Review: This Beautiful Fantastic dir. Simon Aboud

From a foreigner’s perspective, there’s a unique quality to certain Britflicks that take their charm to the next level. In Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic, that charm is milked for all its worth and appeals utterly to audience members hungry for the quintessentially twee indie film missing in their life. Throughout its runtime, This Beautiful Fantastic appears to continually try to outdo itself with its weirdness, beginning … Continue reading Review: This Beautiful Fantastic dir. Simon Aboud

Preview: Happy Chinese New Year Concert 2018 by Ding Yi Music Company and Joanna Dong

Celebrate your 2018 Chinese New Year in style this year with Ding Yi and Singaporean jazz veteran and Sing! China finalist Joanna Dong this March! Conducted by Ding Yi’s assistant conductor, Wong De Li, Dedric, the concert marks Joanna Dong’s first-ever collaboration with a Chinese instrumental music group on stage. Listen up as some of your favourite and most familiar Chinese New Year tunes get a … Continue reading Preview: Happy Chinese New Year Concert 2018 by Ding Yi Music Company and Joanna Dong

VAULT Festival 2018: Award-winning Joyous Gard Brings In Three New Shows (Preview)

LONDON – Joyous Gard made a stunning debut at the 2017 VAULT Festival with the award-winning Crocodile, and this year will be returning to the festival with a vengeance, with not one but three all new shows running between February and March. They’ve expanded their team to include some all new collaborators, and with VAULT, celebrate new writing and more promising new voices in theatre. Read about them … Continue reading VAULT Festival 2018: Award-winning Joyous Gard Brings In Three New Shows (Preview)

Review: Teater Normcore by Ridhwan Saidi (Kuala Lumpur)

Dark humour is rife in these riveting playlets that highlight social issues. KUALA LUMPUR – The term normcore stems from an anti-fashion movement that revolves around purposefully choosing to wear plain, unremarkable clothing. But in the two plays that make up writer Ridhwan Saidi’s Teater Normcore Double Bill, these initially normal looking settings quickly give way to settings far darker than they initially let on. … Continue reading Review: Teater Normcore by Ridhwan Saidi (Kuala Lumpur)

Review: Ola Bola the Musical by Enfiniti Productions (Kuala Lumpur)

A nationalistic musical with high production value that celebrates Malaysia in all its glorious diversity. KUALA LUMPUR – There are two things that Malaysians will always get fired up about: food, and sport. Taking the latter subject and putting it into the arts, it’s completely possible that Malaysians too can feel a sense of nationalistic pride upon seeing it brought to life onstage. Based off … Continue reading Review: Ola Bola the Musical by Enfiniti Productions (Kuala Lumpur)

Review: The Bee by Theatresauce (Kuala Lumpur)

Absurd, dark social satire leaves a lethal sting with Theatresauce’s final show of their 2017/18 season. KUALA LUMPUR – In a world as dark and uncertain as our own, lines of morality are often blurred in the name of media sensationalism. A vigilante borders on villainy when he takes the law into his own hands, and one is forced to wonder – are crimes committed … Continue reading Review: The Bee by Theatresauce (Kuala Lumpur)

Preview: The Bee by Theatresauce (Kuala Lumpur)

KUALA LUMPUR: Theatresauce is one of the fastest rising urban collectives in Malaysia. Fresh from a highly acclaimed, sold out run of Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis last year, the company returns to the klpac once again to perform a macabre, psychological thriller as the final show of their 2017/18 season. Inspired by surrealist Japanese writer Yatsutaka Tsusui’s short story Mushiriai (roughly translating to ‘plucking at … Continue reading Preview: The Bee by Theatresauce (Kuala Lumpur)

Preview: SUB II – THE ART OF EXPLOITATION by Underground Theatre

For the layperson, Singapore probably looks like one of the closest things to a utopian state, with clean streets, green spaces and of course, its famous tagline of going from ‘third world to first’. But underneath this veneer of perfection, there’s a revolution brewing, and what better place to stage it than the Substation? Written and directed by Dew M. Chaiyanara, Underground Theatre presents SUB II: THE … Continue reading Preview: SUB II – THE ART OF EXPLOITATION by Underground Theatre

SIFA 2018 Set For Record Crowds Under New Festival Director Gaurav Kripalani

Expect a Grammy-Award winning multi-instrumentalist, dystopian states and even an outdoor circus in the all new 2018 SIFA lineup. Taking on the role of SIFA Festival Director for the next three years, Gaurav Kripalani begins it with a strong lineup that includes acclaimed director Robert Icke’s 1984 and site-specific performances at the Armenian Church and National Gallery. SIFA 2018 looks set to bring in the masses … Continue reading SIFA 2018 Set For Record Crowds Under New Festival Director Gaurav Kripalani

Review: Diva to the Death by Bite Me Productions

An amazingly fun show with a hilarious, laugh-a-minute script and outrageous characters well-performed by the talented cast. Potential spoilers up ahead! Theatrical dining experiences are still a pretty new concept to Singapore, but with Bite Me Productions’ spectacular debut, they’ve already set the bar pretty high for other shows to follow. From the madcap imagination of Chestnuts creator Jonathan Lim comes Diva to the Death, as he pits jazz … Continue reading Review: Diva to the Death by Bite Me Productions