A call with no one on the other line. An accidental call you didn’t mean to make. Wrongly addressed letters. With the conclusion of their 2018/19 season themed around ‘Competition’, contemporary dance company RAW Moves breaks new ground for their 2019/20 season with a full year of artistic enquiry into the theme of ‘System’. For their latest production, they’ve teamed up with playwright Nabilah Said … Continue reading Preview: Ghost Call by RAW Moves
This weekend, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre returns to the Esplanade Theatre for a retrospective on decorated company founder Lin Hwai-min’s impressive body of work over the years. Often considered poetic, powerful and replete with philosophical beauty, Lin’s choreography has, over the years, cemented itself as a permanent part of the international dance community’s collective consciousness, a living legend and one of the very best among … Continue reading Preview: Cloud Gate 45th Anniversary Gala Programme – Lin Hwai-min – A Retrospective
The Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) is known for producing Shakespeare hits year on year, with their renditions of Shakespeare in the Park, and even acclaimed director Sam Mendes and The Bridge Project earlier on. Shakespeare in the Park is on a break this 2019, but that isn’t stopping The Bard from leaving his mark on SRT, as for three nights only, the company presents RSC … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Repertory Theatre presents RSC Live!
Armed with an immaculately clear, divine voice, the prodigiously talented, multi-award-winning, veteran mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter is a legend among vocalists. Her phenomenal career spans more than three decades, her winning voice the star in a myriad range of music from Renaissance Classical to contemporary crossover projects. Her So Many Things tour is a unique collaboration with trailblazing quartet Brooklyn Rider, drawing upon a … Continue reading Preview: VCH Presents Anne Sofie Von Otter & Brooklyn Rider
A terrace house in Holland Village becomes the site of haunting for childhood trauma. Growing up, we often don’t think too much of the things we experience as children. After all, kids will be kids, and most people still turn out alright in adulthood, no matter what, right? In Drama Box’s latest production however, that childhood innocence is put under the magnifying glass, as FLOWERS takes audience members … Continue reading Review: FLOWERS by Drama Box
LONDON – You have no idea how long we’ve been waiting to hear for a production of Bare: A Pop Opera to happen. While it certainly hasn’t gained as much traction as a big West End or Broadway musical, Bare boasts some truly memorable songs to make this inspired-by-Romeo-and-Juliet queer rock opera one that will no doubt resonate with countless audience members. With this year marking the 50th anniversary of … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Bare – A Pop Opera at The Vaults
Musical perfection is hard to argue against. As one of the world’s most famous musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera needs little to no introduction for anyone with even a little knowledge of musical theatre. From the West End to Broadway, to numerous international tours all around the world, The Phantom of the Opera has stunned and enchanted an infinitum of audience members across the … Continue reading Review: The Phantom of the Opera presented by BASE Entertainment Asia
LONDON – Founded by Hayley Osborne and Phoebe Alice Ritchie, new production company Lotus Players is set to debut this May with debut production As We Unravel at the Bread and Roses Theatre, London. Written by Annie Power and directed by Sassy Clyde, this new piece of writing stars Lotus Players founders Hayley Osborne and Phoebe Alice Ritchie, alongside actors Velenzia Spearepoint, Nance Turner and James Calloway, as … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: As We Unravel by Lotus Players at The Bread and Roses Theatre
After a thoroughly enchanting second edition last year, StoryFest: International Storytelling Festival Singapore is back this June for its third edition! Once again playing at The Arts House for a single weekend, StoryFest 2019 is themed ‘Make Believe’, and will focus on encouraging audiences to actively create their own meaning through the stories told, featuring a combination of local commissions and international performances, alongside workshops and … Continue reading Preview: StoryFest 2019 – Make Believe
An operatic holiday from L’arietta. In the grand scheme of modern opera, L’arietta Productions has time and again proven that the art form doesn’t have to be a stuffy affair, presenting accessible, fun operatic works of art onstage for both opera vets and newcomers to enjoy. With Fantasy Island Cruise, the company presents a double bill of light-hearted works, namely Joseph Horowitz’s Gentleman’s Island and Gian Carlo … Continue reading Review: Fantasy Island Cruise by L’arietta Productions
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