M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Rei Poh (A Tiny Country)

After making their debut as a collective at the 2017 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, ATTEMPTS is back for another show at the 2020 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, this time with a brand new storytelling meets gamification experience in A Tiny Country. In the work, audience members take on the role of members of a community living in a tiny country, while also playing as social scientists … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Rei Poh (A Tiny Country)

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with bluemouth inc. (Café Sarajevo)

Part of the magic of theatre is the ability to create entire worlds within simple black box spaces. With the advent of technology such as virtual reality, the distance between us and the world has been collapsed further still. In bluemouth inc.’s Café Sarajevo, audience members can expect to have an immersive theatrical experience that will bring them from Berlin to Sarajevo to Mostar as they … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with bluemouth inc. (Café Sarajevo)

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma (Kebaya Homies)

Aidli ‘Alin’ Mosbit and Siti Khalijah are two of Singapore’s most renowned Malay actresses. With both of them having worked extensively with The Necessary Stage, and even on a couple of productions together, The Necessary Stage’s first original show for the fringe in years, Kebaya Homies, is set to be one heck of an event. Directed by Alvin Tan, Kebaya Homies brings audience members to a club, featuring perempuan-perempuan joget (dancing … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020: An Interview with Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma (Kebaya Homies)

Music Is: VCHPresents Chamber – Endless Sound 无限的笙 by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)

Renowned sheng virtuoso Wu Wei leads musicians of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra on a journey from East to West and back again in Endless Sound, playing on a Sunday afternoon on 9th February. Wu Wei has crafted a programme bringing together Chinese favourites – such as Dragon Dance 金蛇狂舞 by Nie Er 聂耳 and Dance of the Yao People 瑶族舞曲 by Mao Yuan 茅沅 – and … Continue reading Music Is: VCHPresents Chamber – Endless Sound 无限的笙 by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Preview)

Music Is: Lacuna Coil For Singapore Rockfest II Afterparty in March 2020 (Preview)

In the world of rock, the party never ends. And for Singapore Rockfest II, Italian alt-metal outfit Lacuna Coil are stepping up to the task, as they play at The Afterfest Party on 27th March 2020 at the Esplanade Annexe Studio! Formed in 1994, Lacuna Coil quickly became one of Century Media’s biggest selling bands. From Comalies (2002) and Karmacode (2004) to Shallow Life (2009) … Continue reading Music Is: Lacuna Coil For Singapore Rockfest II Afterparty in March 2020 (Preview)

Music Is: 13 New Music Acts To Perform at All Things New X Noise Weekend

Following a two-month long Noise Music mentorship, 13 young up and coming music acts are set to make their professional debuts at the Esplanade’s All Things New X Noise Weekend from from 17th to 19th January 2020. For one weekend, audiences can expect a weekend filled with music across a range of genres as the next generation of emerging musicians bring their best sounds to … Continue reading Music Is: 13 New Music Acts To Perform at All Things New X Noise Weekend

Touring The UK 2020: Cast and Creatives Announced for Holes by Nottingham Playhouse

LONDON –  The Children’s Theatre Partnership (CTP) and Royal & Derngate, Northampton have announced the full cast of the Nottingham Playhouse production of Holes, written by Louis Sachar and directed by Adam Penford. The production will open at Royal & Derngate, Northampton on 24th January 2020 before embarking on a UK tour. The tour will visit, Nottingham Playhouse, Nuffield Southampton Theatres, Coventry Belgrade Theatre, Newcastle Theatre Royal, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Liverpool Playhouse, High Wycombe Swan, Norwich Theatre Royal, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre and Canterbury Marlowe … Continue reading Touring The UK 2020: Cast and Creatives Announced for Holes by Nottingham Playhouse

Touring The UK 2020: Dial M For Murder (Preview)

LONDON – A brand new production of the classic thriller, Dial M for Murder, tours the UK in 2020 opening at Richmond Theatre on Monday 13th January 2020. The genre-defining thriller –  based on Frederick Knott’s stage and screen play, made world-famous by Hitchcock’s iconic 1954 film – will be directed by Anthony Banks. TV and stage favourite, Tom Chambers, (Top Hat, Strictly Come Dancing) stars as the charismatic and manipulative Tony Wendice, a jaded ex-tennis pro … Continue reading Touring The UK 2020: Dial M For Murder (Preview)

Touring The UK 2020: Lady Chatterley’s Lover by Tilted Wig Productions (Preview)

LONDON – TV regular Rupert Hill (Casualty, BBC; Coronation Street, ITV) will star alongside Phoebe Marshall (Witness for the Prosecution, London County Hall) in a sensual new stage adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s controversial masterpiece, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, directed by Ciaran McConville (The Snow Queen, The Creature [Frankenstein Retold], Rose Theatre Kingston) as part of a UK tour. Considered sensationalist erotica when first published and banned … Continue reading Touring The UK 2020: Lady Chatterley’s Lover by Tilted Wig Productions (Preview)

Touring The UK 2020: Ghost Stories (Preview)

LONDON – Casting has been announced for Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s supernatural spectacular, Ghost Stories, which begins its first ever UK tour at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham on 8th January 2020 . After exhilarating audiences across the globe with record breaking, sell-out productions and a smash hit film, the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre’s production of Ghost Stories has this year played yet another successful run at its original Hammersmith home and at is currently playing at the Ambassadors Theatre in … Continue reading Touring The UK 2020: Ghost Stories (Preview)