True Colours Festival x Arts In Your Neighbourhood: Dancers Celebrate Unique Abilities in the Heartlands

As part of the National Arts Council’s Art In Your Neighborhood initiative, international dance groups ILL-Abilities from Canada and Epic Arts from Cambodia made their way down to Bedok Town Square and Admiralty Plaza this weekend to perform to members of the public. Both groups will be performing as part of the inaugural True Colours Festival happening at the Singapore Sports Hub the next weekend, … Continue reading True Colours Festival x Arts In Your Neighbourhood: Dancers Celebrate Unique Abilities in the Heartlands

True Colours Festival 2018: Double Bill by No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability + Very Special Theatrics (Preview)

As part of the inaugural True Colours Festival, one local group and one international group will be presenting the world premiere of a brand new Double Bill of theatrical works over the weekend of the festival! Presented by Australia’s No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability (NSA) and Singapore’s Very Special Theatrics (VST), I Forgot To Remember To Forget and My Home Is Not A Shell will … Continue reading True Colours Festival 2018: Double Bill by No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability + Very Special Theatrics (Preview)

Exceptional Talents, Exceptional People: True Colours Festival 2018 (Preview)

“This is not a pity party,” True Colours Festival Director Ms Audrey Perrera says boldly. “These performers have been handpicked from hundreds of auditions and audition videos, and showcase exceptional talent, not as disabled people, but as people, period.” And her words ring incredibly true, as the entire audience collectively holds their breath watching blind Filipina singer Alienette Coldfire open her mouth and sing a … Continue reading Exceptional Talents, Exceptional People: True Colours Festival 2018 (Preview)

Preview: My Love Is Blind by Musical Theatre Limited

Presented by Musical Theatre Limited, acclaimed original musical My Love Is Blind returns this November to present its epic, inspirational tale based off Tan Guan Heng’s eponymous semi-autobiographical novel. Scripted by Leon Foo and Kevin Seah, with music by Julian Abraham Chua, the musical follows the story of Tan, an ex-Rafflesian, lost his sight in the prime of his life shortly after his graduation from the University of … Continue reading Preview: My Love Is Blind by Musical Theatre Limited

Preview: Off Kilter by Theatreworks (+Interview with Ramesh Meyyappan!)

Glasgow-based Singaporean physical theatre master Ramesh Meyyappan makes a hotly anticipated return to the local theatre scene this October with his latest work: Off Kilter. Off Kilter follows Joe Kilter, hiding away in his own happy routine and preferring anonymity over fame. But as a change knocks his routine completely off track (and his house sideways), Joe Kilter’s life becomes, quite frankly, off kilter. As he closes … Continue reading Preview: Off Kilter by Theatreworks (+Interview with Ramesh Meyyappan!)