Preview: Golden Village’s 10th Love and Pride Festival

In the wake of recent developments in LGBTQ acceptance all around the world, from India’s repeal of of the penal code to Australia’s allowance for same-sex marriage, Singapore has once again become heated with debate over how our own laws should change in response to these developments, if at all. It feels timely then that Golden Village is celebrating the milestone 10th edition of the … Continue reading Preview: Golden Village’s 10th Love and Pride Festival

Preview: CausewayEXchange 2018

Once again acting as a platform to bridge ideas between Singapore and Malaysia’s creative, artistic, social and business communities, the CausewayEXchange (CEX) arts festival returns to Singapore for its 9th edition this September.  Alternating between taking place across both countries, this year’s edition will be held in Singapore, and will showcase a deeper focus on the role of the arts in health and for special … Continue reading Preview: CausewayEXchange 2018

Preview: da:ns Festival 2018 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

Returning for the 13th edition for 13 days, the Esplanade’s annual da:ns festival invites audiences to once again fall in love with dance from 9th – 21st October 2018. As with previous editions, an entire programme of 80 workshops and masterclasses, as well as more than 82 free events.have been curated to showcase the entire spectrum of dance, as audiences free up their mind, have their … Continue reading Preview: da:ns Festival 2018 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

Preview: National Theatre Live 2018 presented by Esplanade – Theatres on The Bay

On 29th September, the National Theatre returns to the Esplanade – in film. For one Saturday only, the Esplanade has set aside its Theatre to become a temporary cinema, where audiences will be able to enjoy gloriously filmed performances of the National Theatre and Young Vic’s 2017 co-production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies and the Bridge Theatre’s 2018 modern dress production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.  With critical acclaim and … Continue reading Preview: National Theatre Live 2018 presented by Esplanade – Theatres on The Bay

NUS Arts Festival 2018: On The Shoulders of Giants by NUS Dance Synergy (Review)

A high energy, ambitious performance opens the 25th NUS Arts Festival. Just as the generation before them, the youth of today are caught in a state of flux as they fast approach adulthood – at what point do they stop following the rules of the past, leap off the proverbial ‘shoulders of giants’ and the greats who came before them, and carve out their own … Continue reading NUS Arts Festival 2018: On The Shoulders of Giants by NUS Dance Synergy (Review)

Preview: NUS Arts Festival 2018 – If We Dream

This September, the NUS Arts Festival returns for two weeks as they present a new theme of If We Dream, as the festival focuses on invoking the dreams of Singapore’s cultural pioneers through dance, music, theatre, film, exhibition and open dialogue. Organised by the NUS Centre for the Arts, this year’s theme takes its title from Goh Poh Seng’s novel If We Dream Too Long, published the same year as … Continue reading Preview: NUS Arts Festival 2018 – If We Dream

Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) Presents Alex Seton’s Cargo

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – In their latest exhibition, Sullivan+Strumpf will be presenting Alex Seton’s Cargo, an exhibition of new marble sculptures depicting highly compressed bales of clothing reminiscent of those found in the second-hand clothes industry. Each cube is tightly packed into a single volume, comprising a mass of stories and history that makes up a tangled mass of humanity, representing the mesh of needs and concerns, environments … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) Presents Alex Seton’s Cargo

George Town Festival 2018: Over Penang by David ST Loh

GEORGE TOWN, MALAYSIA – Penangite David ST Loh has been away from Malaysia for 30 years. In that time, the photojournalist has gone on to become an editor at Reuters, work for Malaysian Insight, and have his images gracing books and newspapers ranging from the New York Times to the Washington Post, and more. Taking a closer look at how the island has progressed over the … Continue reading George Town Festival 2018: Over Penang by David ST Loh

Museum Musings: FOST and SILVERLENS Collaborate for Depth of Surface in the Philippines

MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES – Singapore’s FOST Gallery and the Philippines’ SILVERLENS are collaborating for the first time ever with Depth of Surface, an all new group exhibition that will bring together works from Heman Chong (Singapore), Phi Phi Oanh (Vietnam) and Donna Ong (Singapore). Held at SILVERLENS Gallery in the Philippines, the exhibition seeks to explore how the artists treat the two-dimensional plane, with its paradoxical … Continue reading Museum Musings: FOST and SILVERLENS Collaborate for Depth of Surface in the Philippines

Preview: Clapham Fringe 2018

LONDON – Returning for its fourth edition, the Clapham Fringe returns to The Bread & Roses Theatre from 27th September to 14th October 2018. With 23 different productions and 48 performances over the three weeks, audiences can expect a range of genres and mediums from theatre to comedy, storytelling and cabaret. As the Fringe continues to grow and bring more exciting lineups of performances to the … Continue reading Preview: Clapham Fringe 2018