The modern day music prodigy showcases a legion of voices and talent in spades in his Singapore debut. Making a claim to fame via YouTube videos often receives a raised eyebrow in response. Much like the current generation of ‘influenzas’, there are times it seems like anyone and everyone can become a celebrity simply by gaining enough eyeballs for a post. But for 23-year … Continue reading SIFA 2018: Jacob Collier (Review)
Toy Factory is having a busy year, with back to back productions in the form of Sometime Moon and Masters of Comedy in May. In between though, they’ve managed to produce an all new contemporary work for SIFA 2018, in the form of the ambitious A Dream Under The Southern Bough. Directed by Toy Factory artistic director Goh Boon Teck, the play is a modern, contemporary adaptation of … Continue reading SIFA 2018: A Dream Under The Southern Bough – The Beginning by Toy Factory (Preview)
If you ever feared the robot revolution, Melbourne-based French artist Mathieu Briand will assure you that it’s probably not going to happen anytime soon, if at all. A self-professed megafan of sci-fi author Philip K. Dick, anyone familiar with Blade Runner may find some familiar elements of the franchise’s androids, known as ‘Replicants’ in Briand’s exhibition. In A-DROYX, Briand has taken over a gallery at the first floor … Continue reading Voilah! 2018: A-DROYX by Mathieu Briand
SIFA 2018 opens on a chilling note with this dystopian modern classic. Considered by many to be George Orwell’s magnum opus, 1984 has become the go to model for a dystopian world, a culmination of everything we should avoid becoming at all costs. Yet this is a warning the world seems to have forgotten to heed, as the chilling reality of a society plagued by surveillance … Continue reading SIFA 2018: Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s 1984 (Review)
Singaporean artist Zelda Tatiana Ng has set up an all new collective, and she’s breaking new ground this April with the premiere of their maiden production: 0600 at the Singapore International Festival of the Arts. 0600 is a mixed-media performance/presentation about the death penalty in Singapore. Through multilingual text based off some of Singapore’s most infamous and grisly crimes, 0600 will have audiences tracing the history of various death penalty … Continue reading SIFA 2018: 0600 by Ground Z-0 (Preview)
At just 23 years old, Jacob Collier has already been hailed as a musical prodigy, not to mention, is already a two-time Grammy Award winner. The multi-instrumentalist makes his local stage debut at the 2018 Singapore International Festival of the Arts at the historical Victoria Theatre this April. Although often referred to as a jazz genius, Collier’s music spans multiple genres and refuses to conform … Continue reading SIFA 2018: Jacob Collier (Preview)
George Orwell’s literary masterpice 1984 remains one of the most iconic depictions of a dystopian society. Despite being written in 1949, the book’s narrative has been shockingly prophetic, raising the idea of a society increasingly under surveillance and cults of personality. Although there’ve been several staged adaptation produced over the years, there’s none you’ll experience quite like the version by award-winning theatremakers Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan. The … Continue reading SIFA 2018: Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s 1984 (Preview)
Jointly organised by the Singapore Film Society (SFS) and Centre for Chinese Studies, Singapore University of Social Sciences (CCS@SUSS), the sixth edition of the Singapore Chinese Film Festival returns for 10 days from 27th April – 6th May! Featuring a diverse and wide-ranging selection of 58 Chinese films, where a total of 44 will be making their Singaporean premieres, the team has decided to make their sixth … Continue reading Singapore Chinese Film Festival 2018: 6 Firsts For The Sixth Edition
Fantastic tales from the Norse, African, Scottish canon and beyond take the spotlight at this year’s StoryFest. “When I talk to young people today about Norse gods, the only ones they know are Thor and Loki from the Avengers. A lot of adults these days only know the myths that have entered popular culture,” says storyteller Kamini Ramachandran. It stands to reason then, that for … Continue reading Preview: StoryFest 2018 – #BeLegendary
Now in its third edition, the Peranakan Museum’s annual Armenian Street Party returns this weekend to close off the street and transform it for two evenings into a sprawling carnival of activity. Themed Balik Kampong 2.0, the party aims to celebrate the diversity of all of Armenian Street’s residents and history, and comes with plenty of partners and participants to show visitors a good time. … Continue reading Preview: Armenian Street Party – Balik Kampong 2.0
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