M1 Singapore Fringe 2022: An Interview with Travis Clausen-Knight and James Pett on presenting toxicity and perspective in ‘IMAGO’

Some people call it the honeymoon phase – that point at the start of a relationship where nothing can possibly go wrong, your partner is perfect in every way, and all those little tics that would ordinarily annoy you? Nah, you can put those aside for now. But fast forward a few months, and it’s not long before things change. And perhaps worst of all, … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe 2022: An Interview with Travis Clausen-Knight and James Pett on presenting toxicity and perspective in ‘IMAGO’

M1 Singapore Fringe 2022: An Interview with organisers The Necessary Stage

This week, the annual M1 Singapore Fringe Festival is returning to our shores. Organised by The Necessary Stage, this year’s festival marks the second since the pandemic began, and is a spiritual follow-up to the previous Fringe’s theme of Quiet Riot, which featured works that zoomed in on individuals and groups finding new ways of agitating for change from within. Change remains a subtle focus … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe 2022: An Interview with organisers The Necessary Stage

Preview: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2022 – The Helpers

We’re already coming to the end of 2021, and we all know what that means – the announcement of the brand new lineup for the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, running from 12th to 23rd January 2022. Organised by The Necessary Stage (TNS), with artistic direction from TNS Artistic Director Alvin Tan, similar to the 2021 edition, the upcoming edition of the Fringe will be a … Continue reading Preview: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2022 – The Helpers

Arts of the UK 2021: Exhibition of rare Aubrey Beardsley collection to re-launch Shapero Rare Books on New Bond Street

LONDON – Renowned draughtsman and illustrator Aubrey Beardsley shocked and thrilled audiences with his decadent monochrome drawings. This important collection, started by Rainforth Armitage Walker and continued by W. G. Good, comprises all the major works in the artist’s canon and is the most comprehensive collection of Beardsley’s printed works ever assembled. Exploring the outlandish, the comical, the stylish and the erotic, Beardsley’s distinctive style … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Exhibition of rare Aubrey Beardsley collection to re-launch Shapero Rare Books on New Bond Street

Arts of the UK 2021: Pleasance Islington reopens this May with musicals, drag, stand-up and pizzas

LONDON – Pleasance Islington will reopen its doors on Monday 17th May with a busy programme of comedy, theatre, drag and musicals. To help set theatre up to thrive once again Pleasance will also partner with VAULT Creative Arts to present Fringe Futures Festival. Taking place across May and June, this brand-new festival will present live work-in-progress shows from leading independent performance makers. Fringe Futures Festival … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Pleasance Islington reopens this May with musicals, drag, stand-up and pizzas

Arts of the UK 2021: The ArcHIVe Podcast launches, sharing stories of young people living with HIV

LONDON –The ArcHIVe is a podcast created by a group of young people who have grown up in the UK living with HIV, sharing their thoughts, hopes and dreams. Music, poetry and drama created by the young people for this essential podcast will explore misinformation about HIV and AIDS, stigma, managing HIV medication and how difficult it can be to talk to other people about … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: The ArcHIVe Podcast launches, sharing stories of young people living with HIV

Arts of the UK 2021: Burn Bright roars in the face of injustice with new creative opportunities

LONDON – Burn Bright have created and commissioned a unique live event to mark the anniversary of lockdown-living. Hear Me Roar is a new online experience that offers writers a chance to say the unsaid: it will showcase premiere performances alongside an interview with inspirational writer Morgan Lloyd Malcolm (Emilia, The Globe & West End). Hear Me Roar will be broadcast via Zoom on Monday … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Burn Bright roars in the face of injustice with new creative opportunities

★★★★☆ Review: Offstage 3.0 by Emergency Stairs

Unpacking the absurdity of the arts scene, and the need to keep pushing at our invisible walls. Even before forming Emergency Stairs, Liu Xiaoyi has always been interested in challenging the norm, and provoking thought by asking difficult questions. With his Offstage series of work, he’s managed to put the results of those discussions into performance, reimagining how much importance we ascribe to offstage roles, … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Offstage 3.0 by Emergency Stairs

★★★★☆ Review: Pandan by Rupa co.lab

Examining the hard truths that hurt most. There are always two sides to every person – the public self we present to the world, and the private one we keep to ourselves. And for many of us, these secret selves could spell disaster if they became known, from being shunned by society, to crushing entire careers. But really, why is it that we’re so quick … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Pandan by Rupa co.lab

Review: I, Frida by Ay, Caramba! Theatre

Heartfelt one woman show of a Hispanic family’s struggles as migrants in Canada. In Carol Ann Duffy’s poem Foreign, the Scottish poet invites readers to imagine themselves as a migrant in a strange country, where ‘You think/in a language of your own and talk in theirs’. Unless you’ve lived in a country with a vastly different culture from your own for an extended period of … Continue reading Review: I, Frida by Ay, Caramba! Theatre