Review: Mak-Mak Menari by Bhumi Collective (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 17/1/19) Poignant docu-drama about sisterhood over a lifelong passion for Malay dance. In the performing arts world, dancers are notorious for having a short career span, with […]
Review: Kebaya Homies by The Necessary Stage (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 15/1/19) Irreverent trip down TNS’ past works featuring two of their best collaborators. The Necessary Stage’s (TNS) most well-known works aren’t always something you’d readily call ‘fun’, […]
Review: The Utama Spaceship by Spacebar Theatre (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 14/1/19) Likeable performance about the making of legends gets a little lost in space. As a fiercely competitive nation, Singapore has shown time and time again that […]
Review: ATARA – For you, who has not yet found the one by Reut Shemesh (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 14/1/19) Finding the means to be who you are in a society that suppresses one’s identity. With some of her closest family members converting to Orthodox Hasidic Judaism […]
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Soultari Amin Farid and Grace Lee-Khoo (Mak-Mak Menari)
Who exactly are the Mak-Mak Menari and why should we care about Bhumi Collective’s latest show of the same name? In short, the 23-member group of veteran Malay dancers have […]
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Square One Collective (No Place)
In the not so distant future of 2075, the world is at its end. Three people – a political exile, a former radical and a climate refugee go in search […]
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Reut Shemesh (ATARA – For you, who has not yet found the one)
Female, Jewish and an Israeli living in Germany, Reut Shemesh’s background is certainly one that offers up a myriad of perspectives by which to see the world. At the 2020 […]
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Spacebar Theatre (The Utama Spaceship)
If there’s one thing Singapore theatre seems to lack, it’s more companies willing to go down the irreverent route, having fun with their craft and taking theatre to its extremes. […]
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Jelaine Ng and Jeramy Lim (The Shadow Curriculum)
If you grew up in Singapore, then you’d probably know that of all the currencies viewed as most important to getting ahead in life, the most valuable one is education. […]
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with .gif (Beside Ourselves)
It’s becoming increasingly common these days to feel a sense of displacement amidst our fast-changing world. Life itself often feels surreal, with the sheer amount of tragedy highlighted in the […]
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Oliver Chong (Contemplating Kopitiam and Kampong Wa’Hassan)
How closely tied is heritage to place? Local playwrights Kuo Pao Kun and Alfian Sa’at explored this concept of space and identity in their works Kopitiam and Anak Bulan di Kampong Wa’ Hassan respectively, wondering […]
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Secretive Thing (Secretive Thing 215)
se Secretive Thing is a collective that’s…well, secret. While they’ve done a number of productions in the past, they’ve kept their identities a tight-lipped secret, something few to no people […]
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Rei Poh (A Tiny Country)
After making their debut as a collective at the 2017 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, ATTEMPTS is back for another show at the 2020 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, this time with […]
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with bluemouth inc. (Café Sarajevo)
Part of the magic of theatre is the ability to create entire worlds within simple black box spaces. With the advent of technology such as virtual reality, the distance between […]
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma (Kebaya Homies)
Aidli ‘Alin’ Mosbit and Siti Khalijah are two of Singapore’s most renowned Malay actresses. With both of them having worked extensively with The Necessary Stage, and even on a couple […]
Preview: Esplanade presents Huayi Festival 2020
As we approach Chinese New Year once again, so does the Esplanade’s annual Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts. Come the year of the Rat, often considered a symbol of […]
