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Arts, Music, Review, Singapore

Review: Love In The Lion City – An Intimate Evening with Dick Lee

★★★★☆ (Performance attended 14/2/20) Dick Lee serenades an intimate audience with unreleased songs and more for Valentine’s Day 2020. As far as intimate music venues in Singapore go, Cool Cats at the NCO Club is a pretty chill one, with a relaxed atmosphere and a comfortable space ideal for a romantic night out on Valentine’s Day. And with Dick Lee leading the concert, we knew we’d … Continue reading Review: Love In The Lion City – An Intimate Evening with Dick Lee

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Arts, Preview, Singapore, The Arts House

Review: Fika & Fishy by Patch and Punnet

★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 15/2/20) ‘Adult-oriented’ show about a friendship between pets stuck at crossroads between crass humour and an attempt at genuine emotion.  Remember waking up on weekends as a kid, switching on the TV and catching those Saturday morning cartoons? Patch and Punnet’s Fika & Fishy is a little like that, complete with its own opening song in the form of a rap by omarKENOBI … Continue reading Review: Fika & Fishy by Patch and Punnet

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Arts, Preview, Singapore, The Theatre Practice, Theatre

Preview: Four Horse Road 四马路 2020 by The Theatre Practice

When The Theatre Practice produced Four Horse Road back in 2018, the project was a sprawling, massive undertaking. Taking its cues from immersive theatre and heavily vested in a firm foundation of research of the actual Waterloo Street to do justice to its history, the promenade theatre production was unlike anything the local theatre scene had ever seen before. Now, they’re bringing the remarkable production back for … Continue reading Preview: Four Horse Road 四马路 2020 by The Theatre Practice

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Arts, Preview, travel, travelXculture

Art Down Under: OzAsia Festival Director Joseph Mitchell Leaves, Search For New Artistic Director Begins Soon

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – After directing five successful and critically-acclaimed OzAsia Festivals, Joseph Mitchell is leaving Adelaide Festival Centre to pursue other projects, including directing Summer of the 17th Doll for State Opera SA later in 2020. Adelaide Festival Centre CEO & Artistic Director Douglas Gautier AM, said: “As Artistic Director, Joseph put OzAsia Festival on the map as the nation’s pre-eminent Asian/Australian cultural event. He has successfully showcased the best of contemporary … Continue reading Art Down Under: OzAsia Festival Director Joseph Mitchell Leaves, Search For New Artistic Director Begins Soon

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Arts, Comedy, Music, Review, Singapore, The Banter

Review: The Rishi and Sharul Show 2

★★★★☆ (Performance attended 14/2/20) 2 is better than one as comedy couple Rishi Budhrani and Sharul Channa join forces in a one-night only Valentine’s special. “How do you keep the magic alive?” an audience member asks comedians and married couple Rishi Budhrani and Sharul Channa during The Rishi and Sharul Show 2. It’s not a surprising question, considering how for most of the show, the couple … Continue reading Review: The Rishi and Sharul Show 2

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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview

Music Is: SSO Pops – To Broadway, With Love by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)

On Friday 3rd April something’s coming… something good. The Singapore Symphony Orchestra is celebrating the sounds of Broadway in a very special SSO Pops concert at the Esplanade Concert Hall: To Broadway, with Love. Gerard Salonga conducts music from The Lion King, Phantom of the Opera, Les Mis, Sound of Music and many more Broadway musical hits. He’s joined by an all-star cast of vocalists: … Continue reading Music Is: SSO Pops – To Broadway, With Love by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)

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Art What!, Arts, Film, Museums, National Gallery, Preview, Singapore

Art What!: Iswanto Soerjanto’s Painting with Light at the Mizuma Gallery

Mizuma Gallery has announced Painting with Light, a solo exhibition of Indonesian artist Iswanto Soerjanto – his first solo presentation in Singapore. Known for his use of cameraless photography as a medium of artmaking, Iswanto utilizes the principles and the materials of photography but without the presence of camera as a device to capture the image. In his process, Iswanto employs various types and forms … Continue reading Art What!: Iswanto Soerjanto’s Painting with Light at the Mizuma Gallery

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Arts, London, Music, Preview, travel, travelXculture

In London’s (Off) West End 2020: Avex Classics International launch 5th Avex Recital Series at Wigmore Hall

LONDON – To mark their 5th season, the 2020 Avex Recital Series will host four concerts by a new generation of leading Japanese artists. 2020 sees the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth and 27th June will showcase Beethoven virtuoso, the highly-renowned blind pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii. Other musicians in this year’s series are pianist Yu Kosuge (23rd May), violinist Sayaka Shoji and pianist Víkingur Ólafsson (28th … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2020: Avex Classics International launch 5th Avex Recital Series at Wigmore Hall

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London, Preview, Theatre, travel, travelXculture

In London’s (Off) West End 2020: New Changes Coming To The Actors Centre

LONDON – The Actors Centre is kicking 2020 into high gear by announcing major programming changes, including a new senior leadership team. The John Thaw Studio, which currently stages the celebrated John Thaw Initiative, will see the introduction of one-week runs for work-in-progress productions, which will also include free rehearsal space prior to first performances, as well as access to the management team for advice … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2020: New Changes Coming To The Actors Centre

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre, travel

Touring The UK 2020: Katie Arnstein’s Sexy Lamp (Preview)

LONDON –  Multi-award-winning writer and performer Katie Arnstein (Bicycles and Fish, Sticky Door, Bex and Rex) now brings the highly acclaimed Sexy Lamp out on a UK Tour. Told from the perspective of a young actor with bold aspirations, this hilarious and honest show, directed by Ellen Havard (Ad Libido, Edinburgh Fringe 2018) tells the story of power, opportunity and prejudice in the acting industry. … Continue reading Touring The UK 2020: Katie Arnstein’s Sexy Lamp (Preview)

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