Tag: 2018

Arts, New Opera Singapore, Opera, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre.

Preview: F. Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites by New Opera Singapore

Following on from last year’s production of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, New Opera Singapore is back this August with an all new annual production! This year, the company will be presenting Francis Poulenc‘s Dialogues of the Carmelites. Written after George Bernanos’ 1947 play of the same name, Poulenc’s second opera is a three act French opera during the French Revolution, where nuns from a Carmelite monastery are … Continue reading Preview: F. Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites by New Opera Singapore

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Preview, Singapore, Singapore Sports, Singapore Sports Hub, Sports

ICC 2018: Arsenal v Atletico Madrid Post Match Summary

The 2018 International Champions Cup (ICC) Singapore kicked off to a roaring start last Thursday as English titans Arsenal went up against Spanish giants Atletico Madrid. As always, the ICC excites with the world’s biggest and best football clubs coming head to head in our very own National Stadium. With so many fervent supporters of the English Premier League here in Singapore, it was no … Continue reading ICC 2018: Arsenal v Atletico Madrid Post Match Summary

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Arts, Music, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Go Local Series! Recollecting Memories《影视歌曲忆当年》by Ding Yi Music Company

This August, the musicians of Ding Yi go on a trip down memory lane with Recollecting Melodies 《影视歌曲忆当年》 a free outreach concert at the Singapore Botanic Gardens’s Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage! With the newly launched Go Local! series, Ding Yi hopes to reach out to a wider audience and cultivate more appreciation for Chinese chamber music via accessible performances of familiar tunes in a community setting. In … Continue reading Preview: Go Local Series! Recollecting Memories《影视歌曲忆当年》by Ding Yi Music Company

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Arts, Concert, Mastercard Theatres, Music, Sands Theatre, Sands Theatre Highlights, Singapore

Preview: Faith & Freedom – The Music of George Michael by BASE Entertainment Asia

The world lost a star when George Michael passed away in 2016. Not only was he the hugely successful frontman of 80s music duo Wham!, George Michael went on to become one of the most hugely successful solo figures in pop, with a string of top hits at every step of his career. In Faith & Freedom, the George Michael story is brought to life in a fully-narrated … Continue reading Preview: Faith & Freedom – The Music of George Michael by BASE Entertainment Asia

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Food, Foodstreet, HawkerFood, Singapore

Singapore Food Festival 2018: Hawker Spotlight on Amoy Street Food Centre

The Singapore Food Festival has rolled around once again, and of course, we’re more than happy to celebrate anything to do with food. This year, City Gas and the Singapore Tourism Board return to collaborate on the fourth edition of Hawker Spotlight, as they showcased Amoy Street Food Centre, perhaps one of the favourite and convenient hawker centres in the CBD affordable yet delicious bites. In … Continue reading Singapore Food Festival 2018: Hawker Spotlight on Amoy Street Food Centre

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Arts, Film, Preview, Singapore

National Youth Film Awards 2018: A Bigger Pool, To Greater Heights

NTU student film about foreign workers ‘Bangla’ and nostalgic film about schooldays ‘Pencil’ walk away with Best Pictures of the ceremony. After our extensive coverage following the submission phase to the nominees’ announcements, the National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) 2018 finally drew to a close on Saturday with an afternoon awards ceremony held at *SCAPE’s Ground Theatre. Organised by *SCAPE and supported by the National Youth Council and … Continue reading National Youth Film Awards 2018: A Bigger Pool, To Greater Heights

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre

Preview: Twelfth Night by Young Vic

LONDON – The Young Vic gets Shakespearean once more this fall, with a restaging of Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub interpretation of the Bard’s Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night was originally performed at The Public Theater in New York as part of their Public Works program in 2016, and revisited this summer as part of their free Shakespeare in the Park Delacorte season. In this version, co-directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah and … Continue reading Preview: Twelfth Night by Young Vic

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Arts, Film, London, Singapore

Preview: discover.film @ Somerset House

LONDON – London’s Somerset House is being taken over this August! Organisers of one of the world’s biggest short film festivals, discover.film will occupy Somerset House’s East Wing to showcase some of best award-winning short films from around the world. For one week, strap yourselves in to discover some of the world’s absolute best shorts. discover.film knows best, after all, they’ve spent plenty of time investing … Continue reading Preview: discover.film @ Somerset House

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Arts, London, Theatre

Preview: Tall Stories Goes Wilde at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

LONDON – The 1997 Edinburgh Fringe saw the premiere of Tall Stories’ first ever show, an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s fairytales titled The Happy Prince and Other Stories.  Now, 21 years later, the company has grown to become an international success, with hugely popular family friendly productions such as The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom to their name. It seems only appropriate that the company will be returning to … Continue reading Preview: Tall Stories Goes Wilde at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

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Arts, Goodman Arts Centre, Interview, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre

An Interview with Bound Theatre Members Wee Xuan Yi and Teng Zi Ying

As much as we love the well-established, big players in the local theatre scene, each time we attend a play, we’re also thinking about some issues at the back of our heads: “is there a new generation of theatremakers to eventually inherit these legacies?” Thankfully, Singapore does have a smattering of young theatre companies and collectives, each finding their own way as they produce new … Continue reading An Interview with Bound Theatre Members Wee Xuan Yi and Teng Zi Ying

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