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Art What!: Singapore Biennale 2019 – Every Step In The Right Direction
Singapore Biennale 2019 (SB2019) returns for its sixth edition, with 77 artists and art collectives from 36 countries and territories. Titled “Every Step in the Right Direction”, the international contemporary art exhibition invites the public to engage with the act of artistic exploration, drawing on the importance of making choices and taking steps to consider the conditions of contemporary life and the human endeavour for … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Biennale 2019 – Every Step In The Right Direction
Music Is: Another Journey Begins! – Debut Concert of the Concordia Quartet (Preview)
Resound Collective, Singapore’s first professional chamber ensemble, has announced the launch of a new string quartet – the Concordia Quartet. Comprising four prize-winning musicians – Edward Tan, Kim Kyu Ri, Matthias Östringer and Theophilus Tan, the quartet will be making their debut on Saturday, 1st February at the new Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre @ W!ld Rice. Widely regarded as the pinnacle of Western chamber music, … Continue reading Music Is: Another Journey Begins! – Debut Concert of the Concordia Quartet (Preview)
Preview: The Son by Pangdemonium!
Ass-kicking theatre company Pangdemonium! is back this February to start their 10th anniversary on the scene with Florian Zeller’s The Son (translated by Christopher Hampton). Following on from their sold-out production of Zeller’s The Father in 2018, The Son shifts the focus from mental illness in the aged to mental illness in the young, much like how they started with Late Company in 2019, which dealt with a teenage suicide. … Continue reading Preview: The Son by Pangdemonium!
Music Is: The Genteel Horn of Mr Han by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)
On Friday 13th March, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra celebrates its Principal Horn, Han Chang Chou, who is retiring from the orchestra this season. And to mark the occasion, they’ll be playing Mozart’s sparkling Horn Concerto No. 2. This much-loved Mozart work is sandwiched between two works inspired by Molière’s 1670 satire, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme. The play tells the story of Monsieur Jourdain, a middle-class man … Continue reading Music Is: The Genteel Horn of Mr Han by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)
Music Is: Concerts For Children – Journey Around The World by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra [CANCELLED]
Join conductor and host Jessica Gethin on a Journey Around the World in the next edition of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s (SSO) Concerts for Children series. Over four performances on 21st and 22nd March, Jessica and the SSO will explore soundscapes of music from across the globe. This interactive show will include some of the most popular classical music ever written, including Copland’s Appalachian Spring … Continue reading Music Is: Concerts For Children – Journey Around The World by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra [CANCELLED]
Preview: KidsFest! 2020 presented by ABA Productions
From 31st January to 16th February, ABA Productions is bringing back KidsFest!, set to dazzle young audience members with four world-class theatre productions adapted from exciting and well-known children’s books. Bringing together Scamp Theatre, Selladoor Family, Rockefeller Productions and Tall Stories, KidsFest! is set to present shows that the entire family can enjoy together. The four productions are: The Gruffalo, Stick Man, The Gruffalo’s Child … Continue reading Preview: KidsFest! 2020 presented by ABA Productions
Music Is: Ding Yi Music Company’s Happy Chinese New Year Concert 2020 feat. Nathan Hartono (Preview)
As Singapore’s most acclaimed Chinese chamber music ensemble, Ding Yi starts off 2020 on an auspicious note with a new edition of their annual Happy Chinese New Year Concert. Playing on 8th February at the China Cultural Centre, the concert will be conducted by Ding Yi Assistant Conductor Wong De Li, Dedric, and feature a special appearance from local singer-songwriter Nathan Hartono, who rose to … Continue reading Music Is: Ding Yi Music Company’s Happy Chinese New Year Concert 2020 feat. Nathan Hartono (Preview)
Review: Three Courses @ MeatSmith Little India (ARTWALK Little India 2020)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 18/1/20) Eavesdropping on millennial conversations while enjoying a good meal. ARTWALK Little India has never shied away from programming at least one interdisciplinary performance into its diverse line-up of activities, and this year, features a ‘three-course’ meal of playlets staged at two restaurants (Chimichanga on Friday and MeatSmith Little India on Saturday) in Little India. Written by Aswani Aswath, Chen Cuifen and … Continue reading Review: Three Courses @ MeatSmith Little India (ARTWALK Little India 2020)
Touring The UK 2020: Crimes, Camera, Action by New Old Friends (Preview)
LONDON – When a glamorous Hollywood starlet is stabbed on-set in a fatal mix-up of props, there’s only one man fit for the job of solving the crime: Stan Shakespeare. Award-winning company New Old Friends return once again with the latest installment of their ever-popular Crimes… series. Inspired by the classic English writing of Agatha Christie, Noël Coward and PG Wodehouse, the madcap comedy thrillers have … Continue reading Touring The UK 2020: Crimes, Camera, Action by New Old Friends (Preview)
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