★★★★★ Review: Miss Saigon by Base Entertainment Asia
Look beyond the ‘romance’ and you’ll find a scathing criticism of war and the pain it leaves in Schönberg and Boublil’s classic tragedy. Miss Saigon is often considered one of Broadway and the West End’s biggest legacy musicals, with a beautiful score composed by the duo that made smash hit Les Miserables, show stopping special effects and choreography that leave you breathless with its theatrics, … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Miss Saigon by Base Entertainment Asia
4 Tips for Comparing Gaming Platforms
Choosing a console or platform to play video games has never been easy. Since the earliest years, every system has had different aspects that can affect a player’s overall experience, their access to games, and how much they pay. Here are four tips to help anyone choose between the various gaming consoles, including digital storefronts on PC. Pexels Check for Available Games A strong game … Continue reading 4 Tips for Comparing Gaming Platforms
An Interview with SMU Arts Fest 2024 Festival Directors and producers on student development and the power of collaboration
While most students in Singapore are better known as hardcore bookworms constantly preparing for exams to hit their elusive 4.0 GPA, students at Singapore Management University (SMU) are able to do all that and more. Being management students specifically, there’s that careful balance of work and play, the latter of which takes centrestage at this year’s SMU Arts Fest, aptly dealing with the theme of, … Continue reading An Interview with SMU Arts Fest 2024 Festival Directors and producers on student development and the power of collaboration
★★★☆☆ Review: One Day We’ll Understand 有那么一天 by Sim Chi Yin
Performance-lecture on biased historiography and hidden knowledge urges us to critically reconstruct our interpretations to formulate our own version of the truth. The Malayan Emergency in the late 1940s continues to remain a traumatic memory for many Chinese Malaysians, where families would recall relatives hurriedly leaving the country, or worse – hauled away for questioning over suspected Communist relations, and never seen again, at least, … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: One Day We’ll Understand 有那么一天 by Sim Chi Yin
Art What!: Lin Aojie – ‘Playing it Safe in 2023, Praying for Wealth in 2024’ at ShanghART
ShanghART Singapore is delighted to present Lin Aojie’s solo exhibition “Playing it Safe in 2023, Praying for Wealth in 2024”, opening 7 September 2024 at 4pm. The exhibition brings together recent works by the artist, showcasing witty insights gathered from his observations of the art industry, the society, and the world at large. Marking his debut exhibition in Southeast Asia, the self-proclaimed Southeast Asian artist … Continue reading Art What!: Lin Aojie – ‘Playing it Safe in 2023, Praying for Wealth in 2024’ at ShanghART
Singapore Night Festival 2024: An Interview with artist Rizman Putra, on his work ‘The Happiest Days of Our Lives’
Rizman Putra is probably best known for being one of the most high-energy performers in the local theatre scene. With credits that range from the physically-demanding, such as Al in A Clockwork Orange, or even behind the scenes as director on works such as Pandan, or even leading the band Tiramisu as an alternative, counterculture musician, Rizman has pretty much done it all – and … Continue reading Singapore Night Festival 2024: An Interview with artist Rizman Putra, on his work ‘The Happiest Days of Our Lives’
Preview: Broadway Beng® Fukien Special by Dream Academy
After 2023’s Broadway Beng: Growing gOLD, Singapore’s favourite multilingual, Hokkien-speaking, Broadway-loving East meets West performer is back for the ninth edition of the Broadway Beng series this October. Presented by Dream Academy, it’s time to welcome Sebastian Tan back to the Capitol Theatre for Broadway Beng® Fukien Special, running for just five shows. A staple of Dream Academy’s line-up since 2006, Broadway Beng® Fukien Special … Continue reading Preview: Broadway Beng® Fukien Special by Dream Academy
What are the Most Popular eSports Betting Markets?
The eSports world has grown enormously over the last decade. It now encompasses everything from massively entertaining world-class events to jaw-dropping spectator numbers and live audiences tuning in via streaming services. This not only gives fans an opportunity to engage with eSports but also an opportunity to profit from their knowledge and understanding of a game’s intricacies. As a result, betting in eSports has become … Continue reading What are the Most Popular eSports Betting Markets?
Preview: Singapore Writers Festival 2024 – In Our Nature
In a world facing impending climate change and disaster, it makes sense to take a moment to sit back and ponder over where we stand in nature. This year, in its 27th edition, Arts House Limited’s (AHL) Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) is turning the focus to the natural world, and invites us to reflect on what is truly in our nature — as humans, as … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Writers Festival 2024 – In Our Nature
★★★★☆ Review: Lotus Root Support Group (2024) by Impromptu Meetings
Balls to the walls – literally, as play about cyst-ers in PCOS goes wilder and more personal in its reboot. While its title and promo image may look more or less identical to its 2022 version, Impromptu Meetings’ new staging of Lotus Root Support Group is in fact, a completely different incarnation that sees creators Shannen Tan and Miriam Cheong shedding the characters they devised … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Lotus Root Support Group (2024) by Impromptu Meetings
