Relive the heyday of Hotel New World and discover the joys of Jalan Besar in this site-specific audio tour. Few people from this generation will remember it, but Jalan Besar used to be home to a thriving, bustling carnival atmosphere, thanks to the presence of New World Amusement Park. While all that remains of the park is a single gate, still standing outside Farrer Park … Continue reading Review: OH! Open House – New World’s End
Crime and thriller are in session on BBC First, as McDonald & Dodds returns with its second season, where the unlikely duo – played by Tala Gouveia and BAFTA award-winning actor Jason Watkins – continue to encounter grisly crimes in across three films. Four-part series Roadkill also premieres this month starring Hugh Laurie as Peter Laurence, a Conservative politician whose life has been ladened with scandals, impacting his personal … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows – July 2021
GEORGE TOWN, PENANG – Even with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Penang’s annual George Town Festival has announced that the Festival is set to continue as scheduled, with a slew of online programmes from 10th to 18th July 2021. Physical events are tentatively postponed until further notice, due to the government’s announcement of a total nationwide lockdown, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The postponement of … Continue reading Preview: George Town Festival 2021
Conflating the miracle of life with the end of the world. From the pandemic to climate change, it seems inexplicable that anyone could imagine bringing a child into existence today. That’s precisely the dilemma a young couple faces as they consider having a child, in Singapore Repertory Theatre’s production of Lungs. Written by Duncan Macmillan and directed by Daniel Jenkins, Lungs‘ young millennial couple are … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Lungs by Singapore Repertory Theatre
The fourth Viddsee Juree Awards (Singapore Edition) is now open until midnight, 12th July. Juree Awards Singapore welcomes all genres of short films including documentary, animation, thriller or hybrid. Filmmakers, storytellers and content producers are invited to submit their short films completed after 1st January 2020. This year’s Juree Awards includes a new category, the LifeSG Award, created in partnership with the Government Technology Agency … Continue reading Open Call: Viddsee’s Fourth Juree Awards Singapore Now Open With New Award Category Added
Pink Dot 2021 may be over, but being a faghag is an all-year affair. And for Pam Oei, dubbed ‘Singapore’s #1 Faghag’, she’s letting her rainbow flag fly high and declaring her love for the gays loud and proud for the whole of July, as Wild Rice’s Faghag returns to theatres from 1st July. After first premiering at the 2018 Singapore Theatre Festival, Pam Oei’s … Continue reading Preview: Faghag (2021) by Wild Rice
With its most recent edition in 2020 wrapping up just last August, The Theatre Practice’s Patch! A (Live) Theatre Festival of Play is already back to entertain you from the comfort of home this March and April. Now in its 4th edition, Patch! brings together artists and audiences who love the often messy, sometimes raw, but always powerfully resonant nature of live theatre. Reimagined as an … Continue reading Preview: Patch! A (Live) Theatre Festival of Play 2021 by The Theatre Practice
Riot Games Southeast Asia has announced 2021 esports and competitive collegiate plans for League of Legends: Wild Rift, the 5v5 mobile MOBA that is in Open Beta across Southeast Asia. Wild Rift Esports will kick off with several smaller, intermittent competitive events from January through March to give viewers a taste of the budding talent and teams in the region. In April, this will transition … Continue reading eSports: Riot Games Southeast Asia Announces 2021 Esports and Competitive Collegiate Plans for League of Legends: Wild Rift
Binge-watched Netflix’s Emily In Paris and looking to see the real side of France? While you still can’t travel, we can certainly offer an alternative, with the return of the Embassy of France in Singapore’s vOilah! France Singapore Festival this October. For one entire month, the country will be swathed in a diverse range of on-site, and for the first time, virtual experiences to showcase the best of French … Continue reading Preview: vOilah! France Singapore Festival 2020
Riot Games, the developer and publisher of League of Legends: Wild Rift, has revealed that Wild Rift is entering a weeks-long Closed Beta phase, starting 16th September. The mobile version of the game, set to launch in more countries over the coming months, is expanding its Android testing to players to some regions in Southeast Asia. The Wild Rift team is hoping to gain feedback … Continue reading eSports: Riot Games Announces League of Legends: Wild Rift Closed Beta, Adding More Players, Champs and Features
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