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Arts, Children's Theatre, Nine Years Theatre, Preview

Preview: Phinny & Wally by Nine Years Theatre

Local theatre company Nine Years Theatre (NYT) is venturing into Theatre for Young Audiences for the first time ever this July, with their new Mandarin play Phinny & Wally. Recommended for ages five to seven, Phinny & Wally invites you to dive into an enchanting underwater world with Phinny, a gentle dolphin, and Wally, an enthusiastic whale. In their vibrant ocean home, filled with coral … Continue reading Preview: Phinny & Wally by Nine Years Theatre

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Arts, News, Singapore

National Arts Council and Singapore Land Authority launch joint tender in search of master tenant for new arts space at Kampong Java

In a first of its kind initiative, the National Arts Council (NAC) and the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) have launched a joint Price and Quality (PQ) tender for a row of five restored heritage properties at 52 to 56 Kampong Java Road (Kampong Java) for multi-disciplinary arts sandbox use. What that means is that the space at Kampong Java is intended to be used as … Continue reading National Arts Council and Singapore Land Authority launch joint tender in search of master tenant for new arts space at Kampong Java

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Arts, Concert, Preview, Theatre

Great SISTIC Sale 2024: Get tickets to the hottest shows at up to 50% off

The highly anticipated Great SISTIC Sale (GSS) returns this July, taking place from 17 – 21 July 2024.  Featuring a wide range of participating events, the GSS offers ticket buyers discounts of up to 50% off. This is the perfect opportunity for arts, culture, and entertainment enthusiasts to secure great deals on award-winning shows such as Miss Saigon, alongside a variety of other live performances including concerts, musicals, theatre productions, and more.  In … Continue reading Great SISTIC Sale 2024: Get tickets to the hottest shows at up to 50% off

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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview, Singapore

Music Is: SSO announces performance in Kyoto and appointments of Co-Principal Guest Concertmasters

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra kick-starts its 2024/2025 season with a variety of exciting performances. In the coming months, relish the opportunity to watch world-class artists such as Sayaka Shoji, Karen Gomyo, Yiwen Lu, Maxim Vengerov, Lara Maigue, Moritz Ernst, Hélène Grimaud and Ingrid Fliter in action with the SSO. The Singapore and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras and Choruses will also perform the choral-orchestral spectacular Carmina Burana in a highly anticipated collaboration. The SSO will participate in Asia Orchestra Week 2024 on 19 October, its first overseas performance since … Continue reading Music Is: SSO announces performance in Kyoto and appointments of Co-Principal Guest Concertmasters

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Arts, festival, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Singapore Night Festival 2024 – Art of Play

The Singapore Night Festival (SNF) returns to the Bras Basah.Bugis (BBB) precinct for its 15th edition this year, bigger than ever! Happening from 23 August to 7 September 2024, the festival will take place over three weekends for the first time. Organised by the National Heritage Board (NHB), and supported by Lead Sponsor Samsung Singapore, Singapore’s largest nocturnal experience takes festival-goers on a journey to … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Night Festival 2024 – Art of Play

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Arts, Interview, News, Preview, Singapore

Art What!: An Interview with Māori contemporary artist Lisa Reihana on ‘GLISTEN’ at National Gallery Singapore

Humans are often more alike than we think, with surprising parallels taking place across cultures, arts and beliefs, even thousands of miles apart. Bringing that to light is Māori contemporary artist Lisa Reihana, whose new work GLISTEN, installed atop National Gallery Singapore, finds links between Southeast Asian Songket and Māori Tāniko weaving from Aotearoa New Zealand . Taking the form of a large-scale outdoor kinetic … Continue reading Art What!: An Interview with Māori contemporary artist Lisa Reihana on ‘GLISTEN’ at National Gallery Singapore

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Arts, Review, Theatre

★★★★☆ Review: Air by Drama Box

Portrait of a disappearing community told with sincerity and creativity through documentary verbatim theatre. Documentary and verbatim theatre can be a tricky genre to stage, requiring actors to embody and speak on the behalf of interviewees, rather than featuring them as in a documentary film. Particularly when it comes to marginalised groups, verbatim theatre runs the risk of bordering on appropriation, and even exploitation if … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Air by Drama Box

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Arts, musical, Review, Theatre

★★★★☆ Review: tick, tick…Boom! by Sight Lines Productions

Navigating adulthood and friendships as an aspiring artist in Jonathan Larson’s other musical. Before smash hit musical Rent, Jonathan Larson was very much a struggling composer trying to catch his big break in New York City. Fast approaching 30 years old and saddled with the fear of never making it big in life, Larson’s story is a familiar one to many similar hopeful young artists … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: tick, tick…Boom! by Sight Lines Productions

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review

Review: Dance at Dusk (2024) by T.H.E Dance Company

Two excerpts that showcase the beauty of contemporary dance against the waterfront and Singapore skyline. T.H.E Dance Company’s Dance at Dusk series has long been a key component of their cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival, making contemporary dance feel accessible for first timers, complete with Grace Lee-Khoo and sign interpreter Shawn ensuring greater inclusivity, while also showing off the technical and creative elements honed to a … Continue reading Review: Dance at Dusk (2024) by T.H.E Dance Company

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Esplanade’s The Studios 2024: An Interview with Adib Kosnan, Kok Heng Leun and Zulfadli Rashid on Drama Box’s restaging of ‘Air’

While certainly not as common as its film counterpart, documentary theatre often has the same aim of presenting accurate and factual information about an interesting subject matter, shedding light and revealing new perspectives on it. For theatre company Drama Box, they successfully pulled it off in 2019 with verbatim theatre piece Air (Malay for ‘water’), as part of a two-part double bill Tanah•Air, which shone … Continue reading Esplanade’s The Studios 2024: An Interview with Adib Kosnan, Kok Heng Leun and Zulfadli Rashid on Drama Box’s restaging of ‘Air’

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