Art What!: Days — and counting by OH! Open House

It’s been over 185 days and counting since the circuit breaker in Singapore was first announced, transforming the way we live, work and play, all thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. In its first foray into the digital sphere, OH! Open House will present Days — and counting, a digital art walk that captures the surreal and strange times we live in through the lens of … Continue reading Art What!: Days — and counting by OH! Open House

Arts of the UK 2020: Cut the Cord spearhead the conversation about Sustainable Leadership in the Arts

LONDON – Cut the Cord will lead a trio of live-streamed panel discussions on Sustainable Leadership in the Arts, as part of International Leadership Week, in collaboration with the Nordic Ministry. Holding the arts to account on a global scale, the talks, featuring panellists such as Finn Kennedy (Artistic Director, Tamasha) and Bo Anders Sundstedt (Artistic Director, Unge Viken Teater), aim to highlight the importance of … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Cut the Cord spearhead the conversation about Sustainable Leadership in the Arts

Art Down Under 2020: OzAsia Talks begins tonight with a livestream from Her Majesty’s Theatre

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival will put a spotlight on cultural engagement between Australia and Asia during tonight’s opening event for its innovative new online series, OzAsia Talks. OzAsia Talks will feature critical conversations between contemporary artists and arts professionals from across Asia. Programmed and hosted by recently appointed OzAsia Festival Artistic Director Annette Shun Wah, the series includes panel discussions, artist … Continue reading Art Down Under 2020: OzAsia Talks begins tonight with a livestream from Her Majesty’s Theatre

Art What!: Iwan Effendi’s DRAWING withdrawing at Mizuma Gallery

Mizuma Gallery has announced DRAWING withdrawing, a solo exhibition of Indonesian artist Iwan Effendi, curated by Artati Sirman. In puppet theatre, a puppeteer aids a certain tension between his puppet and its audience as he builds their relations around the suspension of disbelief. For a short period of time, as an audience, we willingly depart away from any form of critical thinking in favour of … Continue reading Art What!: Iwan Effendi’s DRAWING withdrawing at Mizuma Gallery

Review: Blindspot 观心 by NUS Chinese Drama

NUS Chinese Drama highlights student struggles that may be hiding in plain sight.  Initially meant to have premiered during the 2020 NUS Arts Festival, NUS Chinese Drama’s original production Blindspot finds new life as a Zoom performance uploaded to YouTube. Directed by Judy Ngo, the devised work follows the lives of two students, each one dealing with their own set of adjustment issues as they settle into … Continue reading Review: Blindspot 观心 by NUS Chinese Drama

Review: Waiting For The Host by Pangdemonium

Zoom becomes an unlikely medium for hope and solace in this timely, reflective comedy-drama. While we’ve watched a number of performances on Zoom already, no play has tackled the medium quite as directly as Pangdemonium has, with their production of Marc Palmieri’s Waiting For The Host. Conceived when he participated in a recording of a Passion Play for his local church, Palmieri’s script is one of the … Continue reading Review: Waiting For The Host by Pangdemonium

Art What!: Search and Discover – The Joy of Collecting at The Private Museum

The Private Museum (TPM) Singapore will be presenting Search and Discover: The Joy of Collecting – Selections from the Yeap Lam Yang Collection. TPM revisits its foundation of bridging the private and the public in this year’s final and largest exhibition that forms part of the museum’s 10th anniversary programming, featuring an array of private collections in Singapore. Michael Lee, God’s Villa (2011) Co-curated by … Continue reading Art What!: Search and Discover – The Joy of Collecting at The Private Museum

Arts of the UK 2020: Brian Conley stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in Dominion Theatre’s ‘A Christmas Carol’

LONDON – Brian Conley will star as Ebenezer Scrooge this Christmas, as an exciting new, musical staged concert of Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens and Mike Ockrent’s A Christmas Carol will play a strictly limited season at the Dominion Theatre in London. Performances run from Monday 7th December 2020 to Saturday 2nd January 2021. The musical brings Dickens’ timeless fable to glorious life: Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean-spirited … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Brian Conley stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in Dominion Theatre’s ‘A Christmas Carol’

Arts of the UK 2020: Peter Polycarpou and Sally Ann Triplett revive the golden era in Falling Stars

LONDON – Stars of stage and screen Peter Polycarpou (Man of La Mancha, London Coliseum; City of Angels; Donmar Warehouse; Birds of a Feather) and Sally Ann Triplett (Finding Neverland, Broadway; Viva Forever, Piccadilly Theatre; EastEnders) unite in the new musical Falling Stars. Conceived and written by Polycarpou, the song cycle is an homage to the composers, collaborators, and publishers of the 1920s, who created some … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Peter Polycarpou and Sally Ann Triplett revive the golden era in Falling Stars

Tech Watch: Apple introduces iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max with 5G

Touted as the ‘best iPhone ever’, Apple’s iPhone® 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max has been officially announced, coming with features such as a powerful 5G experience and advanced technologies to make this your next big tech purchase. The iPhone 12 Pro models feature a new design and edge-to-edge Super Retina® XDR displays, the largest ever on iPhone, protected by a Ceramic Shield front cover, which provides the biggest … Continue reading Tech Watch: Apple introduces iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max with 5G