Tag: august

Arts, festival, Preview

Preview: Singapore Night Festival 2023 – Singapore, The Great Port City

700 years ago, the Bugis were among the first settlers to arrive in Singapore to trade which established the street as Bugis Town. Since its founding years, Bugis Town has been extended to the present Bras Basah.Bugis (BBB) precinct which will soon come alive with tales and histories of the past at the Singapore Night Festival (SNF) 2023 connecting stories of Singapore’s beginnings as a trading port with contemporary experiences for … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Night Festival 2023 – Singapore, The Great Port City

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72-13, Arts, Review, Singapore, Theatre, Theatreworks

★★★★★ Review: King by T:>Works

Modern take on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde problematises society’s obsession with gender and performativity. In the novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, author Robert Louis Stevenson uses the core narrative of a kind man hiding a sinister alter ego to pass commentary on the stress of conforming to strict moral codes and social norms in Victorian-era London. In suppressing our true … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: King by T:>Works

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review

Review: MILIEU 2023 by Frontier Danceland

Swansong for Frontier Danceland takes a critical look at its history, and ends on a note of joy. As the artistic director and co-founder of Frontier Danceland, Low Mei Yoke has seen the contemporary dance company through every single one of its ups and downs for over 30 years now. From its humble beginnings as a group of hobbyist dancers to becoming one of Singapore’s … Continue reading Review: MILIEU 2023 by Frontier Danceland

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Arts, Preview, Singapore, SRT, Theatre

An Interview with director Daniel Jenkins and the cast of ‘2:22 – A Ghost Story’ by Singapore Repertory Theatre

Fear often gets the better of us, and our imaginations begin to run wild. But what if there’s more evidence than just your thoughts that seems to point to something supernatural happening? In 2:22 – A Ghost Story, that is precisely the conundrum at hand, as a young couple who have just moved into their dream home begin to experience strange occurrences at precisely 2:22am … Continue reading An Interview with director Daniel Jenkins and the cast of ‘2:22 – A Ghost Story’ by Singapore Repertory Theatre

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Chinese Theatre, Review, Singapore, The Theatre Practice, Theatre

★★★★★ Review: Four Horse Road 四马路 (2023) by The Theatre Practice

Short, sharp vignettes from Waterloo Street’s history leave a lasting impact and a desire to go back. Restagings of theatre productions in Singapore are hard to come by, even more so for complicated works that require extensive logistics and planning. So when The Theatre Practice’s (Practice) previous staging of Four Horse Road was cut short due to the circuit breaker in 2020, it seemed like … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Four Horse Road 四马路 (2023) by The Theatre Practice

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Arts, Review, Theatre

★★★★★ Review: Psychobitch by Wild Rice

He gives me ashes for beauty.  This is a love story. Or at least a story about love.  Written by Amanda Chong and directed by Pam Oei, Psychobitch is a dramatic monologue centering on hotshot broadcast journalist Anya Samuel. Played by Sindhura Kalidas, Anya is introduced to us with an odd premise – she’s been accused by her fiancé, tech bro Galven Low, of being … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Psychobitch by Wild Rice

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Arts, Preview, Theatre

Preview: Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap 2023 by How Drama

How Drama’s Fat Kids Are Harder to Kidnap ® is back for its 15th year. As always, the tried and tested format remains blissfully the same, with a marathon 31 plays in an hour, where YOU decide the order of the plays! This edition of Fat Kids features the talented cast of Ross Nasir, Pavan J Singh, Nicholas Bloodworth, Teoh Jun Vinh and Tiara Yap, … Continue reading Preview: Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap 2023 by How Drama

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Arts, Interview, Preview, Theatre

Psychobitch: An Interview with playwright Amanda Chong

With a title like ‘Psychobitch’, you can be sure that playwright Amanda Chong has no qualms about turning heads and making a statement when it makes it formal premiere this August. Presented by Wild Rice, Psychobitch is now receiving a full-scale, professional production after a dramatised reading last year, as part of The Necessary Stage’s Playwrights’ Cove developmental playwriting programme, and promises raw emotion, plenty … Continue reading Psychobitch: An Interview with playwright Amanda Chong

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72-13, Arts, Preview, Singapore, Theatre, Theatreworks

T:>Works’ King: An Interview with writer/performer Jo Tan and director Irfan Kasban

Back in 2020, at the height of COVID-19, theatremaker Jo Tan was invited by T:>Works to present a little one-woman show called King, as part of their annual N.O.W. Festival of Women. With pandemic restrictions in place, King, however, was relegated to becoming a live film, streamed online. Now, with the world open again, Jo is taking another stab at the play again, bringing it … Continue reading T:>Works’ King: An Interview with writer/performer Jo Tan and director Irfan Kasban

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Arts, Review, Singapore, Theatre

★★★★☆ Review: Unforgotten The Musical by Musical Theatre Limited

Facing one’s fears and trauma to tell the story of survival. There are some things in life that are best left unsaid. But there are also some things that should absolutely be made known, the key parts of one’s own personal history that when spoken aloud, begins a process of healing by acknowledging and facing these debilitating traumas head-on. That is the newfangled methodology young … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Unforgotten The Musical by Musical Theatre Limited

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