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Arts, Film, London, Singapore

Preview: discover.film @ Somerset House

LONDON – London’s Somerset House is being taken over this August! Organisers of one of the world’s biggest short film festivals, discover.film will occupy Somerset House’s East Wing to showcase some of best award-winning short films from around the world. For one week, strap yourselves in to discover some of the world’s absolute best shorts. discover.film knows best, after all, they’ve spent plenty of time investing … Continue reading Preview: discover.film @ Somerset House

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre

Preview: To Kill A Mockingbird At Curve Leicester

LONDON – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of To Kill A Mockingbird makes a welcome return for a UK tour in 2019, opening at Curve Leicester on 7th February! Based off Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, To Kill A Mockingbird is set in the American Deep South, and explores themes of racial injustice when a black man is wrongfully accused of a crime he … Continue reading Preview: To Kill A Mockingbird At Curve Leicester

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Arts, London, Theatre

Preview: Tall Stories Goes Wilde at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

LONDON – The 1997 Edinburgh Fringe saw the premiere of Tall Stories’ first ever show, an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s fairytales titled The Happy Prince and Other Stories.  Now, 21 years later, the company has grown to become an international success, with hugely popular family friendly productions such as The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom to their name. It seems only appropriate that the company will be returning to … Continue reading Preview: Tall Stories Goes Wilde at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

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Arts, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Singapore Theatre Festival, Theatre, Theatre Companies, Wild Rice

Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: One Metre Square – Voices From Sungei Road (Review)

Torn down but not gone, the voices of Sungei Road live on in this piece of verbatim theatre. 10 July 2017. For most people, it was an ordinary day. But for the vendors of Sungei Road, that’s a date that marked the end of their lives as they knew it, the official day the historic Thieves’ Market was closed for good, and its inhabitants displaced … Continue reading Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: One Metre Square – Voices From Sungei Road (Review)

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Arts, Goodman Arts Centre, Interview, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre

An Interview with Bound Theatre Members Wee Xuan Yi and Teng Zi Ying

As much as we love the well-established, big players in the local theatre scene, each time we attend a play, we’re also thinking about some issues at the back of our heads: “is there a new generation of theatremakers to eventually inherit these legacies?” Thankfully, Singapore does have a smattering of young theatre companies and collectives, each finding their own way as they produce new … Continue reading An Interview with Bound Theatre Members Wee Xuan Yi and Teng Zi Ying

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Art What!, Arts, Singapore

Music for Everyone: Variations on a Theme to be Presented at the Singapore Pavilion at 58th Venice Biennale

To be given a chance to represent Singapore at an international level is a rare and incredibly prestigious opportunity, be it in the realm of politics, sports or the arts. So to do so at one of the oldest and most renowned Biennales in the world is certainly a golden opportunity, and at the 58th Venice Biennale held from 11th May to 24th November 2019, that position … Continue reading Music for Everyone: Variations on a Theme to be Presented at the Singapore Pavilion at 58th Venice Biennale

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Arts, Chinese Theatre, Esplanade Theatre, Interview, Review, Singapore, Theatre

Review: Tuesdays with Morrie 《最后14堂星期二的课》 by Godot Theatre Company

Simple but powerful staging of a modern classic that through death, teaches one how to live. 20 years on from when Mitch Albom’s internationally bestselling biographical novel Tuesdays with Morrie was first published, the lessons imparted by an old college professor to his former student remain fiercely relevant even today, still teaching readers everywhere how to live a good life from the wise words between its covers. Based … Continue reading Review: Tuesdays with Morrie 《最后14堂星期二的课》 by Godot Theatre Company

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Arts, Inside London, London, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

Preview: Graceful by Flugelman Productions

LONDON – Written by Hayley Ricketson and directed by Mike Cottrell, Flugelman Productions will be presenting Graceful at the Rosemary Branch Theatre, after a successful, sold out run at the RADA Festival. Longlisted for Theatre 503’s Playwriting Award in 2016, Graceful follows 17-year-old Grace as her alcoholic father checks himself into rehab, and as a result, is sent to live with his distant cousin, 38-year-old Rhonda, a … Continue reading Preview: Graceful by Flugelman Productions

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Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: Faghag (Review)

The faghag is elevated to modern day superhero in Pam Oei’s hugely entertaining, big hearted origin story.  On their own, ‘fag’ and ‘hag’ are pretty derogatory words. But as Singapore’s biggest faghag puts it, two negatives make a positive, and Pam Oei celebrates the term in all its glory in her aptly titled cabaret show of the same name. Faghag opens in song as Pam confidently strides … Continue reading Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: Faghag (Review)

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Singaporeans on Film: An Interview With Selena Tan on Being A “Crazy Rich Asian”

“I think it’s been about nine years since I last did a feature film,” actress Selena Tan confesses. “I always feel very awkward seeing myself or hearing my voice on screen, because all I see are flaws. I keep thinking to myself: I didn’t do it right, and I end up watching everything else but the scenes I appear in.” The last time we saw Selena on … Continue reading Singaporeans on Film: An Interview With Selena Tan on Being A “Crazy Rich Asian”

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