Review: Waiting For The Host by Pangdemonium

Zoom becomes an unlikely medium for hope and solace in this timely, reflective comedy-drama. While we’ve watched a number of performances on Zoom already, no play has tackled the medium quite as directly as Pangdemonium has, with their production of Marc Palmieri’s Waiting For The Host. Conceived when he participated in a recording of a Passion Play for his local church, Palmieri’s script is one of the … Continue reading Review: Waiting For The Host by Pangdemonium

SIFA v2.020: More programmes announced as 2020 comes to a close

Following the successful launch of SIFA v2.020 in June, Singapore’s pinnacle arts festival announces an exciting lineup of programmes to wrap up 2020. Presented by Arts House Limited (AHL), this next wave of shows, workshops, talks and podcasts programmed between October and December showcases the resilience and resourcefulness of artists in the face of once unimaginable challenges wrought by the pandemic. Adapting swiftly to new techniques and … Continue reading SIFA v2.020: More programmes announced as 2020 comes to a close

Arts of the UK 2020: Young Vic Board appoints four new Trustees

LONDON – The Young Vic has announced the appointment of four new trustees to the Board. These appointments come at a significant time for the Young Vic, as the theatre celebrates its landmark 50th birthday year and looks ahead to its recovery from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Actor Kobna Holdbrook-Smith MBE and Facebook’s Public Policy Director for Africa, the Middle East & Turkey Ebele Okobi join this month … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Young Vic Board appoints four new Trustees

The Banter: Tracie and Adrian Pang talk about Pangdemonium in a pandemic

With the work from home and circuit breaker measures in place over the last few months, most of us are already familiar with dragging ourselves out of bed to attend the next Zoom meeting, only to find ourselves ‘waiting for the host’, bemoaning how we could have slept in just a little more. It’s no wonder then that it’s already the subject (and title) of … Continue reading The Banter: Tracie and Adrian Pang talk about Pangdemonium in a pandemic

Preview: Idomeneo Refracted by The Opera People

The last time we watched The Opera People was in March, prior to the COVID-19 lockdown. But not even a pandemic can stop the arts, as they’re back, this time with the first ever film opera made in Singapore and the Singapore premiere of Mozart’s Idomeneo. In the film, watch as the spirits of five characters gather in an empty theatre, drawn to a ghost light. In … Continue reading Preview: Idomeneo Refracted by The Opera People

AWARE announces five-day AWAREFest in November to celebrate 35th birthday

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of its founding in 1985, leading women’s rights and gender equality advocacy group AWARE is set to hold the five-day inaugural AWAREFest this November, featuring online panels, workshops and interactive/ programmes centred on the fight for gender equality in Singapore, coming in the wake of the government’s plan for a wide-ranging national review of gender equality. “AWAREFest is an occasion … Continue reading AWARE announces five-day AWAREFest in November to celebrate 35th birthday

Music Is: Singapore Symphony Orchestra announces newly recorded online concerts, with Chief Conductor Hans Graf

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s digital season SSOPlayOn! continues with a trio of online concerts led by its new Chief Conductor, Hans Graf, taking place in November, December and January and streamed on SISTIC Live. On Friday 6th November at 8pm, Hans Graf directs the SSO in a programme pairing Metamorphosen, Richard Strauss’s monumental work for strings, with Mozart’s “Gran Partita” Serenade. The following month, on Friday 4 December, Hans Graf conducts an … Continue reading Music Is: Singapore Symphony Orchestra announces newly recorded online concerts, with Chief Conductor Hans Graf

Art What!: David Zwirner New York presents Liu Ye – The Book and The Flower

Liu Ye,​ Book Painting No. 21 (Karl Blossfeldt, The Complete Published Work, Taschen GMBH, 2017) , 2018. © Liu Ye. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner.   NEW YORK – David Zwirner has announced an exhibition of new work by Chinese artist Liu Ye, on view at the gallery’s 34 East 69th Street location, in New York. The show marks the artist’s debut solo presentation with the gallery. Liu … Continue reading Art What!: David Zwirner New York presents Liu Ye – The Book and The Flower

Art What!: Gerhard Richter’s Cage Paintings at the Gagosian

Photo Credit: Hubert Becker  CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES –  Gagosian will be presenting Gerhard Richter’s Cage paintings (2006) in Los Angeles and New York. The presentation follows their inclusion, as a cornerstone, in the artist’s retrospective, Gerhard Richter: Painting After All at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York earlier this year. In conjunction with this key group of six paintings, a new group of … Continue reading Art What!: Gerhard Richter’s Cage Paintings at the Gagosian

Dance With Me: da:ns Festival 2020 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay (Preview)

Even with a pandemic that’s affected rehearsals, performances and international guests, as one of their major festivals each year, the Esplanade would be remiss not to put on a version of their annual da:ns Festival this October, as it once again brings a spectrum of dance forms and world-renowned performers to the stage – digitally. The Intervention of Loneliness (Lockdown Edition) In rethinking and reorganising … Continue reading Dance With Me: da:ns Festival 2020 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay (Preview)