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★★★★☆ Review: DnA Fest – ‘The House of Janus’ and ‘Dido & The Belindas’ by T:>Works

Meditations on grief and love in these contemporary reimaginings and interpretations of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. An anniversary is often a cause for raucous celebration, to mark another year well-lived and full of success. But for T:>Works, their 40th anniversary is instead being commemorated by sombre reflection, with the first edition of DnA Fest. Conceived and directed by T:>Works Artistic Director Ong Keng Sen, DnA … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: DnA Fest – ‘The House of Janus’ and ‘Dido & The Belindas’ by T:>Works

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Arts, festival, Film, Preview, Theatre, Theatreworks

T:>Works launches new DnA Fest to celebrate 40th anniversary

Marking its 40th anniversary, Singapore’s independent international arts company T:>Works, presents DnA Fest. Conceived and directed by T:>Works Artistic Director Ong Keng Sen, DnA Fest cracks open Henry Purcell’s 1688 Dido and Aeneas, reinterpreting the baroque opera through a dialogue between opera, nightlife, cabaret, documentary film, and a live DJ score. Unfolding across two weekends, 16-19 and 23-26 July, DnA Fest is a thrilling triptych … Continue reading T:>Works launches new DnA Fest to celebrate 40th anniversary

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Per°Form Open Academy: An Interview with Ong Keng Sen on the development of public space for dialogue and exchange

T:>Works Artistic Director, Dr. Ong Keng Sen, sees a multitude of problems all around him. The cost of living for one, has gone up, and weighs down on everyone’s minds. The brain drain and mass exodus of intellectuals who can no longer stand living in Singapore, seems to be a widely accepted fact. And in a post-pandemic world, where everything seems fleeting and temporal, the … Continue reading Per°Form Open Academy: An Interview with Ong Keng Sen on the development of public space for dialogue and exchange

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Preview: Per°Form Open Academy by T:>works

Following its origins in March 2021, where Singapore fellows presented digital keynotes, Ong Keng Sen and T:>works’ PerForm project now returns next week, in the form of the Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations. Running from 13th to 16th April 2023, the free event features the inaugural live gathering of 14 Per°Form Fellows from the Global South and its diaspora, presenting and sharing their … Continue reading Preview: Per°Form Open Academy by T:>works

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T:>Works’ #Metazomia Exhibition by Brian Gothong Tan explores realm of NFTs by dreaming up new worlds and futures

Following on from The Swimming Pool Library, multi-disciplinary artist Brian Gothong Tan has completed work on his second commission of T:>works’ Artistic Atelier, this time diving into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFT). In this exhibition, works are in part spawned from and inspired by T:>Works’ new T:>NFT, a dedicated digital platform for NFTs created by artists commissioned and presented by T:>Works, in a collection … Continue reading T:>Works’ #Metazomia Exhibition by Brian Gothong Tan explores realm of NFTs by dreaming up new worlds and futures

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T:>Works launches T:>NFT with the first collection of 30 unique #Metazomia NFTs

T:>Works has launched T:>NFT, a dedicated digital platform for non-fungible tokens (NFT) created by artists commissioned and presented by T:>Works. The first NFT collection to be minted is #Metazomia NFTs, generated by award-winning artist Brian Gothong Tan as the second commission of his T:>Works Artistic Atelier season. With the release of these 30 unique 1/1 #Metazomia NFTs, T:>Works becomes the first performing arts company in … Continue reading T:>Works launches T:>NFT with the first collection of 30 unique #Metazomia NFTs

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Arts, Competition, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

Registration now open for T:>works’ 24-Hour Playwriting Competition 2022

Now into its 25th year, the much-loved playwriting competition in Singapore, the 24-Hour Playwriting Competition returns on 16-17 July. For the first time, T:>Works invites past participant and transdisciplinary poet and performance maker, Ang Kia Yee, to conceptualise this year’s competition. They responded to the call by proposing the first ever hybrid competition with a focus on ecocentric considerations, exploring liveability and sustainability. The T:>Works … Continue reading Registration now open for T:>works’ 24-Hour Playwriting Competition 2022

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Arts, Review, Singapore, Theatre

Review: How To Break A Window II by T:>works

New ways of performing, with the winners of the 24-Hour Playwriting Competition. As the longest running playwriting competition in Singapore, T:>works’ 24-Hour Playwriting Competition has seen countless scripts emerge over the years. But with only the first prize winner getting a chance to be fully staged, the encouragement of such fresh voices has always been limited at best. With the pandemic however, T:>works pivoted from … Continue reading Review: How To Break A Window II by T:>works

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Preview: How To Break A Window II by T:>works

Following the gruelling 2021 edition of T:>works’ marathon 24-Hour Playwriting Competition, six out of 80 participants have emerged with winning scripts. Select scripts from the winners will be presented as part of How To Break A Window II, a hybrid production taking place in February 2022. Noorlinah Mohamed, Artistic Director of Festival of Women N.O.W. (2019-2021) who moderated three annual competitions since 2019 added, “This … Continue reading Preview: How To Break A Window II by T:>works

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★★★☆☆ Review: The Swimming Pool Library by T:>works

Skimming the surface of the quest for queer identity in Singapore. Being queer has never been easy on our conservative, sunny island. Not only does does one have to face the disapproval of the general public and fear of coming out, but the road towards sexual awakening is often a bumpy one, with fleeting sexual encounters taking place with strangers under cover of darkness, or … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: The Swimming Pool Library by T:>works

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