Exhibition Extravaganza: Lim Tze Peng – National Icon. Centenarian and A Myanmar Heritage at ION Art Gallery
This November, ION Art gallery presents two new art exhibitions showcasing dynamic perspectives of Myanmar and Singapore’s history. Viewers will be able to journey through each country’s rich history and culture, and discover intriguing facts about each country. Lim Tze Peng – National Icon. Centenarian is presented by Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery to celebrate Lim Tze Peng, a 100-year-old master artist, Meritorious Service Medal … Continue reading Exhibition Extravaganza: Lim Tze Peng – National Icon. Centenarian and A Myanmar Heritage at ION Art Gallery
Art Down Under: Over 200,000 Attendees at OzAsia Festival 2019
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival is celebrating its growing success with 200,000 attendees across a range of sold-out performances and popular free events for the 18-day festival, which closed yesterday. Audiences were treated to ground-breaking and genre-defying work from world-class contemporary artists – everything from talking rice cookers, ‘headless’ dancers and fictional banks to thought-provoking observations on cultural identity, migration and generational exchange. The 2019 … Continue reading Art Down Under: Over 200,000 Attendees at OzAsia Festival 2019
Voilah! 2019: An Interview with AR Artists Adrien M and Claire B
Catch a work by Adrien M & Claire B and you’d swear that you’ll have stepped into another world, or multiple realities have collided. The French multimedia artists are masters of the digital realm, crafting interactive pieces that bring together reality and the virtual world, utilising technology to animate storybooks into life, or craft entire environments for performers to play against. if anything, the collective’s … Continue reading Voilah! 2019: An Interview with AR Artists Adrien M and Claire B
Hong Kong 2019: Gems & Pearl – An Italian Culinary Journey at Tosca di Angelo at The Ritz-Carlton
HONG KONG -Tosca di Angelo at The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong proudly celebrates the unbound talents of amazing female chefs from Italy with “Gems & Pearl – An Italian Culinary Journey” (2019-2020 Edition), curated by acclaimed food personalities Andrea Petrini and Florent Bonnefoy. Over the next 12 months, Chef Angelo Aglianó, Director of Tosca di Angelo, is inviting five prominent chefs from Italy to work with him … Continue reading Hong Kong 2019: Gems & Pearl – An Italian Culinary Journey at Tosca di Angelo at The Ritz-Carlton
Preview: Singapore International Film Festival 2019
The 30th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) has officially announced its full Festival line-up, revealing a line-up of stories and film centering around Asia and beyond, committed to the regional filmmaking scene and talents, and its roots as a tastemaker of global developments in cinema. Over 90 films form the programme this year, with auteurs from 40 countries. Says SGIFF Programme Director Kuo Ming-Jung said: “In … Continue reading Preview: Singapore International Film Festival 2019
Preview: CATS presented by BASE Entertainment Asia
Following its triumphant season in London’s West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical CATS comes to the Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands for a strictly limited season this December. Coming to town just in time to coincide with Universal Pictures’ film adaptation, CATS is based off T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats and takes place in a larger-than-life junkyard playground. Here, audiences are set to meet … Continue reading Preview: CATS presented by BASE Entertainment Asia
The Banter: An Interview with Akshita Nanda, Author of Beauty Queens of Bishan
Since the last time we spoke to author Akshita Nanda, her life has taken quite the turn. No longer an arts correspondent with The Straits Times, Akshita has gone back to hitting the books, not only pursuing a Masters in International Affairs but also getting ready to release her sophomore novel – Beauty Queens of Bishan. From its blurb alone, Beauty Queens of Bishan already feels … Continue reading The Banter: An Interview with Akshita Nanda, Author of Beauty Queens of Bishan
In London’s West End 2019/20: CURTAINS at Wyndham’s Theatre (Preview)
LONDON – The producers of the Tony award winning musical CURTAINS have announced the show will premiere in London at Wyndham’s Theatre, playing 38 performances from 13th December 2019 until 11th January 2020. CURTAINS is currently delighting audiences and critics on tour across the UK and stars comedian, actor and singer Jason Manford as Detective ‘Lt. Frank Cioffi’. He will be joined by Carley Stenson as ‘Georgia Hendricks’, Rebecca Lock as ‘Carmen Bernstein’, Samuel Holmes as ‘Christopher Belling’, Leah Barbara … Continue reading In London’s West End 2019/20: CURTAINS at Wyndham’s Theatre (Preview)
In London’s West End 2020: The Drifters Girl at the Garrick Theatre (Preview)
LONDON – Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced The Drifters Girl, a brand new musical starring Beverley Knight, which tells the remarkable story of one of the world’s greatest vocal groups The Drifters and the woman who made them. It will make its World Premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal next year, before transferring to the Garrick Theatre in London for a strictly limited season of 20 weeks. … Continue reading In London’s West End 2020: The Drifters Girl at the Garrick Theatre (Preview)
Voilah! 2019: Bourgogne Premiers Crus Wine Dinner (Review)
Snuggled in a corner of South Beach Tower lies Chinese restaurant Madame Fan. Marked by a red, lighted balloon on the outside, there’s a sense of warmth emanating from this posh venue, we were ready to dive into an evening that would meld East and West as Chinese cuisine was paired with French Bourgogne Premiers Crus, as we stepped into the chic world of Madame Fan. … Continue reading Voilah! 2019: Bourgogne Premiers Crus Wine Dinner (Review)
