, and TJ, who isn’t. Continuing their situationship is not as easy as when they were part of the university’s Polyamory Society, alongside two millennia of inherited trauma on top of two decades of millennial stereotypes, maybe there’s too much … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2020: JEW…ish at the King’s Head Theatre (Preview)
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Fashion Forward: TaFF Trunks – The First-Ever Showcase of Singapore Men’s Fashion at The Cocoon Space
TaFF Trunks: Men’s Edition, is the first-of-its-kind in Singapore focused on celebrating men’s fashion, curated by local designer Leonard Augustine Choo and organised by the Textile and Fashion Federation at The Cocoon Space located above Design Orchard. With an increasing interest in men’s fashion and how it has evolved over the past decade, the Men’s Trunk Show will showcase and share stories of local brands … Continue reading Fashion Forward: TaFF Trunks – The First-Ever Showcase of Singapore Men’s Fashion at The Cocoon Space
Preview: Am I Old? by Sharul Channa
Fresh from a laugh out loud stand-up performance on Valentine’s Day, local comedian and actress Sharul Channa’s is already hurtling into her next performance of 2020. Following on from the stellar character work she’s displayed in Disco Sheela and Other Indian Superwomen (2018) and Crazy Poor Sita (2019, for which she was nominated for a Life! Theatre Award for Best Actress), this March, Sharul is set to … Continue reading Preview: Am I Old? by Sharul Channa
Music Is: SSO Subscription Concert – Fauré – Cantique et Requiem by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)
Stephen Layton, one of today’s foremost choral conductors, brings a programme of ethereal choral music to the Victoria Concert Hall on 27th and 28th March. Fauré’s beautiful short piece Cantique de Jean Racine opens the concerts, setting a peaceful tone, and whetting the appetite for the composer’s great Requiem, which brings the evening to a close with a mesmerizing depiction of Paradise. In between are … Continue reading Music Is: SSO Subscription Concert – Fauré – Cantique et Requiem by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)
Review: The Lifespan of a Fact by Singapore Repertory Theatre
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 27/2/20) Poignant and entertaining reminder that truth is neither absolute fact nor pure fiction. In cartography, there exists a concept known as the coastline paradox, which considers how there will almost always be inconsistencies in measuring the length of a coastline the more accurate one tries to be. In a similar vein, the harder we try to get at the absolute truth, … Continue reading Review: The Lifespan of a Fact by Singapore Repertory Theatre
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