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Huayi 2024: An Interview with director Nelson Chia and actress Sharon Au on Nine Years Theatre’s ‘Everything For You’

In 2022, Nine Years Theatre (NYT) presented original production Between Me And You at the Esplanade Theatre, as part of that year’s annual Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts. The project was probably one of NYT’s most ambitious productions to date, with a massive cast on a huge stage, a deeply emotional and sprawling script that required audiences to invest in an entire family’s backstory, … Continue reading Huayi 2024: An Interview with director Nelson Chia and actress Sharon Au on Nine Years Theatre’s ‘Everything For You’

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Film Fanatic: An Interview with director Jack Neo and the cast of ‘Money No Enough 3’

Generations of Singaporeans have grown up with the films of Jack Neo, be they the I Not Stupid series of films dealing with the education system, or the more recent Ah Boys To Men series capturing the National Service experience. But one of Neo’s biggest and most relevant film franchises to date remains the Money No Enough series, dealing with one of the most important … Continue reading Film Fanatic: An Interview with director Jack Neo and the cast of ‘Money No Enough 3’

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T.H.E Dance Company opens London’s Coronet Theatre Spring Season with triple bill ‘Rethinking Co-Existence’

Come February, Singapore contemporary dance company The Human Expression (T.H.E) is headed to London to perform a triple bill of work to open The Coronet Theatre’s Spring Season. It’s an honour that’s well-deserved – after all, the last time they were in the UK capital in 2022, they performed their production Phenoumenon to sold-out audiences and rave reviews, and look set to impress once again. … Continue reading T.H.E Dance Company opens London’s Coronet Theatre Spring Season with triple bill ‘Rethinking Co-Existence’

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Art What!: An Interview with ART SG Co-Founder Magnus Renfrew and Fair Director Shuyin Yang

Introduced as a new anchor event of the annual Singapore Art Week (SAW) in 2023, international art fair ART SG had big shoes they had to fill and high expectations. But last year, they seemed to struck gold with their approach towards curating and setting up an art fair, not only making strong sales, but also incorporating a well-thought out list of partners and engaging … Continue reading Art What!: An Interview with ART SG Co-Founder Magnus Renfrew and Fair Director Shuyin Yang

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Singapore Chamber Music Festival 2024: An Interview with Resound Collective Chairman Mervin Beng

Making a triumphant return this January is the Singapore Chamber Music Festival (SCMF). Organised by Resound Collective, the biennial festival is back after nearly 20 years, and brings together music lovers, students and top chamber musicians connect, share and celebrate the joy of chamber music. In this particular edition, attendees and participants can not only look forward to top international musicians from USA, UK and … Continue reading Singapore Chamber Music Festival 2024: An Interview with Resound Collective Chairman Mervin Beng

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M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2024: An Interview with playwright Raimi Safari and director Mohd Fared Jainal of ‘Oo-Woo’

Few Singaporeans would be unfamiliar with the cry of the Asian koel bird, with its signature ‘oo-woo’ call heard across the island in the early morning light. But in The Necessary Stage’s new play, set to premiere during the 2024 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, that bird holds far more emotional significance than most of us might realise, as it leads to a tale of family … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2024: An Interview with playwright Raimi Safari and director Mohd Fared Jainal of ‘Oo-Woo’

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M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2024: An Interview with the creators of Matter.Less’ forum theatre show ‘Here Where You Were’

In the 2020s, suicide rates in Singapore rose to an all-time high. Is it because we live in a fast-paced, high stress nation? Is it that it often feels like there is no way out? And even when a suicide is completed, can we summon up enough courage to go past the shame and guilt surrounding it to talk about the aftermath, and how we … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2024: An Interview with the creators of Matter.Less’ forum theatre show ‘Here Where You Were’

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M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2024: An Interview with creator Noor Effendy Ibrahim on ‘Motherland’

Amidst even the most brutal of wars, there exists the possibility of love that can be kindled. That’s the central plot point at the heart of Noor Effendy Ibrahim’s Motherland, where two unknown soldiers on opposing sides of a violent war find themselves in love. Unable to do anything beyond hugging tightly at the border, how does one then navigate loyalty to one’s country and … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2024: An Interview with creator Noor Effendy Ibrahim on ‘Motherland’

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M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2024: An Interview with Karine Ponties, choreographer of absurdist dance ‘SAME SAME’

Does work set us free, or does it chain us? For far too many people, between being bored to death or burnt out, it’s the latter, and the very concept of labour for survival brings to mind questions about absurd routines and the complex relationship colleagues have with each other, from resemblance and dissemblance, domination and submission, superficiality and depth. From Belgian dance company Dame … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2024: An Interview with Karine Ponties, choreographer of absurdist dance ‘SAME SAME’

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M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2024: An Interview with director Edith Podesta and choreographer Yarra Illeto on ‘THOM PAIN (based on nothing)’

To span the length of the human experience in a single production sounds like an impossibility, but when THOM PAIN (based on nothing) premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2004, critics remarked that the deceptively simple one-man show about a man and his suffering in life. Now, that show will be performed in Singapore, by students of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts’ BA (Hons) … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2024: An Interview with director Edith Podesta and choreographer Yarra Illeto on ‘THOM PAIN (based on nothing)’

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