Review: Hot Pot Talk – Theatre and the Arts
“I had a conversation recently,” says Adib Kosnan. The thirteen member strong audience shifts around to indicate how much they agree with the statement (most do). “I had a good conversation recently,” Adib continues. This modifier divides the audience. Some decide to stay put at the high chairs, agreeing with the statement, others head to the stools, disagreeing, and the rest move over to the bench, indicating … Continue reading Review: Hot Pot Talk – Theatre and the Arts
Review: The Great Food Festival 2017
RWS and Savour have spared no expense in setting up for The Great Food Festival: a ballroom in the basement level of the RWS Conventions Centre, for example, has been taken over as the location for Rollin’ Sweet Times, where over 300 different desserts are available for the tasting from the throngs of hungry guests. At the official opening on Thursday, remarks were made by … Continue reading Review: The Great Food Festival 2017
Preview: Golden Village’s 9th Love and Pride Festival
Queer film aficionados listen up! The 9th edition of Golden Village’s annual Love & Pride festival is BACK this September and October! Taking on the theme of ‘Identity’, the festival will run for 12 days from 27th September to 8th October, with most of the films getting two screenings across Golden Village Grand Great World City and Golden Village Suntec City. Curated by the Singapore … Continue reading Preview: Golden Village’s 9th Love and Pride Festival
Artist Spotlight: An Interview with 667 Producer Royston Tan
Missed the chance to catch the newest set of short films from some of Singapore’s very best up and coming filmmakers back in May? No worries, the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC) will be bringing back film anthology 667 for a special screening this weekend! 667 is Singapore’s first ever dialect film anthology and made its premiere in May as part of the inaugural Cultural Extravaganza. Commissioned … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: An Interview with 667 Producer Royston Tan
Preview: Art After Dark – Gillman Barracks Celebrates Its 5th Anniversary!
Interestingly enough, in the five years that arts cluster Gillman Barracks has been set up, we’ve never actually set food into it till just a few days ago. But that’s precisely why this Friday would be the perfect day and time to come and down and check it out as they celebrate their 5th anniversary with Art After Dark! On 22nd September from 7pm till late, … Continue reading Preview: Art After Dark – Gillman Barracks Celebrates Its 5th Anniversary!
Artist Spotlight: An Interview with Lucy Rose
We caught up with English folk singer Lucy Rose while on her Cinema Tour in Singapore, talking about her fans, her inspiration and her life changing trip to South America. Last seen here in 2016 performing at the Neon Lights festival in Singapore, British songstress Lucy Rose has gone through quite the experience since then. Inspired by the numerous tweets fans in South America had … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: An Interview with Lucy Rose
Preview: An Interview with the Cast of The Addams Family!
If you think your family’s weird, wait till you meet the Addams Family. Mediacorp Vizpro is bringing the world’s kookiest, spookiest family back to Singapore this November and you’re invited to meet the whole clan! First conceived as a series of comics, The Addams Family steadily grew from its humble roots to being adapted to multiple animated and live action TV series, and of course, the … Continue reading Preview: An Interview with the Cast of The Addams Family!
Film Review: Our Last Tango dir. German Kral
German Kral’s Our Last Tango is the kind of film that pushes the documentary form towards new heights, imbuing his film was drama and artistry in the pursuit of a familiar story that many viewers will probably relate to. Our Last Tango charts the lives of Argentina’s foremost tango couple – Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes. Over the course of fifty years, the couple … Continue reading Film Review: Our Last Tango dir. German Kral
Preview: Singapore Writers Festival 2017 – Aram
Celebrating its 20th edition this year, the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) makes a triumphant return this November, bigger and better than ever, with plenty of high profile international speakers, exciting workshops and unmissable launches! From its inception in 1986, the SWF has since grown to become on of Asia’s top literary events. In both profiling home-grown writers and bringing in celebrities of the international literary … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Writers Festival 2017 – Aram
SIFA 2017 Finale: Lizard On The Wall
SIFA 2017 drew to a close last Saturday with the premiere of local film director K. Rajagopal’s (A Yellow Bird) latest film: Lizard On The Wall. But the significance of the film was given far greater gravity when you realise what makes the film so special – most of the extras you see in scenes were actually members of the public who participated in the … Continue reading SIFA 2017 Finale: Lizard On The Wall
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