Arts of Malaysia: Sepet The Musical In Concert by Liver & Lung

KUALA LUMPUR – After conquering new ground last month with KLoud Fest, Malaysia’s first digital arts festival, Liver & Lung returns this April with an intimate, concert version of their award winning adaptation of Yasmin Ahmad’s iconic film: Sepet The Musical. This will be Malaysia’s first live musical since the bans on live performances have been lifted. Sepet The Musical In Concert will feature all … Continue reading Arts of Malaysia: Sepet The Musical In Concert by Liver & Lung

Art What!: Michale Kagan’s ‘It’s Never Over’ at Over The Influence, Hong Kong

Michael Kagan, Schumacher, 2021. Oil on canvas. 61 x 61 cm. 24 x 24 in. Courtesy of the Artist and Over the Influence. Photo credit: Adam Reich HONG KONG – Focused on six F1 drivers Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Niki Lauda, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher painted in cropped tight compositions, It’s Never Over is Michael Kagan’s first solo exhibition with Over the … Continue reading Art What!: Michale Kagan’s ‘It’s Never Over’ at Over The Influence, Hong Kong

Television Time: BBC Shows – April 2021

This April on the BBC, look out for highlights such as BBC Earth’s long-running The Truth About… series, cutting through the myth and offers scientific insights into how immunity, exercise and mental health really works, demonstrating how audiences can incorporate them into their everyday living. BBC First delivers a month of murder with three chilling new premieres. BAFTA-winning Unforgotten returns for its fourth season with Nicola Walker … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows – April 2021

Art What!: James Welling’s Metamorphosis at David Zwirner Hong Kong

James Welling, 4776, 2015 © James Welling Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner HONG KONG – David Zwirner is set to present work by the American photographer James Welling, on view across two floors of the gallery’s Hong Kong location. The exhibition will mark the first solo presentation of the artist’s work in Greater China and will provide an overview of Welling’s forty-year career in … Continue reading Art What!: James Welling’s Metamorphosis at David Zwirner Hong Kong

Arts of Hong Kong 2021: HKAF 2021 announced Festival Encore for April

HONG KONG –  The 49th Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF) has announced five extra Festival performances in April, after the Festival Finale by Igor Moiseyev Ballet on 26th March. This is a special arrangement that has been necessitated by venue restrictions both in Hong Kong and overseas. The five encore programmes include three which will be presented free of charge online via the HKAF’s digital … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong 2021: HKAF 2021 announced Festival Encore for April

Arts of Hong Kong 2021: City Contemporary Dance Company announces 2021/22 Dance Season -“Why 冬 We Dance?”

HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) has been around for a while now, so much that 2021-2022 marks their 42nd dance season, and the first under new Artistic Director Yuri Ng. This year, their season is themed Why 冬 We Dance?, playing on the Chinese character for ‘winter’, and marking the start of the next four dance seasons themed around winter, spring, summer and … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong 2021: City Contemporary Dance Company announces 2021/22 Dance Season -“Why 冬 We Dance?”

Music Is: Lionel Tan of T’ang Quartet launches new music collective, Tangent Moves

After nearly three decades, Lionel Tan, violist and founding member of Singapore’s acclaimed classical string ensemble T’ang Quartet, has moved on from the quartet – embarking on to another exciting phase. He is taking on the role of mentorship to a brand new music collective, Tangent Moves. It is a rotating group of exemplary young musicians who are focused on exploring groundbreaking ways of performing, mentoring … Continue reading Music Is: Lionel Tan of T’ang Quartet launches new music collective, Tangent Moves

Preview: The Monster In The Mirror by Bitesize Theatre and Gateway Arts

Developed and presented under Gateway Arts’ Collective-In-Residence Programme, get ready for a brand new musical hitting your screens this March. The Monster In The Mirror Musical is an original 90-minute digi-theatrical pop musical by theatre collective Bitesize Theatre Productions. The musical film follows the journey of Jane, an insecure teenager who is constantly bullied in school and scolded at home by her overbearing mother. Worse … Continue reading Preview: The Monster In The Mirror by Bitesize Theatre and Gateway Arts

Preview: Broken Turns by Qotn. Van Su Yun

The tortured artist has been a familiar stereotype since time immemorial. But in the case of dancers, it’s a stereotype that holds water, as they quite literally suffer for their art from years of physical training, and the actual act of performing choreography and moves that put strain on their bodies. This idea of pain is just one of the many ideas that will be … Continue reading Preview: Broken Turns by Qotn. Van Su Yun

Music Is: SSO Chief Hans Graf to conduct violinist Bomsori Kim in live April concert

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra continues to lift the nation’s spirits with the announcement today of a programme of live events to take place in April and May, including more live concerts featuring SSO Chief Conductor Hans Graf and performances by violinist, Bomsori Kim, SSO’s first international guest artist since the start of the pandemic. On 10th and 17th April, Chief Conductor Hans Graf is on the podium for a … Continue reading Music Is: SSO Chief Hans Graf to conduct violinist Bomsori Kim in live April concert