While they may have a preference for European music from 1870 to 1940, local arts group Bellepoque is set to take these art songs into the modern realm, with their first ever digital project streaming for free this November. Titled CRAVE, the project comprises two interconnected short movies, each one dealing with a group of artists struggling to find purpose amidst confusion and loss, in a world … Continue reading Preview: CRAVE by Bellepoque
After previously announcing Direct Entry, their new Director-Mentorship programme, Toy Factory has now revealed its first-ever digital theatre presentation born from it, with Still Sailing launching this November. Directed and written by Toy Factory’s inaugural director-mentorship mentee Andy Pang, the play will be streamed on Vimeo from 23rd November to 6th December, and will be a ‘raw, honest, and light–hearted depiction of solace’ between two broken souls … Continue reading Preview: Still Sailing – Affection, Infection, and other Afflictions by Toy Factory
MACAU – International art collective teamLab presents teamLab SuperNature Macao, a permanent solo exhibition now on view at The Venetian® Macao. teamLab SuperNature Macao currently features 19 artworks, with further works to debut as part of the installation’s official grand opening in the coming months. Located in The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo, teamLab SuperNature Macao offers one of the largest areas of any teamLab exhibition … Continue reading Art What!: teamLab SuperNature Macao at The Venetian Macao
On 27th November, the TENG Ensemble (TENG) is set to release a music video of the traditional Teochew lullaby Ong Ah Ong to re-invent music for dialect traditions and ignite new interest for Teochew culture and music. The piece is born as an extension of the Forefathers Project and pays homage to the dialect and its heritage. Set to be released on TENG’s social media … Continue reading Preview: The TENG Ensemble Pushes to Showcase Dialect Culture with new video
From left: Thong Pei Qin, Sim Yan Ying ‘YY’, Ivan Heng, Victoria Chen and Hazel Ho Following the re-opening of their theatres this November, Wild Rice has announced four more upcoming shows, each helmed by an up-and-coming director. These theatremakers were each part of Wild Rice’s Directors’ Residency Programme, and comprise Victoria Chen, Hazel Ho, Sim Yan Ying ‘YY’ and Thong Pei Qin. All four … Continue reading Wild Rice’s Director’s Residency Programme to present four new productions by up-and-coming directors
Missed How Drama’s Zoom edition of their signature Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap sketch marathon in June? Good news – they’re back this November, this time playing as part of the 2020 Melbourne Fringe Festival. Performed live (no pre-recording!) on Zoom, Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap puts its actors to the ultimate race against the clock – to perform 15 playlets and sketches into just … Continue reading Arts Down Under 2020: Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap On Zoom by How Drama (Preview)
SSO will be holding its first live concert since rules lifted, at the Festive Arts Theatre, Our Tampines Hub (OTH) on Sunday 22nd November, 5pm. This will be the first SSO concert to take place since restrictions were lifted around live performances on 1st November. A group of four musicians from SSO will perform for an audience of 100. The programme will include classical favourites by Mozart, Beethoven and Dvořák, plus a work … Continue reading Music Is: SSO announces first live concert with A Little Evening Music at Our Tampines Hub
Edmund de Waal, Wu-chüeh: two poems, 2020, kaolin, gold leaf, graphite, compressed charcoal, and oil stick on ash, in aluminum frame, 36 1/4 × 26 × 3 inches (92 × 66 × 7.5 cm) © Edmund de Waal Solitude is exacting. I read [the verses] out, wrote them, effaced them, worked on them, trying to find the amount of white space around a poem so … Continue reading Art What!: Edmund de Waal’s cold mountain clay at the Gagosian Hong Kong
While they may have already had their first ticketed (online) concert in October, fans of Chinese chamber music will be pleased to know that Ding Yi Music Company will finally be making a long awaited comeback with their first LIVE concert of the year. Following their last few months of digital content, from their #dingyiwithyou initiative, educational programmes to a special concert on Teresa Teng … Continue reading Preview: Together We Stand, Live Again! by Ding Yi Music Company
LONDON – A bridge between reality and fiction, Edith Alibec’s award-winning adaptation of Aglaja Veteranyi’s autobiographical book, Why the Child is Cooking in the Polenta, will be made available digitally this November through the Romanian Cultural Institute. A fascinating and endlessly imaginative show, it follows a family of circus artists who flee the Communist regime in Romania during the 1960s in search of fame, glory and … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Why the Child is Cooking in the Polenta streaming for free this November
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