Arts of the UK 2021: 60 Miles by Road or Rail 2021

NORTHAMPTON – Relaunching this Spring after being delayed by the pandemic, 60 Miles by Road or Rail is a fascinating series of arts, heritage and community events, culminating in a new theatre production created by local artists at Royal & Derngate. 60 Miles by Road or Rail invites Northampton locals to contribute to the project and engage with their hometown’s unique New Town story. In … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: 60 Miles by Road or Rail 2021

Art What!: Singapore Art Museum presents Wikicliki at National Gallery Singapore

Can a museum engage artists in a discussion about what it means to collect? Taking the cue from artists’ changing modes of creating and presenting work, SAM presents its latest exhibition Wikicliki: Collecting Habits on an Earth Filled with Smartphones to explore key strategies needed in the collection of contemporary art today. The exhibition borrows its title from http://dbbd.sg/wiki, the constantly evolving work by artist … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Art Museum presents Wikicliki at National Gallery Singapore

Arts of the UK 2021: Pleasance Islington reopens this May with musicals, drag, stand-up and pizzas

LONDON – Pleasance Islington will reopen its doors on Monday 17th May with a busy programme of comedy, theatre, drag and musicals. To help set theatre up to thrive once again Pleasance will also partner with VAULT Creative Arts to present Fringe Futures Festival. Taking place across May and June, this brand-new festival will present live work-in-progress shows from leading independent performance makers. Fringe Futures Festival … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Pleasance Islington reopens this May with musicals, drag, stand-up and pizzas

★★★☆☆ Review: No Regrets – A Tribute to Edith Piaf by Sing’theatre

Showing off local talents in this tribute to the French icon and celebrating Sing’theatre’s 15th anniversary. Even outside of France, Edith Piaf established herself as a cultural icon, with her soulful, emotive chansons, and powerful vocals. But her life was never easy, faced with countless challenges that attempted to thwart her at every moment. It is thus a testament to her resilience that she made it … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: No Regrets – A Tribute to Edith Piaf by Sing’theatre

Preview: M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival 2021

2021 is significant in many ways for T.H.E Dance Company’s M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival. After being interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, this year’s edition marks a stirring return to live programmes alongside digital ones, as well as being the final edition under M1 Limited’s title donorship towards the Festival since 2014. Festival Director and Artistic Director of The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance … Continue reading Preview: M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival 2021

Art What!: Art Basel presents its Hong Kong show in hybrid format with 104 leading galleries

Art Basel Hong Kong returns to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) with 104 leading galleries from 23 countries and territories selected for the 2021 edition. Bringing together Art Basel’s digital and physical platforms in a new scale and format, this year’s show features 56 satellite booths by galleries who could not physically attend and the new ‘Art Basel Live: Hong Kong’ initiative … Continue reading Art What!: Art Basel presents its Hong Kong show in hybrid format with 104 leading galleries

Preview: Singapore Chinese Film Festival 2021

Presented by the Singapore Film Society (SFS) and Centre for Chinese Studies@Singapore University of Social Sciences (CCS@SUSS), the Singapore Chinese Film Festival (SCFF) is back for its 9th edition this May, with 45 films, including a Special Classics segment, and two “live” online panel discussions. With films chosen from across the region, this year’s edition will feature a mix of physical and digital screenings, with … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Chinese Film Festival 2021

Preview: LA Comedy Live presents Jinx Yeo

LA Comedy Live presents Singaporean comedian Jinx Yeo — in his first LIVE full-length headline comedy show since the COVID-19 shutdown. Taking place in July, the show will feature a mixture of new material and “greatest hits”. Jinx Yeo pulls no punches, from Asian parenting, to weird diets, to Bitcoin fever, to PC cancel culture, to dating & relationships, and much more — Jinx makes … Continue reading Preview: LA Comedy Live presents Jinx Yeo

Golden Village presents Late Shift – the first-of-its-kind interactive film

What Black Mirror: Bandersnatch did for interactive television, Late Shift might be about to do for cinematic films, as the world’s first ever interactive film comes to Golden Village cinemas this April. You heard right – Late Shift gives you, the audience, a chance to make key decisions and decide the outcome of the movie with its novel choose-your-own adventure style turn of events, thanks … Continue reading Golden Village presents Late Shift – the first-of-its-kind interactive film

Preview: Festival House returns for SIFA 2021, with focus on healing and humanity

When Gaurav Kripalani took on the role of Festival Director for the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA), he introduced the concept of the Festival House, a central location in the heart of the city, where festival-goers could gather for a drink, talk to each other, and take in the wonder of the performance they had just witnessed. After the festival went on hiatus last … Continue reading Preview: Festival House returns for SIFA 2021, with focus on healing and humanity