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Art Down Under: OzAsia Festival 2019 (Preview)

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – The full line-up for the 2019 OzAsia Festival has been announced, with a total of 60 events, including five world-first performances and 22 Australian premieres. Organised by and held at the Adelaide Festival Centre, this 13th edition of the festival will feature 850 artists from more than 20 countries, with boundary-pushing work spanning music, theatre and dance to film, literature and visual art … Continue reading Art Down Under: OzAsia Festival 2019 (Preview)

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Review: A $ingapore Carol by W!ld Rice

The Dickensian holiday classic gets a Singaporean twist There are few shows more quintessential to Christmas than Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, having received countless adaptations and stagings each holiday season. And here in sunny Singapore, while it may not be the most familiar tale to most, all that might just change with W!ld Rice’s Singaporean twist on the classic – A $ingapore Carol. Written … Continue reading Review: A $ingapore Carol by W!ld Rice

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A Very W!ld Rice Christmas: An Interview with Director Hossan Leong and The Cast of A $ingapore Carol

This holiday season, W!ld Rice is going full on with the Yuletide festivities as they power through into their final show of the season – their annual year-end pantomime. This time around, they’re adapting Charles Dickens’ holiday classic A Christmas Carol and putting their signature local twist on it, resulting in A $ingapore Carol. Written by Jonathan Lim with a musical score by Elaine Chan, get ready for … Continue reading A Very W!ld Rice Christmas: An Interview with Director Hossan Leong and The Cast of A $ingapore Carol

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Perspectives Film Festival 2018: An Interview with Festival Directors Claudia Loo and Lee Yi Jia

The Perspectives Film Festival returns for its 11th edition from 25th – 28th October 2018! Taking on the theme of ‘Instituitions’, Singapore’s longest running student-run film festival will examine stories in which individuals tackle the the limits of their institutions head on, featuring seven films and other fringe activities during the festival. We spoke to Perspectives Festival Directors Claudia Loo and Lee Yi Jia to find … Continue reading Perspectives Film Festival 2018: An Interview with Festival Directors Claudia Loo and Lee Yi Jia

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Review: Kinky Boots presented by Base Entertainment Asia

Full of heart and high heels, Kinky Boots delivers its message of acceptance loud and proud.  It’s been a long time coming, but there’s never been a better time for multi-award winning musical Kinky Boots to have finally found its way to Singapore. With a touring cast direct from Broadway, the Harvey Fierstein/Cyndi Lauper musical is feel good entertainment at its very best, boasting infectious numbers and … Continue reading Review: Kinky Boots presented by Base Entertainment Asia

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Touchdown from Broadway: An Interview with the Fabulous Angels and Female Leads of Kinky Boots

For the first time ever, multi-award winning musical Kinky Boots will be staged in Singapore! Written by theatre veteran Harvey Fierstein with music by the legendary Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots plays at the Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands for just two weekends. The raucous but heartwarming musical tells the story of the fictitious Price & Son shoe factory, as newly crowned owner Charlie Price attempts to save it. Little … Continue reading Touchdown from Broadway: An Interview with the Fabulous Angels and Female Leads of Kinky Boots

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Kinky Boots: #JustBe Campaign Launches in Singapore

Award-winning musical Kinky Boots flies in straight from Broadway this week for its Singapore debut, and before it opens, they want you to know this: “just be who you want to be”. Fronted by international superstars such as Kelly Osbourne, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, James Earl Jones and Martina Navratilova, the campaign spreads Kinky Boots’ central message of loving and accepting one’s self, as each of these representatives pose … Continue reading Kinky Boots: #JustBe Campaign Launches in Singapore

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Preview: Perspectives Film Festival 2018

The Perspectives Film Festival, Singapore’s first and longest student-run film festival, returns for its 11th edition from 25th – 28th October 2018! Taking place at the National Museum of Singapore and Alliance Francaise, this year’s festival takes on the theme of ‘Instituitions’, examining stories in which individuals tackle the the limits of their institutions head on. A total of seven films will be presented at this year’s … Continue reading Preview: Perspectives Film Festival 2018

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Preview: A $ingapore Carol by W!ld Rice

As is now Christmas tradition, after last year’s Mama White Snake, W!ld Rice returns for their 16th edition annual pantomime with perhaps the most appropriate new musical ever: A $ingapore Carol. Based off Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, perhaps the hallmark holiday story, A $ingapore Carol puts a keenly local twist and strong dose of humour on the original. Written by Jonathan Lim (Four Horse Road, Diva To The Death), A … Continue reading Preview: A $ingapore Carol by W!ld Rice

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Preview: Kinky Boots presented by BASE Entertainment Asia

This October, Singapore gets kinky with the debut of smash hit musical Kinky Boots! Presented by BASE Entertainment Asia, Broadway Entertainment Group and TROIKA Entertainment, Kinky Boots is all kinds of fabulous rolled into one – with a heartwarming book by four time Tony-Award winner Harvey Fierstein, the catchy, Tony-award winning score by Cyndi Lauper (yes, she of True Colours fame) and of course, plenty of over the top costumes … Continue reading Preview: Kinky Boots presented by BASE Entertainment Asia

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