Hong Kong 2019: Le Père (The Father) by Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (Preview)
HONG KONG – French playwright Florian Zeller has certainly been experiencing some kind of vogue in recent years, with local companies Pangdemonium! and the Singapore Repertory Theatre both having staged productions of […]
Hong Kong 2019: Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Announces 2019-2020 Season – Long Live The Classics!
HONG KONG – The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre has launched its 2019–20 season, themed “Long Live the Classics!” The season focuses on both classic works that have stood the test of time, […]
In Kuala Lumpur 2019: Ola Bola the Musical (2019 Version) by Enfiniti Productions (Review)
The sold out Malaysian musical continues to swell with nationalistic pride as it returned for a rematch for an even stronger performance this year. KUALA LUMPUR – After enjoying a […]
Review: Alice, Bob & Eve, conceptualised by Teow Yue Han in collaboration with RAW Moves Dancers
A living laboratory that examines the Singaporean obsession with facts and figures. In RAW Moves’ first show of 2019, the contemporary dance company breaks new ground with the all new Alice, […]
Film Review: A Land Imagined (幻土) dir. Yeo Siew Hua
The wilderness of Tuas provides an alien backdrop for this Asian neo-noir about migrant dreams of a better life. Written and directed by Yeo Siew Hua, A Land Imagined emerged a […]
Hong Kong 2019: Pride by Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (Preview)
HONG KONG – The term “Gang Piao” literally means drifting back and forth in Hong Kong, yet its exact definition is not certain – are “Gang Piao” professionals who came […]
Review: Matilda the Musical by Base Entertainment Asia
A celebration of the magic of childhood in musical form. British author Roald Dahl remains one of the world’s most beloved authors, with countless children around the world having read […]
Review: Anak Melayu by Teater Kami
A bleak portrait of the problems haunting Malay youth. The teenage years can be hard, but when you belong to a certain group or class bogged down by stereotypes, it […]
An Interview with the Cast of BASE Entertainment Asia’s Matilda the Musical
Based off Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s novel of the same name, Matilda the Musical has finally made its Singapore premiere, and is set to stun audiences for the month it plays at […]
Huayi Festival 2019: Painted Skin by Singapore Chinese Orchestra (Review)
Western meets Chinese opera in a spectacle to remember. Inspired by the short story of the same name from Pu Songling’s Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai Ziyi), the […]
Huayi Festival 2019: Love Letters by The Nonsensemakers/Nelson Chia & Mia Chee (Review)
Two melodramatic lives, their destinies intertwined by a flurry of love letters. It’s one thing to be married, or married to your job, but quite another to be married to […]
Hong Kong 2019: Marriage by Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (Preview)
HONG KONG – Every woman can pursue happiness with no regret. That’s the premise of quintuple Hong Kong Drama Award-winning play Marriage, by celebrated Japanese playwright Hashida Sugako, who other works have moved audiences all […]
Teater Kami’s Anak Melayu: An Interview with Cast Member Masturah Oli
This year, Teater Kami celebrates their 30th Anniversary, and starts off their season with a restaging of Noor Effendy Ibrahim’s 1992 play Anak Melayu. Now directed by Adib Kosnan, the play about the […]
Huayi Festival 2019: That Which Cannot Be Divided (无法被整除) by Bulareyaung Pagarlava & Albert Tiong (Review)
United we stand, divided we fall. Inspired by the concept of prime numbers – numbers indivisible by anything other than themselves and 1 and with no immediately apparent pattern, former […]
Huayi Festival 2019: The Way of Zhuang Zi (庄子兵法) by Story Works (Review)
Nerve wracking thriller of a play that keeps you guessing every step of the way. Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness. I do not know whether I was […]
Review: Meenah and Cheenah (Rerun) by Dream Academy
The dynamic duo are back again, with tight character work and strong performances that brings the laughs hard and fast. Whether or not you caught the 2016 version, or are […]
