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

Review: Tales of Grimmsneyland by Andsoforth Junior

Fairytales come alive in this family-friendly theatrical experience. Following a successful run of the more adult-oriented, immersive dining show Grimmsneyland earlier this year, Andsoforth returns with a new version of the show in the form of Tales of Grimmsneyland. This time around, the immersive dining experience has been scrapped, and instead of adults, the target audience has shifted to kids aged 4 years old and above, as they dive … Continue reading Review: Tales of Grimmsneyland by Andsoforth Junior

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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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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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Arts, Concert, Mastercard Theatres, Music, Sands Theatre, Sands Theatre Highlights, Singapore

Preview: Faith & Freedom – The Music of George Michael by BASE Entertainment Asia

The world lost a star when George Michael passed away in 2016. Not only was he the hugely successful frontman of 80s music duo Wham!, George Michael went on to become one of the most hugely successful solo figures in pop, with a string of top hits at every step of his career. In Faith & Freedom, the George Michael story is brought to life in a fully-narrated … Continue reading Preview: Faith & Freedom – The Music of George Michael by BASE Entertainment Asia

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Arts, Film, Preview, Singapore

National Youth Film Awards 2018: A Bigger Pool, To Greater Heights

NTU student film about foreign workers ‘Bangla’ and nostalgic film about schooldays ‘Pencil’ walk away with Best Pictures of the ceremony. After our extensive coverage following the submission phase to the nominees’ announcements, the National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) 2018 finally drew to a close on Saturday with an afternoon awards ceremony held at *SCAPE’s Ground Theatre. Organised by *SCAPE and supported by the National Youth Council and … Continue reading National Youth Film Awards 2018: A Bigger Pool, To Greater Heights

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Weave Your Way Into Aliwal Arts Night Crawl 2018: An Interview With Natalie Tan + Activities to Look Out

This Saturday, the Aliwal Arts Night Crawl returns once again to light up Kampong Glam with a brand new cheeky theme – Basket! The annual one night only event sees the entire district transformed into an arts wonderland, with the closure of both Sultan Gate Road and Aliwal Road to dedicate the whole space to arts and heritage. This year’s theme of Basket! plays on Arab Street’s history, having … Continue reading Weave Your Way Into Aliwal Arts Night Crawl 2018: An Interview With Natalie Tan + Activities to Look Out

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre

Preview: Twelfth Night by Young Vic

LONDON – The Young Vic gets Shakespearean once more this fall, with a restaging of Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub interpretation of the Bard’s Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night was originally performed at The Public Theater in New York as part of their Public Works program in 2016, and revisited this summer as part of their free Shakespeare in the Park Delacorte season. In this version, co-directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah and … Continue reading Preview: Twelfth Night by Young Vic

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Preview: Swan Lake by New Adventures and Julie’s Bicycle (UK Tour)

LONDON – Iconic British dance company New Adventures and green charity Julie’s Bicycle have got a good thing going; they’ve managed to create the first Creative Green Certified Tour with their new tour of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake. The companies were also conferred the Creative Green Pioneer Award in the second annual Creative Green Awards which celebrates the many outstanding organisations taking action on climate and the environment. Julie’s Bicycle … Continue reading Preview: Swan Lake by New Adventures and Julie’s Bicycle (UK Tour)

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