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★★★★☆ Theatre Review: The Whale by The Actors’ Studio Seni Teater Rakyat

The Whale carries the weight of everything we cannot say in this emotional adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter’s play. Duration: 120 minutes There is a whale waiting for us when we enter the theatre. Not a living one, but its skeleton: a great, looming reminder of what once was, and of what remains after everything else has been stripped away. The cast is already onstage, … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Theatre Review: The Whale by The Actors’ Studio Seni Teater Rakyat

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Preview: Goodman Arts Centre Becomes a Living Arts Village for HOME | GROUND

Goodman Arts Centre has never been just a collection of studios. Long before it became one of Singapore’s most familiar creative enclaves, the grounds were home to schools, students and educators, gathering generations of people whose memories remain woven into the place. This October, those stories come back into focus with HOME | GROUND, a new signature programme by Arts House Group that will transform … Continue reading Preview: Goodman Arts Centre Becomes a Living Arts Village for HOME | GROUND

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Preview: Dongpo – Life in Poems 现代舞诗剧《诗忆东坡》by Castiglione Arts and Culture Pty Ltd

What does the soul of a poet who lived nearly a thousand years ago look like in motion? This December, the Esplanade Theatre will offer an answer with Dongpo: Life in Poems, an operatic contemporary dance drama that brings the world of Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo vividly into the present. Directed and choreographed by internationally acclaimed artist Shen Wei, the production is less a … Continue reading Preview: Dongpo – Life in Poems 现代舞诗剧《诗忆东坡》by Castiglione Arts and Culture Pty Ltd

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Preview: Playwrights’ Cove 2026 – From Page To Stage by The Necessary Stage

What happens when a writer accustomed to the intimacy of the page has to make a story live, breathe and speak in front of an audience? That question is what sits in the centre of Playwrights’ Cove 2026: From Page to Stage, The Necessary Stage’s annual playwriting programme, which this year brings four literary artists into the theatre-making process. Ahmad Syarif, Daryl Qilin Yam, Noonherd … Continue reading Preview: Playwrights’ Cove 2026 – From Page To Stage by The Necessary Stage

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Art: SAMCollection – The Present is Unstable at Singapore Art Museum

What happens when artworks are allowed to move in and out of a museum gallery, their meanings shifting with every new arrangement? At Singapore Art Museum’s latest collection exhibition, the act of looking becomes a journey through identity, memory, history and the unstable conditions of contemporary life. A museum collection is usually understood as something to be preserved: a gathering of artworks, carefully acquired and … Continue reading Art: SAMCollection – The Present is Unstable at Singapore Art Museum

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Film: ‘The Violinist’ 沧海琴声 earns three Golden Horse nominations after Annecy triumph

From Annecy to Toronto, Busan and now Taipei, Singapore-led animated feature The Violinist is continuing its international journey with three nominations at the 63rd Golden Horse Awards. The film has been nominated for Best Animated Feature, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Film Score, adding another milestone to a landmark year that began with its historic double win at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. … Continue reading Film: ‘The Violinist’ 沧海琴声 earns three Golden Horse nominations after Annecy triumph

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Film: Anthony Chen’s ‘We Are All Strangers’ scores seven Golden Horse nominations

Anthony Chen’s We Are All Strangers (我们不是陌生人) has earned seven nominations at the 63rd Golden Horse Awards, giving the Singaporean filmmaker’s Growing Up trilogy another major moment on the international film circuit. Announced in Taipei earlier this evening, the nominations include Best Narrative Feature Film and Best Director for Chen, alongside acting recognition for Yeo Yann Yann and Andi Lim WeiWen, who makes his big-screen … Continue reading Film: Anthony Chen’s ‘We Are All Strangers’ scores seven Golden Horse nominations

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Interview: Artistic Director Derrick Chew on the next chapter of the Crack The Case series and Sight Lines Entertainment

For Derrick Chew, the fifth edition of Crack The Case is both an ending and a beginning. The upcoming Crack The Case: Wonderland marks the final instalment of the immersive mystery series in its current form, but Chew is quick to point out that the mystery itself is not going away. After five editions, Sight Lines Entertainment is ready to take what it has learnt … Continue reading Interview: Artistic Director Derrick Chew on the next chapter of the Crack The Case series and Sight Lines Entertainment

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BATU: Ayu Permata Sari and Hasyimah Harith on reimagining the kitchen, sharing stories and space

A kitchen can be many things. It is a place where food is prepared and domestic work is done, but it can also be where women gather, where stories are exchanged, where knowledge is passed between generations, and where rituals are repeated almost without thought. For Indonesian choreographer Ayu Permata Sari and Singaporean artist Hasyimah Harith, it is also a space through which questions of … Continue reading BATU: Ayu Permata Sari and Hasyimah Harith on reimagining the kitchen, sharing stories and space

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Still Lives – Singapore: Daniel Kok and Luke George on using shibari to explore trust, tension and stories

A performance called Still Lives might sound, at first, like an exercise in holding still. But for artists Daniel Kok and Luke George, stillness is only the beginning. Built around rope, bodies, objects and the act of carefully binding people into sculptural compositions, Still Lives is less a fixed work than an evolving encounter with each place it enters. Since its beginnings during the pandemic, … Continue reading Still Lives – Singapore: Daniel Kok and Luke George on using shibari to explore trust, tension and stories

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