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Arts, Film, Singapore

Television Time: Local Video Company The Hummingbird Co. Launches New Web Series ‘One Take’

  Local experimental video company The Hummingbird Co. has launched a brand new independent web series One Take, which, as its title suggests, comprises entirely of single-take episodes, with a narrative centred around a group of youths whose life-changing moments unravel in real time. The concept of One Take arose as the showrunners found a need to create honest conversations within the digital space, holding up a mirror … Continue reading Television Time: Local Video Company The Hummingbird Co. Launches New Web Series ‘One Take’

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Arts, Concert, Esplanade Annexe Studio, Music, Singapore

Pink Floyd Tribute Band Welcome to the Machine Presents Brain Damage This February

Following a rousing set at Beerfest 2018, Southeast Asia’s one and only Pink Floyd tribute band ‘Welcome To The ‘Machine’ is back this February with a monster of a show. Playing for one night only at The Lab at Kallang Place, Welcome to the Machine presents Brain Damage, a mega concert featuring two of Pink Floyd’s most critically acclaimed albums in their entirety. Released in 1973 … Continue reading Pink Floyd Tribute Band Welcome to the Machine Presents Brain Damage This February

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Fashion, Singapore

Preview: Keepers Red Letter Sale 2019

Love local? Your New Year’s resolutions to spend less might have to take a backseat as KEEPERS returns this weekend with the largest Singapore designer sale! Held at the National Design Centre, the KEEPERS Red Letter Sale is bigger and better than ever before, with over 50 local labels offering up to a 90% discount! This second edition will see more offerings from your favourite … Continue reading Preview: Keepers Red Letter Sale 2019

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Arts, Drama Centre, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre, Theatre Companies, Theatres, Wild Rice

Review: A $ingapore Carol by W!ld Rice

The Dickensian holiday classic gets a Singaporean twist There are few shows more quintessential to Christmas than Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, having received countless adaptations and stagings each holiday season. And here in sunny Singapore, while it may not be the most familiar tale to most, all that might just change with W!ld Rice’s Singaporean twist on the classic – A $ingapore Carol. Written … Continue reading Review: A $ingapore Carol by W!ld Rice

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A Very W!ld Rice Christmas: An Interview with Director Hossan Leong and The Cast of A $ingapore Carol

This holiday season, W!ld Rice is going full on with the Yuletide festivities as they power through into their final show of the season – their annual year-end pantomime. This time around, they’re adapting Charles Dickens’ holiday classic A Christmas Carol and putting their signature local twist on it, resulting in A $ingapore Carol. Written by Jonathan Lim with a musical score by Elaine Chan, get ready for … Continue reading A Very W!ld Rice Christmas: An Interview with Director Hossan Leong and The Cast of A $ingapore Carol

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Review: The Old Woman And The Ox by The Second Breakfast Company

The Old Woman and the Ox leaves us unmoved and perturbed at its lack of dramaturgy. It’s not unheard of that even the most experienced of theatre companies will still manage to produce a show that falls far short of a watchable production, and so it should come as no surprise that younger companies may fall prey to the same mistakes as well. In The Second … Continue reading Review: The Old Woman And The Ox by The Second Breakfast Company

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Arts, Film, Interview, Preview, Singapore

667, Omnibus Film By Local Filmmakers, Screens Again This November at the SCCC

To celebrate the latest win of local filmmaker, Jun Chong, whose debut short film Ke《客》, was awarded the Best Asian Short at the 13th Sapporo International Short Film Festival, the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre will be offering film lovers another chance to catch the widely acclaimed omnibus film 667. Ke《客》 is a 13-minute Hakka short that follows the desperate journey of an elderly woman to find … Continue reading 667, Omnibus Film By Local Filmmakers, Screens Again This November at the SCCC

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Preview: The Old Woman And The Ox by The Second Breakfast Company

Following their production of Goh Poh Seng’s The Moon Is Less Bright earlier this year, youth theatre company The Second Breakfast Company (2BCo) continues their mission of  championing local work and will be staging 20-year old playwright Isaiah Christopher Lee’s new play this November – The Old Woman and the Ox. Selected from a pool of over 40 scripts 2BCo received through an open call in 2017, … Continue reading Preview: The Old Woman And The Ox by The Second Breakfast Company

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Singapore

To 2022 And Beyond: National Arts Council Unveils 5 Year Plan To Develop Local Arts Scene

On 19th October 2018, the National Arts Council (NAC) officially unveiled Our SG Arts Plan (2018 – 2022), a five year plan that charted the proposed direction in which to develop the local arts scene, as the council continues to support the needs and aspirations of the arts community and all Singaporeans. Announced by Minister for Culture, Community, and Youth Grace Fu at Our Tampines Hub, … Continue reading To 2022 And Beyond: National Arts Council Unveils 5 Year Plan To Develop Local Arts Scene

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Interview, Music, Singapore

“It’s Not Giving Up When It’s A Losing Game”: Charlie Lim Releases Sophomore Album CHECK-HOOK

It’s not giving up when it’s a losing game I don’t want it, don’t even miss it I’ll let it go if everything must change I can afford it, don’t even miss it anymore – Charlie Lim, Zero-Sum It’s been three long years since the release of Charlie Lim’s last album Time/Space. But in that time, the local music darling has been nothing but busy … Continue reading “It’s Not Giving Up When It’s A Losing Game”: Charlie Lim Releases Sophomore Album CHECK-HOOK

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