In a city filled with often-broken promises, I am your good narrator, brother. Now, help yourself. As I warble, and you peet. A dash of blood and a little keroncong. Alas there will be no hollow after our hearts grow stale of crying. Gathering some of the best talents in local theatre today, Teater Ekamatra is set to stun with a brand new, Malay … Continue reading Preview: A Clockwork Orange by Teater Ekamatra
Following their mid-year production of original play This is What Happens to Pretty Girls, Pangdemonium rounds off the year with one heck of a splash with multiple-award winning musical satire Urinetown. Gleefully taking the piss out of politicians, populism, “people power”, capitalism, corporate corruption, and musicals themselves, local audience members may find more than a passing similarity to home as Pangdemonium immerses them in a fictitious “most expensive city … Continue reading Preview: Urinetown – The Musical by Pangdemonium
‘If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.’ LONDON – The Bard’s classic tale of money, love and revenge gets a staging at the Drayton Arms Theatre this October. Antonio, a merchant, needs a loan. His friend, Bassanio, needs a rich wife in order to clear his debts. Portia, a wealthy heiress, is reduced to a prize that men must gamble for. … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: The Merchant of Venice by Poetic Justice Productions, with Wolf-Sister Productions
LONDON – From the award-winning Gameshow, Nuclear Future is a shattering new play about the dangerous potential which sits quietly in bunkers across the globe. As the apocalyptic impact of a nuclear disaster regains a foothold in public conversation, this show presents this threat on a more human scale. How do we explain to our children that we use the same energy that created the universe, … Continue reading Touring the UK 2019: Nuclear Future by Gameshow Theatre
Ding Yi Music Company has always been known for their strong stance and support for Chinese chamber music, and they certainly put their money where their mouth is. In collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Ding Yi Music Company presents the fourth edition of the Ding Yi Chinese Chamber Music Festival 2019 (CCMF 2019) this September! Taking place over a single weekend, the festival … Continue reading Preview: Ding Yi Chinese Chamber Music Festival 2019
Following their devised production The Peculiar Tra La back in March, the newest graduating cohort of the Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) are back this September with yet another brand new play for their second production of the year. Created by Australian playwright Andrew Sutherland, a line could be crossed and you would slowly cease to be plays at the Drama Centre Black Box from 5th to 7th September, … Continue reading Preview: a line could be crossed and you would cease to be by Intercultural Theatre Institute
It’s not uncommon for the average person to feel a sudden burst of existential dread from time to time – what is our purpose beyond surviving? What kind of legacy are we to leave behind, and is there even a point if in the long run, everything disappears anyway? For artist Samantha Lo, these were some very real fears that haunted her in some of … Continue reading Paving Her Own Road To Success: In Conversation with Sam Lo (SKL0)
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – The full line-up for the 2019 OzAsia Festival has been announced, with a total of 60 events, including five world-first performances and 22 Australian premieres. Organised by and held at the Adelaide Festival Centre, this 13th edition of the festival will feature 850 artists from more than 20 countries, with boundary-pushing work spanning music, theatre and dance to film, literature and visual art … Continue reading Art Down Under: OzAsia Festival 2019 (Preview)
LONDON – They’ve done Shakespeare, they’ve done musicals – now let Magnificent Bastard give Christmas the Sh!t-Faced treatment. God bless us, every one! Combining cast members from the hilarious Sh!t-faced Showtime and Sh!t-faced Shakespeare for the first time ever, A Pissedmas Carol is the all singing, all drinking alternative Christmas knees-up you never knew you wanted. Parodying Dickens’ Yuletide classic A Christmas Carol, see miserly Scrooge and … Continue reading In London’s West End 2019: Sh!t-Faced Showtime presents A Pissedmas Carol at Leicester Square Theatre
LONDON – From the award-winning Anna Jordan, written between the Brexit vote and Trump’s Presidential victory, We Anchor in Hope captures a moment of deep uncertainty in recent history and the characters’ lives when local pub, The Anchor, closes for good. Chaos is in the air, and yet life goes on. For the duration of the play’s run The Bunker will become The Anchor – transformed … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: We Anchor in Hope at The Bunker
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