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Huayi 2018: Cut Kafka! (咔嚓卡夫卡!) by Nine Years Theatre and T.H.E. Dance Company (Review)

Nine Years Theatre and T.H.E. Dance Company take audiences on a nightmarish journey that explores the chaos within our minds. When Nine Years Theatre and T.H.E. Dance Company come together, it’s almost certain that something incredibly out of this world will be born from the collaboration. And when you add a heavy dose of surrealism, you’d probably get something along the lines of Cut Kafka. … Continue reading Huayi 2018: Cut Kafka! (咔嚓卡夫卡!) by Nine Years Theatre and T.H.E. Dance Company (Review)

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Huayi 2018: Einstein In The Carpark by Emergency Stairs (Preview)

Of the many performance spaces within the Esplanade, there’s never been one quite as unique as the carpark, being used for the very first time by experimental theatre company Emergency Stairs as they return to Huayi with their new production Einstein In The Carpark. Directed and conceptualized by Emergency Staris artistic director Liu Xiaoyi, Einstein In The Carpark takes inspiration from physicist Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, … Continue reading Huayi 2018: Einstein In The Carpark by Emergency Stairs (Preview)

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Huayi 2018: Why We Chat? by Edward Lam Dance Theatre (Preview)

This Huayi Festival, the Esplanade welcomes Hong Kong’s Edward Lam Dance Theatre to Singapore as they present a truly unique theatrical show that reflects on modern relationships, inspired, oddly enough, by the classic Chinese collection Liaozhai Zhiyi. Directed by award-winning director Edward Lam himself and written by the acclaimed playwright-actress Wong Wing Sze, Why We Chat? follows an aspiring writer (popular Taiwanese-Hong Kong singer/actor David Wang) as he shafts … Continue reading Huayi 2018: Why We Chat? by Edward Lam Dance Theatre (Preview)

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Huayi 2018: Cut Kafka! by Nine Years Theatre and T.H.E. Dance Company (Preview)

In a company first, leading arts companies Nine Years Theatre joins forces with T.H.E. Dance Company to produce an all new physical theatre/movement piece inspired by the works of author Franz Kafka. Kafka is best known for his surreal works that’ve influenced readers across the world, and certainly one of the most unique writers of the 20th century, with works such as The Metamorphosis, The … Continue reading Huayi 2018: Cut Kafka! by Nine Years Theatre and T.H.E. Dance Company (Preview)

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Huayi 2018: I came at last to the seas by The Theatre Practice (Review)

It is perhaps fitting that the Esplanade’s 2018 Huayi Festival kicked off on Friday (Feb 23) with a local production starring one of Singapore’s largest breakout stars in China of 2017 – Joanna Dong, who placed third in the reality singing contest Sing! China. I came at last to the seas – directed by Kuo Jian Hong, written by Chinese playwright Wu Xi and featuring an … Continue reading Huayi 2018: I came at last to the seas by The Theatre Practice (Review)

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Huayi 2018: Blood & Rose Ensemble by Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group (Review)

The Taiwanese theatre group ramp up the soap opera potential in Shakespeare through their farcical and madcap adaptation of the Bard’s history plays.  Think it’s hard keeping up with the Kardashians? Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group will have you know that they’ve got nothing on the House of Plantaganet. Directed by Wang Chia-Ming, the entirety of the War of the Roses is charted in a loose, 2-hour adaptation of … Continue reading Huayi 2018: Blood & Rose Ensemble by Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group (Review)

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Huayi 2018: Blood & Rose Ensemble by Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group (Preview)

East meets West in the Esplanade’s 2018 Huayi Festival as Taiwan collaborates with Singapore in an all new adaptation of Shakespeare’s history plays. A co-commission by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and The National Theater & Concert Hall, Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group reimagines the bard’s Henry VI and Richard III for a fresh, modern audience as they play out the War of the Roses in an all new … Continue reading Huayi 2018: Blood & Rose Ensemble by Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group (Preview)

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M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Displaced by Ground Cover Theatre (Review)

Ground Cover Theatre tackles the refugee crisis in an intimate, polished piece brimming with theatrical magic. In Displaced, Ground Cover Theatre boldly tackles the topic of the refugee crisis in a play that tells of three women from different time periods who all escape to Canada. Mary (Jacqueline Block) flees from Ireland’s Great Famine in 1847, Sofia (Anna Mazurik) leaves war-torn Germany in 1947, and Dara … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Displaced by Ground Cover Theatre (Review)

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M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: One Thousand Millennials Crying by Kenneth Chia and Mitchell Fang (Review)

An absurdist storm of buzzwords and punchlines that feels birthed straight from the mouth of a millenial social media influenza.  In Kenneth Chia and Mitchell Fang’s new play One Thousand Millennials Crying, we’re given an opportunity to observe millennials in their natural habitat; too poor to go out drinking, a group of friends gather for a Halloween house party with homemade mixes and share their fears of … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: One Thousand Millennials Crying by Kenneth Chia and Mitchell Fang (Review)

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M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Walking In Beauty by Petrina Kow (Review)

Petrina Kow showcases the empathetic effect of storytelling in this simple yet impactful session from six incredibly beautiful women.  Petrina Kow is a woman who has been blessed with the gift of an incredible voice and knowing exactly how to use it. And as with the best gifts, it’s one that she’s learnt to share in her fullest capacity – through the power of storytelling, … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Walking In Beauty by Petrina Kow (Review)

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