In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Mating in Captivity by Flo Taylor Productions in association with We Are Kilter (Preview)

LONDON – Playing as part of King’s Head Theatre’s Queer Season 2019, get ready for the European premiere of Oliver Page’s Mating in Captivity as it comes to London for one week only. With the entire season aimed to champion diverse stories across the breadth of the queer experience, and feature ground-breaking new writing, the play has so far received rave reviews when it previewed at the 2019 … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Mating in Captivity by Flo Taylor Productions in association with We Are Kilter (Preview)

Exhibition Extravaganza: The City We Love at URA’s Singapore City Gallery

This August, in celebrating the urban landscape of Singapore, three young Singaporean artists will be exhibiting new works at URA (Urban Redevelopment Authority)’s City Canvas, Singapore City Gallery. Titled The City We Love, the exhibition presents three different perspectives of city living – current, abstract, and imagined – as inspired by the living conditions of Singapore. As our urban landscape changes, so does our relationship to changing urban … Continue reading Exhibition Extravaganza: The City We Love at URA’s Singapore City Gallery

Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) presents Hiromi Tango’s Healing Circles

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – The art of Hiromi Tango evolves organically from one project to the next, developing complex dialogues with environment and audience. Tango’s large-scale ‘performative installations’ are premised on the notion of interactivity, forging individual, social and cultural connections. Reacting to an age in which human relationships are being eclipsed by the globalisation and virtualisation of communication, the artist’s practice is often collaborative, performative and … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) presents Hiromi Tango’s Healing Circles

M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: An Interview with Artistic Director Jean Ng

The M1 Peer Pleasure Youth Theatre Festival, Singapore’s only annual theatre festival by young people, is back with a number of shows and programmes after a year’s hiatus. With brand new artistic director and theatre practitioner Jean Ng at the helm, the festival has gained a new focus by zooming in on specific societal issues, such as this year’s theme of Poverty, explored through both research … Continue reading M1 Peer Pleasure 2019: An Interview with Artistic Director Jean Ng

Singapore Food Festival 2019: The Mem’s Servants by Project Plait and Artistry (Review)

Site-specific multi-room food and dance experience that leaves us more than satiated. House 18 Temenggong Road is a typical black-&-white house from the old days, one filled with so much history that one would swear it’s imbued with countless ghosts of the pasts residing in its walls. Newly refurbished, it seems only appropriate then that it be the site of Project Plait’s newest production – The … Continue reading Singapore Food Festival 2019: The Mem’s Servants by Project Plait and Artistry (Review)

#FreeYourMind: W!ld Rice Unveils Iconic New Home for Singapore Theatre

It’s been a long time coming, but at last, leading local theatre company W!ld Rice finally has a place to call home, truly. Located in the very heart of the city at the brand new Funan Mall, the 20,000 square foot W!ld Rice @ Funan was unveiled in the lead-up to their official opening. Envisioned by Founding Artistic Director Ivan Heng and Executive Director Tony … Continue reading #FreeYourMind: W!ld Rice Unveils Iconic New Home for Singapore Theatre

George Town Festival 2019: An Interview with The Glowers Drama Group

PENANG, MALAYSIA – It’s not every day you get to see a Singaporean theatre company perform overseas, let alone one made entirely of older actors and crew members. But with the highly successful Kampong Chempedak, which made its international premiere at the 2019 George Town Festival, the Glowers Drama Group can give themselves a pat on the back and more for a job well done. Founded by … Continue reading George Town Festival 2019: An Interview with The Glowers Drama Group

Review: Broadway Beng – Last Beng Standing by Dream Academy

With a line-up of catchy numbers, a talented trio of chio buus and the ever-charming Sebastian Tan, Broadway Beng is better than ever before.  It’s hard to imagine that when Broadway Beng first premiered 13 years ago, little would Dream Academy have imagined that it would grow to become the icon of local theatre that it is today. And with Broadway Beng: Last Beng Standing (directed … Continue reading Review: Broadway Beng – Last Beng Standing by Dream Academy

Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) presents Jemima Wyman’s …like a siren it repeats

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Australian artist Jemima Wyman’s practice encompasses performance, video, installation, photography and painting. Her most recent work focuses on patterns and masking used by marginalised groups to gain power (aka counterpower). Through this work she investigates visual resistance: specifically camouflage as a formal, social and political strategy in negotiating identity. With her latest work then, …like a siren it repeats sees Wyman presenting new collages that … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) presents Jemima Wyman’s …like a siren it repeats

George Town Festival 2019: An Interview with Lee Mok Yee, Creator of Superstition II

PENANG, MALAYSIA – Temples may be sacred ground, but for artist Lee Mok Yee, they also double as a gallery, specifically for his latest exhibition Superstition II. Inspired by their interiors and significance, the Malaysian artist has crafted installations in two beautiful temples in George Town as part of the 2019 George Town Festival, each one delving into concepts of religious symbolism, Taoist philosophy and managing to link … Continue reading George Town Festival 2019: An Interview with Lee Mok Yee, Creator of Superstition II