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Arts, musical, Sands Theatre, Singapore

Broadway smash hit musical ‘Hamilton’ comes to Singapore in 2024

Producers Jeffrey Seller and Michael Cassel are proud to announce the Tony®, Grammy®, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize-winning production HAMILTON will premiere in Singapore next year. The Singapore engagement will begin on 19 April 2024 at Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands, presented by Base Entertainment Asia. Tickets go on sale on 14 November through Marina Bay Sands ticketing and SISTIC with fans encouraged to join the waitlist to avoid missing out. Singapore … Continue reading Broadway smash hit musical ‘Hamilton’ comes to Singapore in 2024

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Get a little naughty, as Matilda The Musical returns to Singapore in 2024

Base Entertainment Asia and GWB Entertainment in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company have announced that the multi-award-winning production of Matilda The Musical will be returning to the Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands from 9 March 2024. Last in Singapore in 2019, this tour of the award-winning musical has been touted as a tonic for audiences of all ages. Based off celebrated British author … Continue reading Get a little naughty, as Matilda The Musical returns to Singapore in 2024

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Arts, Review, Theatre

★★★★★ Review: Cabaret by Sing’theatre

Love and survival in the Weimar Republic. In a country with strict rules and authoritarian government, where does one find peace, comfort and release? The answer to that lies in the freedom of a club, offering a safe space for self-expression, for entertainment at the end of a long day, and perhaps even to learn something new, as encapsulated in Kander and Ebb’s classic musical … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Cabaret by Sing’theatre

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Arts, Interview, Preview, Theatre

Sing’theatre’s Cabaret: An Interview with stars Kimberly Chan, Dwayne Lau, and choreographer Lisa Keegan

“Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome.” Those would be the three immortal words that anyone who’s watched Cabaret will remember in its opening scene, as the Emcee invites the audience to the Kit Kat Club, a decadent underground venue in 1931 Berlin designed for all kinds of seedy entertainment performed under cover of darkness, a celebration of the queer and the outcasts of society. Coming to the Drama … Continue reading Sing’theatre’s Cabaret: An Interview with stars Kimberly Chan, Dwayne Lau, and choreographer Lisa Keegan

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★★★★☆ Review: Chachambo – Taking Flight by ART:DIS Singapore

Disabled artists spread their wings and shatter the glass ceiling in original musical about taking chances and overcoming the odds. There’s saying that music is the universal language of mankind, allowing people to connect through song and symphony. Nowhere does that seem more clear than in ART:DIS’ Chachambo: Taking Flight, which brings together hit songs and dance numbers in a single, moving story, that proves … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Chachambo – Taking Flight by ART:DIS Singapore

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★★★★☆ Review: Unforgotten The Musical by Musical Theatre Limited

Facing one’s fears and trauma to tell the story of survival. There are some things in life that are best left unsaid. But there are also some things that should absolutely be made known, the key parts of one’s own personal history that when spoken aloud, begins a process of healing by acknowledging and facing these debilitating traumas head-on. That is the newfangled methodology young … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Unforgotten The Musical by Musical Theatre Limited

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An Interview with director Peter Sau and costume designer Max Tan, of ART:DIS’s musical ‘Chachambo:Taking Flight’

The draw of nostalgia has always been powerful, as we reminisce over the heyday of Singapore’s past, when lives were slower and simpler, and people were happier. Thinking back to yesteryear, we can only imagine the heady dancing that went on at entertainment clubs like New World, Great World and Gay World, where people could fully be themselves without judgment. But under our rose-tinted lenses, … Continue reading An Interview with director Peter Sau and costume designer Max Tan, of ART:DIS’s musical ‘Chachambo:Taking Flight’

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An Interview with Claire Teo, playwright of ART:DIS’s ‘Chachambo:Taking Flight’

Filled with riveting drama, nostalgic songs and catchy dance numbers, be transported to the swinging ’60s of Singapore with Chachambo: Taking Flight. An original musical theatre production written and performed by an inclusive and intergenerational cast, Chachambo marks one of the biggest undertakings by non-profit organisation ART:DIS, which seeks to create learning and livelihood opportunities for persons with disabilities in the arts. This is by no … Continue reading An Interview with Claire Teo, playwright of ART:DIS’s ‘Chachambo:Taking Flight’

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Arts, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Unforgotten The Musical by Musical Theatre Limited

Musical Theatre Limited (MTL) is back this month to present the brand new Unforgotten The Musical, an original Singaporean musical of survival and loss, of ageing and dignity, of memory and legacy. Based on the novel Listening to Letter from America, by esteemed geriatric psychiatrist Prof Kua Ee Heok, the musical intertwines two resounding themes: mental illness and Singapore’s pioneering generation which society is starting … Continue reading Preview: Unforgotten The Musical by Musical Theatre Limited

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Preview: Chachambo – Taking Flight by ART:DIS Singapore

Formerly known as Very Special Arts Singapore, ART:DIS Singapore is a non-profit organisation that champions persons with disabilities (PwDs) through arts. And this August, just in time for National Day, the pioneer cohort of ART:DIS’s BEYOND DIS:PLAY theatre training programme is set to present a new musical: Chachambo: Taking Flight. In Chachambo: Taking Flight, journey with a visually-impaired girl as she tries to revive an entertainment club … Continue reading Preview: Chachambo – Taking Flight by ART:DIS Singapore

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