Tag: 2023

Arts, Review, Theatre

★★★☆☆ Review: Mining Stories by Silke Huysmans and Hannes Dereere (The Studios 2023)

It’s always good to look at the story from a different perspective. The truth is rarely pure and never simple, and often, it takes a medley of voices and points of view to get the full picture. Particularly when living in an internet age, where perspectives are often skewed and we live in echo chambers, it becomes more important than ever to consider events with … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Mining Stories by Silke Huysmans and Hannes Dereere (The Studios 2023)

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Arts, Preview, Theatre

Preview: Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap 2023 by How Drama

How Drama’s Fat Kids Are Harder to Kidnap ® is back for its 15th year. As always, the tried and tested format remains blissfully the same, with a marathon 31 plays in an hour, where YOU decide the order of the plays! This edition of Fat Kids features the talented cast of Ross Nasir, Pavan J Singh, Nicholas Bloodworth, Teoh Jun Vinh and Tiara Yap, … Continue reading Preview: Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap 2023 by How Drama

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Arts, Interview, Preview, Theatre

Psychobitch: An Interview with playwright Amanda Chong

With a title like ‘Psychobitch’, you can be sure that playwright Amanda Chong has no qualms about turning heads and making a statement when it makes it formal premiere this August. Presented by Wild Rice, Psychobitch is now receiving a full-scale, professional production after a dramatised reading last year, as part of The Necessary Stage’s Playwrights’ Cove developmental playwriting programme, and promises raw emotion, plenty … Continue reading Psychobitch: An Interview with playwright Amanda Chong

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72-13, Arts, Preview, Singapore, Theatre, Theatreworks

T:>Works’ King: An Interview with writer/performer Jo Tan and director Irfan Kasban

Back in 2020, at the height of COVID-19, theatremaker Jo Tan was invited by T:>Works to present a little one-woman show called King, as part of their annual N.O.W. Festival of Women. With pandemic restrictions in place, King, however, was relegated to becoming a live film, streamed online. Now, with the world open again, Jo is taking another stab at the play again, bringing it … Continue reading T:>Works’ King: An Interview with writer/performer Jo Tan and director Irfan Kasban

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Arts, Review, Singapore, Theatre

★★★★☆ Review: Unforgotten The Musical by Musical Theatre Limited

Facing one’s fears and trauma to tell the story of survival. There are some things in life that are best left unsaid. But there are also some things that should absolutely be made known, the key parts of one’s own personal history that when spoken aloud, begins a process of healing by acknowledging and facing these debilitating traumas head-on. That is the newfangled methodology young … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Unforgotten The Musical by Musical Theatre Limited

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Preview: Somewhere… by Curtain Call

Five hundred miles. Four cups of coffee. Two lonely strangers. One hell of a journey. Love is an act of courage. Based on the play “Phoenix”, written by Scott Organ, Somewhere… follows Bruce and Sue, who meet up again four weeks after an uncharacteristic one-night-stand in Singapore. Sue only has this to say to him: “one, I had a great time with you that night” … Continue reading Preview: Somewhere… by Curtain Call

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Preview: Immortal Variables (八仙变数) by Nine Years Theatre and Hsing Legend Youth Theatre (Contemporary Legend Theatre)

This October, Singapore’s Nine Years Theatre is back onstage, and joins forces with Hsing Legend Youth Theatre (the youth wing of Contemporary Legend Theatre from Taiwan) to present Immortal Variables. Playing at Wild Rice, Funan, Immortal Variables explores an artistic dialogue between traditional arts and contemporary drama, resulting in a modern sci-fi fable set in the near future. This cross-border collaboration has been in the … Continue reading Preview: Immortal Variables (八仙变数) by Nine Years Theatre and Hsing Legend Youth Theatre (Contemporary Legend Theatre)

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Arts, Preview, Singapore, SRT, Theatre

Preview: 2:22 – A Ghost Story by Singapore Repertory Theatre

Still in the midst of the 30th anniversary celebrations and coming off a stellar return of Shakespeare in the Park, Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) has announced their next production for 2023 – Danny Robbins’ 2:22 – A Ghost Story. Seeing resounding success on London’s West End and Los Angeles, this award-winning play tells the story of Jenny and Sam, a young couple who have just … Continue reading Preview: 2:22 – A Ghost Story by Singapore Repertory Theatre

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Art What!, Arts, Singapore, Visual Art

Art What!: Launch of new artworks by winners of the Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize

Julius Baer, the leading Swiss wealth management group, proudly launches the new artworks by the six winners of the second edition of the Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize in a unique virtual showcase. This Asian art prize exemplifies Julius Baer’s dedication to supporting the arts and nurturing future talents at the intersection of art and technology. The newly completed digital artworks by the Prize … Continue reading Art What!: Launch of new artworks by winners of the Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize

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Arts, Interview, Preview, Theatre

Esplanade’s The Studios 2023: An Interview with assistant director Deonn Yang, and the cast of The Necessary Stage’s ‘Three Years In The Life and Death of Land’

Dysfunctional families are a staple in theatre and film, and are often the basis for tension, conflict, and understanding differences. In The Necessary Stage’s (TNS) Three Years In The Life and Death of Land, past pain and trauma are what threaten to tear a multiracial family apart. But in many ways, isn’t that precisely the struggle of the average Singaporean family, as they do whatever … Continue reading Esplanade’s The Studios 2023: An Interview with assistant director Deonn Yang, and the cast of The Necessary Stage’s ‘Three Years In The Life and Death of Land’

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