Tag: 2017

Arts, Opera, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatre Practice Black Box, Theatres

Preview: Purgatory by L’arietta Productions

“Before my son I stand, holding the knife used to kill my father” Ever imagined a Yeats’ writing adapted for opera? This October, sit tight and get ready for a bone-chilling immersive operatic experience from L’arietta Productions as they bring you Purgatory, produced as an in-conjunction event with the Singapore Writers Festival as they celebrate Ireland together. Written in 1966 by British composer Gordon Crosse, the opera utilizes … Continue reading Preview: Purgatory by L’arietta Productions

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Arts, Experimental, Finger Players, Interview, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatre Companies, Theatres, Victoria Theatre

Poop!: An Interview with Director/Playwright Chong Tze Chien and Actress Janice Koh

As part of their Contemporary/Classics series for their 2017 Main Season, the Finger Players are bringing back Chong Tze Chien’s Poop! this October! Last staged in 2010, this restaging will feature all of the original cast and production team. Masters of applying puppetry in the most ingenuous and creative of ways, Poop! is a heartbreaking, dark fairytale about dealing with grief…but as seen through a child’s eyes. We managed to … Continue reading Poop!: An Interview with Director/Playwright Chong Tze Chien and Actress Janice Koh

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Arts, Experimental, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre

Preview: Open Homes @ SilverArts!

SIFA 2017 may be over, but one of our favourite events from this year’s lineup is making a return much sooner than you might think – Jeffrey Tan’s Open Homes! Open Homes makes a spectacular return this September as part of the National Arts Councils Silver Arts, an arts festival for seniors that shows that art is for all, regardless of age. This edition of Open Homes … Continue reading Preview: Open Homes @ SilverArts!

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Arts, Dance with Me, Experimental, Goodman Arts Centre, Preview, RAW Moves, Singapore, Theatres

Preview: 慢慢走 – Walk Slowly by RAW Moves

What is our everyday? This is the overarching question posed in the second iteration of interdisciplinary collaborators Ebelle Chong, Neo Hong Chin and Pat Toh’s 慢慢走 – Walk Slowly. As part of RAW Moves’ Run Another Way programme, Walk Slowly is an experiment in movement that reflects upon the rhythms and motions of everyday life. Walk Slowly takes advantage of the accessibility of the domestic, creating whole swaths of expression by … Continue reading Preview: 慢慢走 – Walk Slowly by RAW Moves

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Arts, Review, SIFA 2017, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Singapore International Festival of Arts, Theatre, Theatres, Victoria Theatre

SIFA 2017: Trojan Women by Ong Keng Sen and the National Theater of Korea (Review)

One thing that can be said about SIFA Festival Director Ong Keng Sen: whenever he attempts to create a new work, he always aims high and goes all the way, resulting at the very least in an unforgettable theatrical spectacle. With Trojan Women, Ong breathes new life into a centuries old Korean art form by applying it to an ancient Greek play. Based off Euripedes’ … Continue reading SIFA 2017: Trojan Women by Ong Keng Sen and the National Theater of Korea (Review)

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Arts, Film, London, Review

Review: The Vault dir. Dan Bush

In a world where originality in horror films has long since died, The Vault is perhaps one of the most fun films of late to mash it up with the heist film to create a truly unique love child that’s both weird and provides enough scares to make this one strange B-movie to catch in cinemas. Two sisters and their brother rob a bank to … Continue reading Review: The Vault dir. Dan Bush

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Arts, Film, Preview, Review, Singapore

Review: In Time To Come dir. Tan Pin Pin

What would filmmaker Tan Pin Pin put in a time capsule? The answer is simple; all you have to do is watch her new film In Time To Come.The latest documentary from the director of Singapore GaGa (2005), Invisible City (2007) and the controversial To Singapore, With Love (2013), In Time To Come continues to chart Tan’s ongoing fascination with memory, documenting the undocumented and national identity, this time zooming in … Continue reading Review: In Time To Come dir. Tan Pin Pin

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Preview: West Side Story by BASE Entertainment Asia

What happens when you bring Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to the gangs of 1950s New York and add a dash of music and dance? You get one of the greatest dance musicals of all time, of course. West Side Story first premiered on Broadway in 1957, featuring lyrics by legendary musical composer Stephen Sondheim, an unforgettable score by Leonard Bernstein and ground-breaking choreography by Jerome Robbins. Pitting … Continue reading Preview: West Side Story by BASE Entertainment Asia

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Review: Eat Locals dir. Jason Flemyng

In his directorial debut, actor Jason Flemyng reunites the cast of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels to bring us vampire action film Eat Locals. Set in a small English town, a council of eight vampire overlords of England gather to meet, discussing vampire administration every 50 years, as they have for centuries. But this year, things are about to take a turn for the strange as … Continue reading Review: Eat Locals dir. Jason Flemyng

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Arts, Malay Theatre, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Singapore Night Festival, Theatre

Review: ETA: 9MIN by Main Tulis Group

No time for epic three hour plays? Think that Shakespeare is a little too dense for an enjoyable night out? All new playwright collective the Main Tulis Group has arrived on the scene to resolve those problems, and debuted nine short 9 minute plays at Centre 42’s Late Night Texting this August. Founded by writer Nabilah Said in 2016, the group consists of an all … Continue reading Review: ETA: 9MIN by Main Tulis Group

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