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Film, News, Review, Reviews, Singapore

★★☆☆☆ Film Review: We Can Save The World!!! dir. Chai Hong Cheng

Rare local sci-fi film fumbles the funny despite strong efforts from the cast. Singapore hasn’t had many science fiction films, perhaps because our regional storytelling often leans toward fantasy or the supernatural. In that sense, We Can Save The World!!! is a bold undertaking, pioneering a genre that’s still vastly underexplored here. In a small arts industry like ours, even completing a feature-length film is … Continue reading ★★☆☆☆ Film Review: We Can Save The World!!! dir. Chai Hong Cheng

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Arts, Books, Singapore Writers Festival, Writers

Preview: Singapore Writers Festival 2025 – shape of things to come

From 7 to 16 November 2025, the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) returns with its 28th edition under the theme Shape of Things to Come. Organised by Arts House Group (AHG), this milestone festival coincides with Singapore’s 60th year of independence, offering audiences the chance to “dream, question and reimagine a world that is inventive, inclusive and deeply human through the transformative power of literature.” Festival … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Writers Festival 2025 – shape of things to come

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Arts, festival, Hong Kong, Preview

Arts of Hong Kong: M+ presents ‘Special Exhibition Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now’

HONG KONG – M+, Asia’s global museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District (WestK) in Hong Kong, is pleased to present Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now. This Special Exhibition will present twelve environments by trailblazing women artists from Asia, Europe, and North and South America from the 1950s to the present, including three newly commissioned installations by Asian women … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong: M+ presents ‘Special Exhibition Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now’

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Arts, festival, Preview, Singapore

Preview: : #WaterlooStKakis return with Waterloo Street Stories, a multidisciplinary dreamscape for Singapore Night Festival 2025

Something’s brewing on Waterloo Street—and it’s more than just incense, kopi, and the scent of sun-dried herbs. This Singapore Night Festival, happening from 22 August to 6 September 2025, the historic stretch of Waterloo Street will transform into a vibrant, sensorial corridor of memory and movement. In response to SNF 2025’s theme of “Island Nights”, the #WaterlooStKakis—Centre 42, Objectifs, P7:1SMA, SMU-ACM, and coordinated by The … Continue reading Preview: : #WaterlooStKakis return with Waterloo Street Stories, a multidisciplinary dreamscape for Singapore Night Festival 2025

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Arts, festival, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Singapore Night Festival 2025 – Island Nights

Surrounded by waters that have long linked us to distant shores, Singapore is defined by the confluence of trade routes, peoples, and cultures. Soon, vibrant tales of connection will ripple across the Bras Basah.Bugis (BBB) precinct, as the Singapore Night Festival (SNF) 2025 invites all to dive into our rich island heritage and rediscover the ties that continue to flow through the city.  The 16th edition of … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Night Festival 2025 – Island Nights

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Film, News, Preview, Singapore

Film Fanatic: Mocha Chai Laboratories and The One Enterprise team up for new 8-Part thriller series ‘Decalcomania’

Following their announcement of upcoming mockumentary film The Sandbox, Singapore’s Mocha Chai Laboratories (MCL) is joining forces with Thai entertainment giant The One Enterprise to produce Decalcomania, a gripping, cross-border mystery thriller. Currently filming in both Singapore and Bangkok, this edge-of-your-seat series is bringing together a who’s who of Asian entertainment royalty — Screen by Mookda Narinrak (who plays both twins) and Hussawee Pakrapongpisan- both … Continue reading Film Fanatic: Mocha Chai Laboratories and The One Enterprise team up for new 8-Part thriller series ‘Decalcomania’

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architecture, Arts, festival, Preview

Preview: Singapore Archifest 2025 – Don’t (Just) Think Like An Architect

Singapore Archifest (SGAF) 2025, an annual festival celebrating architecture and the built environment, today unveiled its highly anticipated programme, inviting design enthusiasts and the public to explore a radical new perspective on design. Running from 25 June to 25 July 2025 across the city, the 19th edition challenges audiences to “Don’t (Just) Think Like An Architect,” positioning architecture not merely as building structures, but as … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Archifest 2025 – Don’t (Just) Think Like An Architect

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Film, News, Preview, Singapore

Film Fanatic: Mocha Chai Laboratories reveals new upcoming feature film ‘The Sandbox’

The Sandbox, an evocative feature film currently in production, offers a hilarious and heartfelt portrayal of a struggling stunt training school battling extinction—and, in doing so, becomes a powerful allegory for Singapore’s creative industry. Featuring some of Singapore’s brightest talents, including Benjamin Kheng, Estelle Fly, Nathan Hartono, and Oon Shu An, the ensemble cast is led by celebrated stunt actor and action director Peps Goh. … Continue reading Film Fanatic: Mocha Chai Laboratories reveals new upcoming feature film ‘The Sandbox’

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Arts, News, Review, Theatre

★★★★☆ Review: Hossan-ah! In The High Arts by Hossan Leong

Hossan Leong takes us on a musical and theatrical journey through his life and times in the Singapore arts scene. Who says the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) always needs to show off ‘atas’, head-scratching art forms? In a rather unexpected turn of programming, this year’s festival presents local entertainer Hossan Leong in his SIFA debut with Hossan-ah! In The High Arts, as he … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Hossan-ah! In The High Arts by Hossan Leong

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★★★★★ Review: Waiting For Audience by Nine Years Theatre

Metatheatrical musing on artmaking is a hit, thanks to emotive, powerful performances and staging by Nelson Chia and Mia Chee. There’s good reason why so many parents in Singapore dissuade their children from pursuing a career in the arts; as much as it’s an industry that brings entertainment, joy and provokes thoughts in the countless audiences who witness it, it’s also a notoriously unstable scene, … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Waiting For Audience by Nine Years Theatre

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