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Arts, Review, Theatre

★★★☆☆ Review: Old Gaze by The Necessary Stage

Camp take on finding one’s place in a fast-changing world loses the plot. Category Score (out of 10) Direction (Haresh Sharma) 5 Script (Haresh Sharma) 5 Performance (Hossan Leong, Kumar, Rody Vera, Siti Khalijah Zainal, Liow Shi Suen, Azura Farid and Medli Dorothea Loo) 6 Lighting Design (Yo Shao Ann) 6 Multimedia Design (Brian Gothong Tan) 5 Set Design (Vincent Lim) 5 Total 32/60 (53%) … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Old Gaze by The Necessary Stage

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Arts, Preview, Singapore

Preview: NUS Arts Festival 2023 – Spaces Between

Taking place between 10 and 26 March, the NUS Arts Festival is back for a new edition. Titled Spaces Between, this year’s festival examines the idea of liminal spaces – the uncomfortable yet exciting unknown that we encounter as we transition between phases and states. While liminal spaces can bring discomfort and ambiguity, they also present opportunities for growth and change. In a world of diverse and divided views, the NUS Arts Festival seeks to … Continue reading Preview: NUS Arts Festival 2023 – Spaces Between

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Preview: People, Places & Things by Pangdemonium

Kicking off their 2023 season, Pangdemonium is in top form with a hard-hitting play promising to bend minds and move mountains. Directed by Tracie Pang, Pangdemonium presents People, Places & Things, Duncan Macmillan’s critically-acclaimed play about the cruelty of substance abuse and addiction. Meet Emma – professional actor, consummate performer, chameleon-like make-believer. But that’s not all Emma is; she’s also a pathological pretender, compulsive liar, … Continue reading Preview: People, Places & Things by Pangdemonium

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Preview: I Swallowed A Moon Made of Iron

Critically acclaimed theatrical concert, I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron 我咽下一枚铁做的月亮, will kickstart its Southeast Asian premiere in Singapore for one night only at The Arts House on 14 March. Created and performed by Njo Kong Kie, former music director of the internationally renowned dance company La La La Human Steps (Canada), I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron pays tribute to the Chinese … Continue reading Preview: I Swallowed A Moon Made of Iron

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Arts, Interview, Preview, Theatre

Old Gaze: An Interview with writer/director Haresh Sharma, and cast members Kumar and Hossan Leong

In a rainbow landscape that’s constantly changing with the times, the speed at which we move forward and ideals evolve, it’s all too easy to forget the queer pioneers that were there from the very beginning, survivors and champions before some of us were even born. As we look towards a post-377A future and wonder what’s next, perhaps it’s time to turn our attention towards … Continue reading Old Gaze: An Interview with writer/director Haresh Sharma, and cast members Kumar and Hossan Leong

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Preview: Old Gaze by The Necessary Stage

After almost 20 years, The Necessary Stage brings back old friends to present brand new play Old Gaze. Brash, audacious and just rollicking good fun, Old Gaze is the third and final instalment following TNS’ seminal LGBTQ plays Mardi Gras (2003) and Top or Bottom (2004). “This final installment has been written 19 years later. The three main characters played by Hossan, Kumar and Rody … Continue reading Preview: Old Gaze by The Necessary Stage

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Wild Rice announces An Inspector Calls, The Butterfly Lovers and Hotel as first three shows of 2023

With the end of 2022 comes the beginning of 2023, and with that – a brand new theatre season for leading Singapore theatre company Wild Rice, who’ve just announced the first three shows of 2023 – a new staging of J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls, the arrival of the first English-language opera adaptation The Butterfly Lovers, and the restaging of their critically-acclaimed Hotel. A thought-provoking … Continue reading Wild Rice announces An Inspector Calls, The Butterfly Lovers and Hotel as first three shows of 2023

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Preview: Pinocchio by Wild Rice

Come 17th November, Wild Rice is back with their annual pantomime. This time around, they’ll be taking on Carlo Collodi’s classic tale of Pinocchio, an eye-popping, family-friendly new musical about a puppet who longs to become a real boy. This proudly Singaporean adaptation of the Italian fairy tale is a hilarious, heartwarming celebration of family, friendship and the importance of being true to yourself. Pinocchio … Continue reading Preview: Pinocchio by Wild Rice

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Wild Rice announces final three shows of their 2022 season, with a restaging of Animal Farm, a new play by Alfian Sa’at, and their annual pantomime

Wild Rice has officially announced the final three shows of its 2022 season: Animal Farm (playing from 18 August 2022), Pulau Ujong / Island at the End (from 15 September 2022) and Pinocchio (from 17 November 2022). All three shows will be performed in The Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre, Wild Rice’s main-stage venue in its performing arts complex in Funan. From August, Wild Rice proudly … Continue reading Wild Rice announces final three shows of their 2022 season, with a restaging of Animal Farm, a new play by Alfian Sa’at, and their annual pantomime

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Arts, Pangdemonium, Preview, Singapore

The Art of Conversation: An Interview with Timothy Koh, Nikki Muller and Jason Godfrey of Pangdemonium’s ‘Muswell Hill’

Ever since Pangdemonium was born over a decade ago, co-founder and co-artistic director Tracie Pang has helmed every show. At least, until now, as Muswell Hill premieres next week. For the first time in the company’s history, Tracie Pang will not be directing, and instead, be handing the reins to Associate Director Timothy Koh. Trained in New York, and having already been working with Pangdemonium … Continue reading The Art of Conversation: An Interview with Timothy Koh, Nikki Muller and Jason Godfrey of Pangdemonium’s ‘Muswell Hill’

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