Tag: august

Arts, Music, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Baybeats 2018 presented by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

Singapore’s biggest free alternative festival is back this August! Once again, the Esplanade plays host to the annual Baybeats festival. Now in its 17th year, expect to hear the hottest up and coming local and regional bands come down for a weekend of nonstop musical action. Besides the gigs, this year’s Baybeats keeps things fresh with two brand new music experiences. First off, Baybeats and … Continue reading Preview: Baybeats 2018 presented by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

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Arts, Children's Theatre, Singapore

M1 Patch! 2018: Immortalx by The Theatre Practice (Review)

The Theatre Practice kicks off the inaugural M1 Patch! Festival with a show about teenage immortals.  The Theatre Practice’s brand new festival kicked off this week with their new, original production Immortalx. Based off traditional Chinese mythology, Immortalx is an action-comedy coming-of-age tale where three teenage deities try to find their place in a world they don’t quite fit into, a world where gods are forgotten and no longer … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2018: Immortalx by The Theatre Practice (Review)

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Arts, Museums, National Gallery, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Lim Cheng Hoe – Painting Singapore at the National Gallery

National Gallery Singapore launches an all new exhibition this week, featuring an ode to seminal plein-air (the art of painting outdoors) artist Lim Cheng Hoe. Entitled Painting Singapore, the exhibition features over 60 artworks, sketches and archival materials highlighting the his career over four decades and mastery over outdoor watercolour landscape painting. Although largely self taught, Lim also studied painting under the then-art inspector of schools, Richard Walker, and … Continue reading Preview: Lim Cheng Hoe – Painting Singapore at the National Gallery

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Singapore

S.E.A. Aquarium Celebrates Singapore’s 53rd Birthday with Vanda the ‘Miracle’ Baby Zebra Shark

It’s birthdays galore this August at Resorts World Sentosa, not only with Singapore’s upcoming 53rd birthday, but also baby “Vanda”‘s second, a zebra shark who shares the same birthday as Singapore on 9th August! But what makes this shark so different from the other sharks? In the immortal words of Jurassic Park‘s Dr Ian Malcolm, ‘life finds a way’. But this is no fictitious dinosaur resurrection; … Continue reading S.E.A. Aquarium Celebrates Singapore’s 53rd Birthday with Vanda the ‘Miracle’ Baby Zebra Shark

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Arts, Film, Interview, Singapore, Theatre

Singaporeans on Film: Tan Kheng Hua Takes On The World with Crazy Rich Asians

Tan Kheng Hua is one of our favourite people. Growing up, she already firmly earned a place in our hearts and our homes as the hilarious Margaret on hit local sitcom Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd (1997 – 2007). But even in adulthood, as we began to go to the theatre more, she became a key indicator of quality onstage, and in this website’s lifespan, we’ve … Continue reading Singaporeans on Film: Tan Kheng Hua Takes On The World with Crazy Rich Asians

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Arts, literature, Preview, Singapore, The Arts House

Preview: LumiNation by The Arts House

Coinciding with the nation’s 53rd birthday, the Arts House presents LumiNation, an all new programme showcasing a series of carefully curated events that explore just what it means to be a Singaporean. In its inaugural edition, the programme explores the theme of Hidden People, Hidden Words, Hidden Histories, Hidden Spaces. Held over two weekends from, LumiNation focuses primarily on taking audiences through the lens of written and spoken narratives, as … Continue reading Preview: LumiNation by The Arts House

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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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Arts, Preview, Singapore

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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Arts, New Opera Singapore, Opera, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre.

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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