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Singapore

Singapore Tourism Board Roundup: Art and Culture come alive in unexpected places and formats this November

From sketching lessons in Singapore’s last fishing village to musical performances in the back lanes of Muscat Street, and even leaving their mark on a wall mural in Little India, locals and visitors to Singapore can look forward to encountering art in its various forms in unexpected places around the island this November. Singapore’s key lifestyle and cultural precincts – namely the Civic District/Marina Bay, … Continue reading Singapore Tourism Board Roundup: Art and Culture come alive in unexpected places and formats this November

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Shopping Nation: Southeast Asia’s largest LINE FRIENDS World Tour exhibition Arrives At CapitaLand Malls in Singapore!

Love the characters from LINE? This holiday season, they’ll be in town as the embark on the LINE FRIENDS World Tour at CapitaLand malls! Jointly organised by Singapore’s largest shopping mall operator, CapitaLand, and one of the world’s fastest growing character brands LINE FRIENDS, the LINE FRIENDS World Tour is Southeast Asia’s largest LINE FRIENDS exhibition featuring 11 thematic installations of BROWN and FRIENDS in … Continue reading Shopping Nation: Southeast Asia’s largest LINE FRIENDS World Tour exhibition Arrives At CapitaLand Malls in Singapore!

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Music, Singapore

The Great Singapore Replay Season Two Reveals the 10 Music Acts to Watch Out For In 2020

Singapore investment company Temasek has announced the ten emerging music acts that were picked from 231 submissions following a three-week nationwide open call for The Great Singapore Replay (TGSR) Season Two, which Temasek is presenting. The 10 artists are: ABAGSAPAU, aeriqah, Fingerfunk, Marcus 李俊纬, Marian Carmel, NAMIE, RENE, The Cold Cut Duo 雙節奏, whirring, and zalelo. The submissions spanned a number of genres, languages, styles and influences of … Continue reading The Great Singapore Replay Season Two Reveals the 10 Music Acts to Watch Out For In 2020

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Arts, Dance with Me, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre

Preview: Kalaa Utsavam 2019 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

Back for its 18th edition, the Esplanade’s Kalaa Utsavam – Indian Festival of the Arts returns this Deepavali season to present another 10 exciting days of the very best artists from across the Indian diaspora, presenting both traditional and contemporary works – and sometimes, a mix of both to keep us both rooted as we move into the future. Much of Kalaa Utsavam’s line-up this year … Continue reading Preview: Kalaa Utsavam 2019 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

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Arts, Singapore, Theatre

Preview: Beach Burden Bliss – A Double Bill @ Punggol Beach by Desert Wine Productions

As far as site-specific works go, beaches are a rather unlikely space to host a theatrical performance. But with Desert Wine’s Comfort Theatre Series, the local theatre company is doing just that, with the premiere of Beach Burden Bliss at Punggol Beach this November. Celebrating the Singapore Bicentennial with this production, Beach Burden Bliss invites audience members to visit Desert Wine’s comfy Beach Hut on the sand by … Continue reading Preview: Beach Burden Bliss – A Double Bill @ Punggol Beach by Desert Wine Productions

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Art What!, Arts, Preview, Singapore

OH! Open House 2019: AIYOH – Art In your Own Home (Preview)

Following the success of PASSPORT in early March this year, OH! Open House is launching a brand new platform titled Art In Your Own Home (abbreviated to AIYOH) – to build an ecosystem to make art part of everyday lives. AIYOH encourages and provides opportunities for individuals to build their stories with artists and creatives. The first-ever edition, PASSPORT, involved six 45-minute art experiences co-created … Continue reading OH! Open House 2019: AIYOH – Art In your Own Home (Preview)

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Football Fever: Liverpool, Manchester and Singapore Reds All Ready To Go Head to Head At Battle of the Reds 2019

The battles draws nearer each day and the Liverpool, Manchester and Singapore Reds are gearing up for the Battle of the Reds taking place at the National Stadium this Saturday, 16th November 2019. Representing their teams, Liverpool Red, Jason McAteer; Manchester Red, Wes Brown and Singapore Red, Aleksandar Duric put rivalries on hold at the press conference at The Exchange on Thursday morning. “It all … Continue reading Football Fever: Liverpool, Manchester and Singapore Reds All Ready To Go Head to Head At Battle of the Reds 2019

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Arts, Children's Theatre, KC Arts Centre, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre

Review: The Gingerbread Man by SRT’s The Little Company

★★☆☆☆ (Performance attended 26/10/19) A children’s show that needed more time to rise in the oven. “Run run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man.” The iconic lines of everyone’s favourite anthropomorphic baked good has been taken quite literally in SRT’s The Little Company’s latest musical for kids, with the titular Gingerbread Man using his need for speed to … Continue reading Review: The Gingerbread Man by SRT’s The Little Company

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Arts, Intercultural Theatre Institute, Music, musical, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

Review: Lie With Me by Intercultural Theatre Institute

★★☆☆☆ (Attended 7/11/19) Graduating show from latest batch of ITI students a modern exploration of human relationships, but is marred by actors getting lost in iffy chemistry and a dragged out pace. Taking inspiration from Arthur Schnitzler’s 1897 play Reigen (La Ronde), Kaite O’Reilly’s Lie With Me was originally written for a group of graduating theatre students from London’s LAMDA in 2017, and has now been adapted for the … Continue reading Review: Lie With Me by Intercultural Theatre Institute

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Arts, Books, literature, Review, Singapore

Singapore Writers Festival 2019: Bad Feminist Roxane Gay Speaks About Bodies, Pop Culture and the Importance of Media Literacy

Roxane Gay is an icon for our times. Big, black, queer and intellectual, Roxane rounded off the final weekend of the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) with a number of talks and events surrounding her work. Best known for her bestselling essay collection Bad Feminist and memoir Hunger, Roxane’s writing deals primarily with issues of identity, femininity (or society’s expectations of it) and how our views of the world have … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2019: Bad Feminist Roxane Gay Speaks About Bodies, Pop Culture and the Importance of Media Literacy

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