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Arts, Music, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Baybeats 2018 presented by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

Singapore’s biggest free alternative festival is back this August! Once again, the Esplanade plays host to the annual Baybeats festival. Now in its 17th year, expect to hear the hottest up and coming local and regional bands come down for a weekend of nonstop musical action. Besides the gigs, this year’s Baybeats keeps things fresh with two brand new music experiences. First off, Baybeats and … Continue reading Preview: Baybeats 2018 presented by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

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Arts, Children's Theatre, Singapore

M1 Patch! 2018: Immortalx by The Theatre Practice (Review)

The Theatre Practice kicks off the inaugural M1 Patch! Festival with a show about teenage immortals.  The Theatre Practice’s brand new festival kicked off this week with their new, original production Immortalx. Based off traditional Chinese mythology, Immortalx is an action-comedy coming-of-age tale where three teenage deities try to find their place in a world they don’t quite fit into, a world where gods are forgotten and no longer … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2018: Immortalx by The Theatre Practice (Review)

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Museums, National Museum, Preview, Singapore

Museum Musings: National Museum of Singapore Launches DigiMuse Presents

Among the first cultural institutions internationally to launch a large-scale initiative to encourage experimentation in the use of digital technologies in museum experiences, the National Museum of Singapore launches its newest exhibition this August. Titled DigiMuse Presents, the exhibition comprises seven digitally-led prototype projects displayed in and around the museum grounds, each one offering new and diverse ways of discovering our history and culture through … Continue reading Museum Musings: National Museum of Singapore Launches DigiMuse Presents

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Arts, Museums, National Gallery, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Lim Cheng Hoe – Painting Singapore at the National Gallery

National Gallery Singapore launches an all new exhibition this week, featuring an ode to seminal plein-air (the art of painting outdoors) artist Lim Cheng Hoe. Entitled Painting Singapore, the exhibition features over 60 artworks, sketches and archival materials highlighting the his career over four decades and mastery over outdoor watercolour landscape painting. Although largely self taught, Lim also studied painting under the then-art inspector of schools, Richard Walker, and … Continue reading Preview: Lim Cheng Hoe – Painting Singapore at the National Gallery

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Arts, Food, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre.

Preview: The Secret Garden Supper Club by ANDSOFORTH

ANDSOFORTH have a good thing going with their immersive dining experiences, having tackled themes ranging from a psychedelic mind trip to a twisted fairy tale world. Now, they’ve discovered the key to a secret garden, and to celebrate, they’ve decided to host a series of intimate suppers! The Secret Garden Supper Club requires adventurous diners to firstly find a secret door, pulling back the ivy … Continue reading Preview: The Secret Garden Supper Club by ANDSOFORTH

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Arts, literature, Preview, Singapore, The Arts House

Preview: LumiNation by The Arts House

Coinciding with the nation’s 53rd birthday, the Arts House presents LumiNation, an all new programme showcasing a series of carefully curated events that explore just what it means to be a Singaporean. In its inaugural edition, the programme explores the theme of Hidden People, Hidden Words, Hidden Histories, Hidden Spaces. Held over two weekends from, LumiNation focuses primarily on taking audiences through the lens of written and spoken narratives, as … Continue reading Preview: LumiNation by The Arts House

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Arts, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Silver Arts Festival 2018

The National Arts Council’s Silver Arts 2018 returns this September as seniors and their families once again come together to celebrate and appreciate the arts together. Held all around the country, a choice selection of events have been curated featuring a line-up of veteran artists and acts to encourage inter-generational bonding and creative ageing.  Held across four weekends from 6th to 30th September, this seventh … Continue reading Preview: Silver Arts Festival 2018

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Preview: Late Night Ghost Stories – Seven: Level 2 (Esplanade’s Red Dot August)

We caught a dramatised reading of Aswani Aswath’s Absence Makes The Heart… at the 2018 Singapore Theatre Festival, and met director Lewin Bernard thereafter. Now, Bernard is back with a new show this August, as part of the Esplanade’s Red Dot August programme! In Seven: Level 2, Tan Weiying, Desmond Soh and Nazray will present a haunting tale surrounding the seventh month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Known as … Continue reading Preview: Late Night Ghost Stories – Seven: Level 2 (Esplanade’s Red Dot August)

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Arts, New Opera Singapore, Opera, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre.

Preview: F. Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites by New Opera Singapore

Following on from last year’s production of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, New Opera Singapore is back this August with an all new annual production! This year, the company will be presenting Francis Poulenc‘s Dialogues of the Carmelites. Written after George Bernanos’ 1947 play of the same name, Poulenc’s second opera is a three act French opera during the French Revolution, where nuns from a Carmelite monastery are … Continue reading Preview: F. Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites by New Opera Singapore

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Arts, Music, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Go Local Series! Recollecting Memories《影视歌曲忆当年》by Ding Yi Music Company

This August, the musicians of Ding Yi go on a trip down memory lane with Recollecting Melodies 《影视歌曲忆当年》 a free outreach concert at the Singapore Botanic Gardens’s Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage! With the newly launched Go Local! series, Ding Yi hopes to reach out to a wider audience and cultivate more appreciation for Chinese chamber music via accessible performances of familiar tunes in a community setting. In … Continue reading Preview: Go Local Series! Recollecting Memories《影视歌曲忆当年》by Ding Yi Music Company

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