SGIFF 2018: Cannonball dir. Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen (Review)
Whimsical roadtrip to nowhere Experimental films are often a love/hate affair, leaving one either completely baffled, or bowled over by its form. Often, it leaves us reeling as the latter, […]
SGIFF 2018: Cities of Last Things dir. Ho Wai Ding + Kingdom dir. Tan Wei Keong (Review)
A heart wrenching film about the absurdity of life and an animated short about finding one’s place in the world opens the 29th SGIFF Last Wednesday, the 29th Singapore International […]
Review: Sink or Swim dir. Gilles Lellouche (French Film Festival 2018)
Synchronized swimming drama moves with its tale of friendship and camraderie. Gilles Lellouche’s Sink or Swim opens with a familiar quote, along the lines of a “square peg never being able […]
Review: Bitten – Return To Our Roots by Thong Pei Qin and Dr Nidya Shanthini Manokara
Blood ties run deep as this production gets bitten by the history bug. Dengue fever may seem like an unexpected and morbid inspiration to create an entire show around, but […]
Kalaa Utsavam 2018: Bali by Adishakti Theatre (Review)
Adishakti Theatre delivers both monkey business and human emotion in equal amounts in this surprisingly powerful fringe show. The Hindi epic The Ramayana is an account of the heroic deeds […]
Review: Charlie by Bhumi Collective
A brief encounter with a true innocent. In the wake of politically-charged, tumultuous events such as the rise of Brexit and POTUS Trump, the world as we know it has […]
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 […]
Preview: Extremities by Intercultural Theatre Institute
It’s been a long time coming, but the time has finally come for the latest batch of Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) students to graduate. For students Caroline Chin, Hau Guei […]
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 […]
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 […]
Preview: Charlie by Bhumi Collective
After not one but two successful runs overseas at the On the Rocks Festival and Edinburgh Student Arts Festival (winning the Best Performing Artist Award) in 2017, Bhumi Collective will finally […]
Kalaa Utsavam 2018: Disco Sheela and Other Indian Superwomen by Sharul Channa (Review)
Not all superheroes wear capes – sometimes they wear a sari. While we’re very much used to hearing Sharul Channa let loose her signature pottymouth, in a changeup from her […]
Kalaa Utsavam 2018: Parasu – The Story of An Ultimate Warrior by Avant Theatre (Review)
A collection of tales about the sixth avatar of Lord Vishnu In Hindu mythology, the warrior sage Parasu is best known for being the sixth avatar of the god Lord […]
Review: Guards at the Taj by Singapore Repertory Theatre
Harrowing tale of male friendship torn asunder by contrasting beliefs; a must-watch. American playwright Rajiv Joseph is a modern master of the two-man play. Across some of his other works […]
Review: Just A Breath Away dir. Daniel Roby (French Film Festival 2018)
Unusual premise couples with family drama to leave viewers breathless Last week, Daniel Roby’s Just A Breath Away opened the 2018 French Film Festival Singapore. The post-apocalyptic thriller film follows separated parents […]
Bitten – Return to Our Roots: An Interview with Co-Creator Thong Pei Qin
It’s quite incredible to think that what once started as a strange fever dream is about to evolve into an entire production. Specifically, some years back, when theatremaker Thong Pei […]
