Can someone just get Dwayne Lau his own TV workout show already? With our modern fitspo culture taking the country by storm, it was only a matter of time before a theatre show would arrive to tackle the topic. Enter theatremaker Dwayne Lau with #GOALS, a comedy musical revue and love letter to his ongoing fitness journey, which played last weekend at the Esplanade Concourse as part … Continue reading Review: #GOALS by Dwayne Lau
Musical perfection is hard to argue against. As one of the world’s most famous musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera needs little to no introduction for anyone with even a little knowledge of musical theatre. From the West End to Broadway, to numerous international tours all around the world, The Phantom of the Opera has stunned and enchanted an infinitum of audience members across the … Continue reading Review: The Phantom of the Opera presented by BASE Entertainment Asia
An overseas debut and source of Singaporean pride. SHANGHAI, CHINA – Presenting their original musical Liao Zhai Rocks! overseas for the very first time, it’s hard not to feel a sense of pride seeing The Theatre Practice’s name displayed across the massive theatre at Shanghai Culture Square. Written by Wu Xi, with soundtrack by Eric Ng and lyrics by Xiaohan, the musical feels only appropriate as debut, … Continue reading Shanghai Nights: Liao Zhai Rocks! by The Theatre Practice (Review)
Winning over 70 major theatre awards, boasting the best-selling cast recording of all time and achieving the honour of being the longest running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera is without one of the world’s favourite musicals. So the fact that Base Entertainment Asia will be bringing this titan of a musical back to Singapore in April 2019 is absolutely cause for celebration. … Continue reading Preview: The Phantom of the Opera presented by BASE Entertainment Asia
Disney fans are in for a treat this year, as Aladdin The Musical makes its Singapore premiere at the Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands this July! With Singapore as its one and only Asian stop, the Australian touring cast is set to breathe life into this beloved modern classic based on the 1992 animated film of the same name about a common thief whose life … Continue reading Preview: Aladdin the Musical Media Call @ The Sands Theatre
The life of a Singaporean theatre production is often limited to a single staging before being relegated to a film in the archives, or living on in the memory of audiences lucky enough to have caught it. A restaging is a rare event, and for a company to present their work overseas rarer still. For The Theatre Practice (TTP), Liao Zhai Rocks! is nothing short of a … Continue reading Strange Tales From A Theatre Studio: An Interview with Kuo Jian Hong, Joanna Dong and Sugie Phua of The Theatre Practice’s Liao Zhai Rocks! Shanghai Tour
Disney’s Aladdin is having one heck of a revival this year – besides the Guy Ritchie-directed live action remake of the Academy Award®- winning 1992 animated film, the hit Broadway/West End adaptation will be making its way way for its Singapore premiere at Marina Bay Sands this July! Originally inspired by tales from One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, the musical follows the eponymous Aladdin, a ‘street … Continue reading Preview: Aladdin the Musical presented by BASE Entertainment Asia
The sold out Malaysian musical continues to swell with nationalistic pride as it returned for a rematch for an even stronger performance this year. KUALA LUMPUR – After enjoying a sold out run in 2018, Ola Bola the Musical, the ‘best Malaysian musical’ (according to Malaysian PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad himself) returned to the Isatana Budaya in Kuala Lumpur this February to wow even more … Continue reading In Kuala Lumpur 2019: Ola Bola the Musical (2019 Version) by Enfiniti Productions (Review)
A celebration of the magic of childhood in musical form. British author Roald Dahl remains one of the world’s most beloved authors, with countless children around the world having read his novels, each one etched into their childhood. It stands to reason then that one of the most successful adaptations of one of his works concerns a little girl who loves to read, with the … Continue reading Review: Matilda the Musical by Base Entertainment Asia
Based off Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s novel of the same name, Matilda the Musical has finally made its Singapore premiere, and is set to stun audiences for the month it plays at the Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands with its timeless tale of a misfit schoolgirl standing up for what’s right, and discovering she has a few secrets of her own. At the media call, we … Continue reading An Interview with the Cast of BASE Entertainment Asia’s Matilda the Musical
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