Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019: Bryony Kimmings wins inaugural Popcorn Group Writing Award for I’m a Phoenix, Bitch

EDINBURGH – Bryony Kimmings has been presented with the inaugural Popcorn Group Writing Award in association with the Pleasance Theatre for her show I’m a Phoenix, Bitch. Celebrating writing excellence at the Fringe, the Award platforms writers and artists that ignite and challenge the status quo with the most fearless and topical piece of new writing. For her win, Kimmings received a cash prize of £2,500 … Continue reading Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019: Bryony Kimmings wins inaugural Popcorn Group Writing Award for I’m a Phoenix, Bitch

Preview: 1984 by The Young Company + An Interview with Director Daniel Jenkins

Following two years of practical training in all aspects of theatre, Singapore Repertory Theatre’s The Young Company are set to graduate this August, with a production of 1984 as their graduation show. With a script by Michael Gene Sullivan, based on the iconic novel by George Orwell, 1984 is a tale that brings us the story of Winston Smith, a cog in the giant, dystopian machine state of … Continue reading Preview: 1984 by The Young Company + An Interview with Director Daniel Jenkins

Preview: Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap X Re-Run by How Drama

They’ve been getting kidnapped for 11 years now, but that hasn’t stopped the irreverent, irresistible and insane energy and humour of How Drama as they bring back Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap X for a rerun this August, after a fantastic sold-out run last year. In the show, five cast members embark on a theatrical marathon as they attempt to perform 31 plays in an … Continue reading Preview: Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap X Re-Run by How Drama

Preview: The TENG Ensemble Presents Heirlooms 《传承》 – Reimagining the Sounds of our Chinese Forefathers

If you know next to nothing about the music traditions of Chinese dialect groups, you’re not alone. But that’s precisely why local arts company TENG is here to educate you about them, with their brand new documentary-concert Heirlooms, that reimagines the sounds of Singapore’s Chinese forefathers on 11th October 2019. Playing at the Esplanade Concert Hall, in support of the Singapore Bicentennial, the one-night-only showcase will premiere … Continue reading Preview: The TENG Ensemble Presents Heirlooms 《传承》 – Reimagining the Sounds of our Chinese Forefathers

Exhibition Extravaganza: 62 Years After Hamilton at the Mizuma Gallery

This August, Mizuma Gallery is set to present 62 Years After Hamilton, a group exhibition curated by Hermanto Soerjanto, featuring four Indonesian artists Agan Harahap, Heri Dono, indieguerillas, and Uji “Hahan” Handoko Eko Saputro. Having emerged in the 1950s, Pop Art challenges the traditions of fine art by incorporating mundane imageries from popular and mass culture. In 1957, British artist Richard Hamilton, one of the pioneers of Pop … Continue reading Exhibition Extravaganza: 62 Years After Hamilton at the Mizuma Gallery

M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: The Class Room (Review)

A lecture in theatre form on the difficulties of helping those in poverty. Created by Jean Ng, Li Xie and Kok Heng Leun, The Class Room adapts Drama Box’s similar pre-existing participatory theatre work to teach the audience members of the M1 Peer Pleasure Festival some new lessons on poverty. Taking on the roles of ‘social workers’, audience members are tasked to work on the cases … Continue reading M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: The Class Room (Review)

Review: Acting Mad by The Necessary Stage

Exemplary, no holds barred look at mental health in the theatre industry. As much as mental health has entered common conversation these days, it remains one of the most misunderstood conditions in the workplace, seen as some kind of weakness, a burden to employers or worse, a fake excuse to get out of work. But what about in the theatre industry, where actors are constantly … Continue reading Review: Acting Mad by The Necessary Stage

Review: Fantastic Mr Fox 《了不起的狐狸爸爸》by The Little Company

Quality Roald Dahl adaptation buoyed by strong performances and high production value. Put together a crew of winsome animal protagonists, a group of nefarious farmers and a classic tale of innocents against oppressors, and you’ve got a triumph of a show waiting for you already. But what The Little Company’s Fantastic Mr Fox does that takes it one step further is combine high production value and strong … Continue reading Review: Fantastic Mr Fox 《了不起的狐狸爸爸》by The Little Company

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Jade City at The Bunker

LONDON – Tackling the devastating effects of poverty and the lack of opportunities faced by so many in Britain, Jade City follows two friends struggling with the pressures of everyday life in modern Belfast. Inspired by a city full of heart that is straining under the weight of decades of political and social unrest, Alice Malseed brings to life the mental health issues faced by the … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Jade City at The Bunker

M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: The Block Party (Review)

Issues of poverty performed by those who actually suffer them. National Day is just around the corner, yet, how can we truly celebrate justice and equality when there remain countless citizens who don’t enjoy it? Directed by Rizman Putra, assistant directed by Izzaty Ishak, and performed by The Community Theatre (part of Beyond Social Services), of which multiple members hail from lower income households themselves, docu-performance The … Continue reading M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: The Block Party (Review)