Preview: Southernmost Festival 2019 by Emergency Stairs

Now in its third year, Emergency Stairs’ Southernmost Festival is back! Questioning the role of an arts festival, over the last two editions, Southernmost has proven itself as a fascinating experiment into festival curation and artistry, deliberately going against the grain as it focuses on intercultural work as prominent and emerging traditional and contemporary artists from the region come together. Presented and produced with Zuni Icosahedron (Hong Kong), … Continue reading Preview: Southernmost Festival 2019 by Emergency Stairs

Preview: The Hawker by The Second Breakfast Company

With a sold-out, abbreviated presentation at the 2018 Asian Youth Theatre Festival, local theatre company The Second Breakfast Company (2BCo) returns this year with their fifth main season production – original work The Hawker! With the nation fast progressing and many old buildings put up for en-bloc or demolished to make way for bigger and better facilities, all amidst the National Heritage Board’s call to preserve … Continue reading Preview: The Hawker by The Second Breakfast Company

Preview: Operatic Identities by CulturedGen + Interview with Creator Summer Song

Summer Song has led a multicultured life. Born in China, she moved to Singapore when she was just 8, before moving to Toronto 11 years ago to work. Obtaining a Masters from Columbia in New York, she entered the financial services and did corporate jobs before it finally hit her along the way that something was missing in her life. And then she realised what … Continue reading Preview: Operatic Identities by CulturedGen + Interview with Creator Summer Song

Television Time: BBC Shows November 2019

This November, come marvel at planet Earth’s amazing biodiversity in BBC’s latest natural history series, Seven Worlds, One Planet, join chef Gordon Ramsay as he attempts to help more struggling restaurants in Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hrs to Hell and Back S2, and follow comedian Romesh Ranganathan as he takes us to more unusual holiday destinations in The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan S2. BBC EARTH Seven … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows November 2019

Touring the UK 2020: Full Casting Announced For Beautiful – The Carole King Musical Tour

LONDON – Following a highly successful West End run of two and a half years and a sell-out tour in 2017/18, Paul Blake, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Mike Bosner in association with Michael Harrison have announced the full casting for the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning Beautiful – The Carole King Musical opening at the Churchill Theatre Bromley on 11th January … Continue reading Touring the UK 2020: Full Casting Announced For Beautiful – The Carole King Musical Tour

London Arts 2019: Christmas delights at the Old Royal Naval College this Holiday Season

LONDON – For over 500 years the festive season has been an important part of the Greenwich maritime heritage site calendar and today is no different. On the very same grounds that Henry VIII celebrated Christmas, visitors to the Old Royal Naval College can celebrate the festivities with a feast of winter delights including carol concerts, wreath making masterclasses, Christmas shopping, the annual Greenwich Christmas Lights … Continue reading London Arts 2019: Christmas delights at the Old Royal Naval College this Holiday Season

Television Time: An Interview with Scott Alexander, Producer of BBC Earth’s Seven Worlds, One Planet

Scott Alexander is a veteran of the nature documentary game. Having worked at the BBC Studios Natural History Unit for over the last 20 years, Scott has been at the helm of successful programmes such as Big Cat Live, award-winning children’s wildlife series Deadly60 and even directed Sir David Attenborough on AFTA-winning series Life In Cold Blood. “I’ve always had the passion for the outdoors and studying … Continue reading Television Time: An Interview with Scott Alexander, Producer of BBC Earth’s Seven Worlds, One Planet

Singapore Writers Festival 2019: On the Nature of Language with Marlon James’ SWF Prologue and Pico Iyer’s Beyond Borders, Beyond Words

Opening weekend of the 2019 Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) has kicked off to a great start – helmed by some key anchor events and highlights, it’s no surprise to see various venues filled and buzzing with activity as the Civic District came awash with literary activity and a swarm of local and international writers gathering in Singapore. Perhaps one of the most anticipated authors of … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2019: On the Nature of Language with Marlon James’ SWF Prologue and Pico Iyer’s Beyond Borders, Beyond Words

Singapore Comic Con 2019: Gotta’ Catch ‘Em All as The Pokémon Championship series Special Event Tournament Arrives!

Singapore’s premier event for all things fandom announced that the #PlayPokémon Trading Card Game and Video Game Tournament from the official Pokémon Championship series will be making its first appearance ever at SGCC this year. Alongside this existing tournament for all Pokémon fans, visitors of SGCC can also look forward to meeting the stellar line up of talented artists at the Artist Alley. In conjunction with … Continue reading Singapore Comic Con 2019: Gotta’ Catch ‘Em All as The Pokémon Championship series Special Event Tournament Arrives!

Preview: The Three Feathers by L’arietta

This November, L’arietta Productions is back with an all new show, as they present the Asian premiere of Lori Laitman’s The Three Feathers. A chamber opera aimed at younger audience members, join Princess Dora as she ventures into the magical world to save her father’s kingdom as the show plays at Aliwal Arts Centre.  Based on a tale by the Brothers Grimm, the opera follows … Continue reading Preview: The Three Feathers by L’arietta