Music Is: Rapper ShiGGa Shay Launches New EP with Southeast Asia’s First Mixed Reality Live Performance

Local rapper ShiGGa Shay’s brand new 2-track EP 365 drops 23rd September 2020, along with a ground-breaking real-time interactive performance created by digital entertainment company, MRGE. In the ‘365’ Mixed Reality live-streaming experience, ShiGGa Shay dons a motion-capture suit, adopting a bespoke digital avatar while transporting his audience to fantastical 360° environments concocted by the team at MRGE. This virtual concert marks the first time … Continue reading Music Is: Rapper ShiGGa Shay Launches New EP with Southeast Asia’s First Mixed Reality Live Performance

Arts of the UK 2021: Revolutionary production Mr. Adam to make its UK premiere at The O2 in 2021

LONDON – Coming to the O2 this March for its UK premiere, Mr. Adam is a dynamically modern multi-arts cross-media extravaganza. The work of Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins has been transformed into a narrative piece by Kairat Kulbaev, Marat Bisengaliev, Vasily Barkhatov, and The Almaty Symphony Orchestra, who have combined digital design with powerful performance for a classical concert like no other! The production integrates … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Revolutionary production Mr. Adam to make its UK premiere at The O2 in 2021

Arts of the UK 2020: Elephant’s Graveyard by The Production Exchange (Preview)

LONDON – A circus longing to be famous meets a tiny town in Tennessee that wants something to break the monotony – in the end both get what they wish for with deadly results. The true tale of the only known lynching of an elephant, the award-winning Elephant’s Graveyard will be available to stream from Thursday 17th September. Set in September of 1914, the play combines … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Elephant’s Graveyard by The Production Exchange (Preview)

Arts of the UK 2020: Golden Toad Theatre launch West End led music video for Errol’s Garden

LONDON – Following their recent collaboration with West End stars, Courtney Stapleton (Six) and Joe Griffiths-Brown (Hamilton), Golden Toad Theatre are thrilled to reveal their finished music video, starring green-fingered children from across the country. Encouraged to sing along and share photos and drawings of their garden creations, children have mucked in to bring the musical of Gillian Hibbs’ award-winning book, Errol’s Garden, to life during … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Golden Toad Theatre launch West End led music video for Errol’s Garden

Arts of the UK 2020: Dovecot Studios to create major Leon Kossoff tapestry exploring war, peace, and the artist’s legacy

EDINBURGH – Dovecot Studios, an internationally renowned art studio in Edinburgh, will create a new tapestry inspired by Leon Kossoff’s painting Study from Minerva Protects Pax from Mars by Rubens (1981). This unique tapestry has only recently started on the loom and is being woven in Dovecot’s tapestry studio, which can be viewed by the public via their exclusive Viewing Balcony. The commission, which will … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Dovecot Studios to create major Leon Kossoff tapestry exploring war, peace, and the artist’s legacy

Arts of Hong Kong 2020: A Lover’s Concerto Episode 1 by City Contemporary Dance Company (Review)

HONG KONG – Of all the artistic mediums, it feels like it is dance that has adapted surprisingly well to the new normal, with many companies working in tandem with filmmakers and videographers to enhance already arresting choreography with smart camera angles and film techniques. The latest of these companies to join the growing number of dance film-makers is Hong Kong’s City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC), … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong 2020: A Lover’s Concerto Episode 1 by City Contemporary Dance Company (Review)

Preview: TLC Children’s Festival by The Little Company

This September, Singapore Repertory Theatre’s The Little Company is bringing theatre to your screens, with the TLC Children’s Festival taking place completely online! For a whole month, look out for brand new productions, workshops and fun activities with the aim to entertain, inspire and nurture the kids. For starters, catch Fly High, as Poppy (Tan Rui Shan) and Mo (Andrew Marko) embark on a quest to build … Continue reading Preview: TLC Children’s Festival by The Little Company

Royston Tan directs short film for National Arts Council’s #SGCultureAnywhere campaign

The National Arts Council (NAC) released a filmlet starring seven Singaporean artists across art forms as part of the #SGCultureAnywhere campaign. Produced by Chuan Pictures and directed by acclaimed local director and 2002 Young Artist Award recipient Royston Tan, the 30-second piece showcases the wonder of Singapore’s art, and portrays resilience and versatility of our artists who have been seeking new ways to bring the … Continue reading Royston Tan directs short film for National Arts Council’s #SGCultureAnywhere campaign

Arts of Hong Kong 2020: A Lover’s Concerto by City Contemporary Dance Company (Preview)

HONG KONG – Playing as part of Tai Kwun’s On Stage Online series of performing arts programmes and their own Digital Dance Season, Hong Kong’s City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) presents A Lover’s Concerto, where different generations of couples who all met at CCDC perform a choreographed piece recreating their lasting memories, leading the audience in an exploration of relationships through interactions and by feeling each other’s … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong 2020: A Lover’s Concerto by City Contemporary Dance Company (Preview)

Art What!: Tai Kwun launches new performing arts series ‘On Stage Online’ (Hong Kong)

HONG KONG – Tai Kwun—Centre for Heritage and Arts has announced a brand-new series of performing arts programmes, On Stage Online. Running from September to October, over 10 programmes are currently programmed, with the first six programmes to premiere this month across various platforms. In thinking about how the arts and society are inextricably bound, responding and reacting to one another, the performing arts has … Continue reading Art What!: Tai Kwun launches new performing arts series ‘On Stage Online’ (Hong Kong)