In Photos: Daniel Kok and Miho Shimizu’s xhe (da:ns Festival 2018)
As the Esplanade’s annual da:ns Festival returns this week, they’ll be commissioning a number of bold new productions set to impress and push the limits of the dance medium itself. One of these productions is Daniel Kok and Miho Shimizu’s xhe, a marathon five hour durational, experimental performance that mixes multiple disciplines to create a kaleidoscope of patterns, moving objects and sounds in this one of a kind immersive … Continue reading In Photos: Daniel Kok and Miho Shimizu’s xhe (da:ns Festival 2018)
Centre 42’s The Vault: Sau(dara) by Bhumi Collective
In 1985, Malaysian playwright Leow Puay Tin wrote the phenomenal 3 Children. Three years later, the production was jointly put to stage by Krishen Jit and Ong Keng Sen, after an earlier production at Kuala Lumpur’s Five Arts Centre, and represented one of the first major cross-Causeway productions in the English language, with a four member cast that starred Lim Kay Tong, Lok Meng Chue, … Continue reading Centre 42’s The Vault: Sau(dara) by Bhumi Collective
Museum Musings: Embodiment | Sentience at The Private Museum
In conservative Singapore, it’s next to impossible to find an exhibition dedicated almost entirely to a gallery of nudes. But perhaps that’s where The Private Museum comes into the picture, most recently daring to do the extraordinary, and providing an avenue for art on the margins to be displayed in its fully glory. Commemorating the 5th anniversary since the passing of one of Singapore’s great … Continue reading Museum Musings: Embodiment | Sentience at The Private Museum
Review: Kinky Boots presented by Base Entertainment Asia
Full of heart and high heels, Kinky Boots delivers its message of acceptance loud and proud. It’s been a long time coming, but there’s never been a better time for multi-award winning musical Kinky Boots to have finally found its way to Singapore. With a touring cast direct from Broadway, the Harvey Fierstein/Cyndi Lauper musical is feel good entertainment at its very best, boasting infectious numbers and … Continue reading Review: Kinky Boots presented by Base Entertainment Asia
Preview: Close Company by RAW Moves
RAW Moves returns this October with yet another genre busting experimental dance performance. Collaborating with Australian, Adelaide-based artist Alison Currie, the premiere of Close Company will continue their 2018 theme of Competition, as the work examines the notion of co-dependency by dancers in and around the audience. Comprising of three parts, each act succeeds the last by being performed in increasingly smaller spaces. With the audience sharing the … Continue reading Preview: Close Company by RAW Moves
WTA Finals 2018: Petra Kvitova and Caroline Wozniacki Book Their Spots at the 2018 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced today that Petra Kvitova and Caroline Wozniacki have qualified for the 2018 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global, set to take place from October 21-28, 2018. Kvitova and Wozniacki join Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber and Naomi Osaka in the singles field, with three more spots left for grabs. Kvitova owns a tour-leading 47 match wins this season … Continue reading WTA Finals 2018: Petra Kvitova and Caroline Wozniacki Book Their Spots at the 2018 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore
Nine Years Theatre’s Lear Is Dead 李尔亡: An Interview with Nelson Chia and Timothy Wan
There is more than a passing similarity to Shakespeare’s King Lear and a certain recently deceased leader from our very own country. Besides being former heads of a nation and possessing three children, Lear, when translated to Mandarin, also happens to begin with the Chinese character 李, or ‘Lee’. Appropriately enough then, for their very first Shakespeare adaptation, local Mandarin theatre company Nine Years Theatre … Continue reading Nine Years Theatre’s Lear Is Dead 李尔亡: An Interview with Nelson Chia and Timothy Wan
Design Orchard: TAFF announces fashion and design incubation programmes to encourage startups
Come early 2019, in partnership with Enterprise Singapore and JTC, the Textile and Fashion Federation (TAFF) has announced fashion and design incubation programmes at Design Orchard, located right in the heart of Orchard Road. Says TAFF President Mr Mark Lee: “This is a frontier project for us and there will be many opportunities for us to work with our design community and to work … Continue reading Design Orchard: TAFF announces fashion and design incubation programmes to encourage startups
Review: Of Love and Law dir. Hikaru Toda (Love and Pride Film Festival 2018)
The trials and tribulations of a law firm run by an openly gay couple in Japan tugs at the heartstrings and leaves one with irrefutable hope for the future. Of Love and Law opens not with a shot of our protagonists, but at a park in Osaka, where an LGBTQ event is taking place. The camera is placed at a low angle, and we see attendees … Continue reading Review: Of Love and Law dir. Hikaru Toda (Love and Pride Film Festival 2018)
Singapore Trilogy by L’Arietta Productions: An Interview with Reuben Lai and Nora Samosir
Next week, local opera company L’arietta Productions premieres A Singapore Trilogy, a set of three chamber operas with music composed by National Arts Council Young Artist Award winner Dr. Chen Zhangyi. For the first time, all three operas will be performed together in their entirety, each celebrating our country’s most prominent obsessions – kopi, food and shopping! Bringing her wealth of knowledge to the scene is theatre veteran Nora … Continue reading Singapore Trilogy by L’Arietta Productions: An Interview with Reuben Lai and Nora Samosir
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