SIFA 2018: The Blues Project by Dorrance Dance (Preview)
Created by an all-star creative team consisting of tap dance extraordinaire Michelle Dorrance, acclaimed choreographer Derick K. Grant, genre-busting musician Toshi Reagon, and tap dance maestress Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, The Blues Project sees tap dancing break into the modern world set to emotive blues in an explosive fusion of American themes and styles. A multi-genre, multi-medium style performance, The Blues Project unites original live music with raw emotion and dance … Continue reading SIFA 2018: The Blues Project by Dorrance Dance (Preview)
SIFA 2018: The Hidden by Kamini Ramachandran (Review)
Unearthing the stories hidden within this age-old monument. As Singapore’s oldest Christian church, the Armenian Church is rife with the memory of travelers and people past, its very walls pulsating with a special kind of hidden power only afforded to the oldest of structures. With such a history behind it, it stands to reason that it makes for the perfect monument to stage something brimming … Continue reading SIFA 2018: The Hidden by Kamini Ramachandran (Review)
Pasar Glamour: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Theatre practitioners Janice Koh, Pam Oei and Petrina Kow are seated wth us at Tanuki Raw at the National Design Centre for lunch. Neither of the three ladies would ever have imagined themselves as businesswomen in the retail sector, but with the roaring success of charity project Pasar Glamour last year, they’ve decided to make a bold return this Mother’s Day weekend with the pre-loved … Continue reading Pasar Glamour: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Super Rugby Returns To Singapore For One Day Only This June
Singapore rugby fans rejoice! For one day this year, Super Rugby, the Southern Hemisphere’s pre-eminent rugby tournament, makes a coveted return to the Singapore National Stadium, as Singapore’s adopted home team, HITO-Communications SUNWOLVES faces off against South Africa’s BULLS on 30th June. Fans will be pleased to support their respective teams as they revel in the pulse-racing atmosphere and enter into the fray. Co-based in Japan … Continue reading Super Rugby Returns To Singapore For One Day Only This June
Preview: The Consultant by Wag the Dog Theatre
After their 2017 production of Shelagh Stephenson’s family drama The Memory of Water, Wag the Dog returns in 2018 with their sophomore production, this time with Heidi Schreck’s corporate drama The Consultant. Set in a cutthroat office environment, colleagues at a small New York pharmaceutical advertising agency continue to draw their paychecks as the company grows smaller and smaller, no thanks to the 2008 economic collapse. … Continue reading Preview: The Consultant by Wag the Dog Theatre
SIFA 2018: A Dream Under The Southern Bough – The Beginning by Toy Factory (Review)
原来只是一场梦。 Inspired by Tang Xian Zu’s 16th Century Kun Opera 《南柯记》, A Dream Under The Southern Bough – The Beginning marks the first part in a planned theatre trilogy that will be staged over the next few years, and the start of an incredibly ambitious project from Toy Factory. Adapting the opera for a contemporary audience, director Goh Boon Teck and script editor Zhu Xin Chen have in … Continue reading SIFA 2018: A Dream Under The Southern Bough – The Beginning by Toy Factory (Review)
HSBC Singapore Rugby 7s: Fast, Furious Action For the Whole Family
The HSBC Singapore Rugby 7s has been to Singapore enough times to establish itself as one of the premier sporting events year after year. And with the 2018 edition, the National Stadium once again played host to the event, welcoming the world’s best international players onto the pitch as they arrived for the eighth stage of their world tour. Unlike the traditional Rugby 15s, Rugby … Continue reading HSBC Singapore Rugby 7s: Fast, Furious Action For the Whole Family
Voilah! 2018: So France, So Good
When Frederic Coiffe joined So France as executive chef one month ago, he noticed the many restaurants focusing on gastronomic, complicated cuisine, and had only one thing on his mind: to bring simple but authentic French food to Singapore. Only a month old, So France is located in the brand new Duo Galleria at Bugis, and was set up by a team of enthusiastic French … Continue reading Voilah! 2018: So France, So Good
Preview: Singapore Cocktail Fest 2018
Level up your drinking game with the 2018 Singapore Cocktail Festival as it returns from 4th – 13th May! Over the 10 Day festival, celebrate cocktails fully, and expect to see some of the very best local and international bartenders in attendance, with over twenty five local bars, twenty artisanal spirit brands and twelve celebrity guest bartenders taking part in the festivities. Opening the entire … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Cocktail Fest 2018
Preview: Legally Blonde presented by BASE Entertainment Asia
Omigod you guys! Legally Blonde The Musical is on tour and guess who’s on the pink circuit in summer 2018 – wait for it – Singapore!!! (cue high pitched screams of delight.) Adapted from the 2001 hit rom-com film starring Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde tells the story of SoCal sorority queen and fashionista Elle Woods (Maris Fernandes), a girl who has it all – money, a following of … Continue reading Preview: Legally Blonde presented by BASE Entertainment Asia
