100 and 100 More Festival: An Interview with Jeffrey Tan (Into The Blue Forest)
For the opening show of the Artground’s inaugural 100 and 100 More Festival, local theatre practitioner Jeffrey Tan has been commissioned to produce an all new work. Based off illustrated children’s book The Blue Forest, which Jeffrey wrote around 6 years ago with illustrations by Italian theatre director illustrator Dario Moretti, Into The Blue Forest promises an immersive experience for audiences aged 4 – 8 as they explore the … Continue reading 100 and 100 More Festival: An Interview with Jeffrey Tan (Into The Blue Forest)
SIFA 2018: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower (Review)
Afro-futurism is given a musical touch in a stirring work of speculative fiction. Toshi and Bernice Johnson Reagon’s Parable of the Sower is a genre defying work that, if it were to be summed up, would simply be a powerful musical adaptation of one of the most seminal works of Afro-futurism. Parable of the Sower was originally written as a novel by award-winning author Octavia E. Butler, and is … Continue reading SIFA 2018: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower (Review)
SIFA 2018: OCD Love by L-E-V Dance Company (Review)
Mesmerising, muscular bodies tangle with the simultaneous pain and allure of the mental condition. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD for short, is characterised as a state by which a person’s mind is constantly occupied by cycles of intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviours. It’s an invisible condition that only really becomes evident when you know someone, and is often a lifelong state an afflicted person finds … Continue reading SIFA 2018: OCD Love by L-E-V Dance Company (Review)
Review: Secret Theatre Project Singapore
A club night gone very very wrong. Richard Crawford’s Secret Theatre Project has made a bit of a name for itself ever since it began a couple of years ago, gaining a worldwide following. Playing to international audiences as it toured cities from London to New York to Hong Kong, the gimmick behind the project is simple – take a popular film (past projects have … Continue reading Review: Secret Theatre Project Singapore
National Gallery Singapore’s (Re)Collect: A Retrospective on our National Collection
The National Gallery may only have been around for a couple of years, but it’s already established itself as the go to national institution to look to for any and all information on the local and regional visual arts scene. With their latest exhibition (Re)collect: The Making of Our Art Collection, the National Gallery takes a look back on some of the key art pieces that make … Continue reading National Gallery Singapore’s (Re)Collect: A Retrospective on our National Collection
Review: Shakespeare In The Park – Julius Caesar by Singapore Repertory Theatre
Singapore Repertory Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park makes a triumphant return after a year’s absence. In a world filled with crazed presidents and a turbulent political climate, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s tale of brutal governors and despotic leaders, takes on more significance than ever. In SRT’s modern take on the play, the script has remained largely loyal to the Bard’s original writing, but director Guy Unsworth has dressed the play … Continue reading Review: Shakespeare In The Park – Julius Caesar by Singapore Repertory Theatre
NYFA 2018: Open To Any and All Aspiring Youth Filmmakers
Started four years ago in 2015, by now, *SCAPE’s annual National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) have become an established ceremony in Singapore to recognise the very best youths working in film today, be it as a director or production designer. But where previous years have only allowed students at institutes of higher learning to participate, 2018 marks the first time the team is opening up … Continue reading NYFA 2018: Open To Any and All Aspiring Youth Filmmakers
EUFF 2018: An Interview with Maikäfer flieg Director Mirjam Unger and Screenwriter Sandra Bohle
We’re on the 24th floor of Parkview Square at the Austrian Embassy, halfway through an interview with Mirjam Unger and Sandra Bohle, director and screenwriter of the opening film of the 2018 European Union Film Festival Maikäfer flieg (Fly Away Home), when Mirjam becomes distracted and gazes out the window at a cumulonimbus of dark clouds and the impending thunderstorm. Compelled by its savage beauty, she excuses herself … Continue reading EUFF 2018: An Interview with Maikäfer flieg Director Mirjam Unger and Screenwriter Sandra Bohle
Preview: La Voix Humaine by Singapore Symphony Orchestra
This May, the Victoria Concert Hall is proud to present the Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s new production of Francis Poulenc’s one act solo opera La Voix Humaine. Based off the play of the same name by Jean Cocteau, this production will be taking on a uniquely theatrical direction, from W!ld Rice artistic director Ivan Heng, and featuring visuals by Brian Gothong Tan. La Voix Humaine takes place in the … Continue reading Preview: La Voix Humaine by Singapore Symphony Orchestra
SIFA 2018: TAHA by Amer Hlehel (Review)
Deceptively simple, Amer Hlehel puts the power of words onstage with a tour de force performance as the eponymous Palestinian poet. How does one go through countless losses and still come out an optimist? In the eyes and life of Palestinian poet Taha Muhammad Ali (1931-2011), one will find that it is completely possible. Directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi, TAHA is a show with a simple set-up – writer … Continue reading SIFA 2018: TAHA by Amer Hlehel (Review)
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