A statement on the universal idea of ambition and the lengths we’re willing to go to achieve it, but plot holes and lack of character depth leave us wanting. To become lost to history is to have lived a life insignificant, leading to so many people’s desperate climb up the ladder to ‘success’. But what happens when a member of the art world, in hot … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Statement Piece by Checkpoint Theatre
Sharon Sum lifts our spirits in this fringe performance that fights back against crushing depression with hope and wonder. What are the things worth living for? As part of National Suicide Prevention Month, Gateway Arts presents a new staging Duncan Macmillan’s critically-acclaimed one-person play Every Brilliant Thing, as directed by Oliver Chong and starring Sharon Sum. Chong himself previously starred in a Mandarin adaptation of … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Every Brilliant Thing by Gateway Arts
Presented by Singapore Pools and produced by Gateway Arts, a brand-new adaptation by Oliver Chong of Every Brilliant Thing comes to stage this September for Gateway Arts’ third production of their 2024 season. Based on the original script by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, Every Brilliant Thing is adapted, directed, and designed by Oliver Chong, who himself starred in a Mandarin version of the play … Continue reading Preview: Every Brilliant Thing by Gateway Arts
Balls to the walls – literally, as play about cyst-ers in PCOS goes wilder and more personal in its reboot. While its title and promo image may look more or less identical to its 2022 version, Impromptu Meetings’ new staging of Lotus Root Support Group is in fact, a completely different incarnation that sees creators Shannen Tan and Miriam Cheong shedding the characters they devised … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Lotus Root Support Group (2024) by Impromptu Meetings
Back in 2022, fellow theatremakers Shannen Tan and Miriam Cheong found solace and friendship in each other over their shared pain – the fact that both of them suffered from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a common yet often misunderstood endocrine disorder affecting up to 21% of women worldwide. Aiming to find a way to both educate others about the condition, while also sharing their own … Continue reading An Interview with Shannen Tan and Miriam Cheong on McDonald’s, pain and friendship in ‘Lotus Root Support Group’ (2024)
In 2022, theatremakers Shannen Tan and Miriam Cheong came together from a place of pain – their shared experience with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a common yet often overlooked and misunderstood endocrine disorder that affects anywhere between 4 to 21% of women worldwide. From friendship and discussions, they decided to turn the pain into art, with the cheekily-titled Lotus Root Support Group, which played to … Continue reading Preview: Lotus Root Support Group (2024) by Impromptu Meetings
Even if you don’t necessarily subscribe to it, if there are enough stereotypes, there must be some grain of truth to birth order theory. From the oldest child pressured to live up to parental expectations and being a role model, to the youngest child doted on and spoiled by parents, it is likely you might have noticed some of these traits in either yourselves or … Continue reading An Interview with comedian Sharul Channa on her new show and growing up a middle child
This May, The Flux media presents Catfished, a contemporary Mandarin theatre production that explores the impact of technology on relationships in today’s digital age. Written and produced by Dennis Toh, co-produced by Mandy Tan, and directed by Yeo Lyle, Catfished follows the lives of three women who turn to social media to satisfy their yearning to be loved and find themselves trapped by the allure … Continue reading Preview: Catfished by The Flux Media
Modern media, with all its buzz and excitement, can sometimes mask or alter our perception of reality. Gateway Theatre returns to stage its first commissioned production since 2019, Happy Place, examining how the media we consume can influence and impact our perceptions of society. The satirical production is written, produced and acted by award-winning multi-hyphenate Jo Tan, known for her lead role in the internationally … Continue reading Preview: Happy Place by Jo Tan
Exemplary, no holds barred look at mental health in the theatre industry. As much as mental health has entered common conversation these days, it remains one of the most misunderstood conditions in the workplace, seen as some kind of weakness, a burden to employers or worse, a fake excuse to get out of work. But what about in the theatre industry, where actors are constantly … Continue reading Review: Acting Mad by The Necessary Stage
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