Preview: Those Who Can’t Teach by The Necessary Stage
The Necessary Stage celebrates its 30th anniversary with a restaging of one their best-loved plays: Those Who Can’t, Teach! First staged in 1990 and later on in 2010 to full houses, Those Who Can’t, Teach is a modern Singaporean theatre classic by TNS artistic director Alvin Tan and resident playwright Haresh Sharma. TWCT touches on an issue every Singaporean is familiar with: education. Set in a … Continue reading Preview: Those Who Can’t Teach by The Necessary Stage
[Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 15-19 Feb (Part 1)
Week 4 of the VAULT Festival begins in earnest as we present our picks of the week, with musical space odysseys, deaths on the beach, and party girls gone wild with humour: Summer Nights In Space by Henry Carpenter Creators of the critically acclaimed rock musical The Quentin Dentin Show are back with an all new sci-fi musical with all the best tropes and elements you’ve come … Continue reading [Preview] VAULT Festival 2017: Previews 15-19 Feb (Part 1)
Review: David Hockney at Tate Britain
David Hockney is one of the foremost British artists, famous for his works depicting swimming pools and other pop art, from collage to even modern, digital art. Always inventive, always exciting, the very best of his work over the last 60 years has been gathered at the Tate Britain for one mega exhibition, divided across themes and periods. Celebrating his 80th birthday this year, it … Continue reading Review: David Hockney at Tate Britain
Preview: The Pillowman by Pangdemonium
First staged locally in 2007, Pangdemonium starts off their 2017 season with Martin McDonagh’s critically acclaimed play The Pillowman. A police procedural play revolving around a writer accused of murder, Tracie Pang returns once again to direct, along with three of its original cast members: Daniel Jenkins, Shane Mardjuki and Adrian Pang. This time around, The Pillowman will be staged at the glorious Victoria Theatre. Winner of two Tony Awards and … Continue reading Preview: The Pillowman by Pangdemonium
[Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Inner City Pressures and Talking Balloons (11/2/17)
Wrapping up our coverage of the VAULT Festival this week we have reviews of Save + Quit by Hairpin Productions Save + Quit deals with cities and the lives that inhabit them. Specifically, London and Dublin. Written by Sophia Leuner and directed by Billie De Buitlearneur, Save + Quit is a phenomenal exercise in stripped down theatre, consisting of two sets of two intersecting monologues, with just … Continue reading [Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Inner City Pressures and Talking Balloons (11/2/17)
[Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Wretches, Bees and Cursed Dummies (10/2/17)
We’re off to a late start this week, but here’s the first half of our reviews at the VAULT Festival this week! WRETCH by Interval Productions There’s a lot of debate on the state of homelessness and how to get people out of it, but few plays actually touch on what happens after. Rebecca Walker’s new play does just that, and boy does it go … Continue reading [Review] VAULT Festival 2017: Wretches, Bees and Cursed Dummies (10/2/17)
Preview: The Roar of Singapore by Ringstar Management
Following on the success of the ONE Championship held in previous years, boxing in Singapore is about to break new waves and usher in a new height of prestige this February. Organized by the amazing ‘RingStar Management’, The Roar of Singapore is set to be the biggest Universal Boxing Organisation (UBO) event in history, with a whopping four UBO titles up for grabs. Headlining the … Continue reading Preview: The Roar of Singapore by Ringstar Management
[Review] Huayi Festival 2017: Cloud Gate 2 – Triple Bill
In their much anticipated debut performance in Singapore as part of Huayi 2017, Cloud Gate 2 presented a triple bill programme featuring two pieces by the company’s artistic director, Cheng Tsung-Lung and a shorter piece by guest choreographer and frequent collaborator, Huang Yi. Although Cloud Gate 2 is the sister company of the critically acclaimed Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, unlike other junior troupes, … Continue reading [Review] Huayi Festival 2017: Cloud Gate 2 – Triple Bill
Preview: Indices of Vanishment by RAW Moves
Theatre practitioner Edith Podesta takes on the role of choreographer at dance company RAW Moves’ 2017 edition of its annual Repertory Platform. Performed by the RAW Moves Company Dancers, Indices of Vanishment aims to examine the connections we have with personal artifacts and explores the psychological space clutter occupies in our daily lives. Podesta was first approached by RAW Moves with the theme of clutter and initially stumped as … Continue reading Preview: Indices of Vanishment by RAW Moves
Preview: Prism by Toy Factory
Toy Factory starts off their 2017 season with a bang: a restaging of their speculative play Prism, which received rave reviews when it first premiered in the early 2000s. Prism features Apprentice star Firdaus Rahman as Aman, an Urban Redevelopment Board official tasked with evicting 33000 residents of “The Surrounding City”, the city’s oldest heritage as it faces demolition in the name of progress. Confronted with angry, despairing citizens, Aman … Continue reading Preview: Prism by Toy Factory
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