Preview: Lie With Me by Intercultural Theatre Institute

The latest batch of students from Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) is just about ready to graduate,  but before they do, they’ll be presenting one last show, with the Asian premiere of Lie With Me by award-winning playwright Kaite O’Reilly this November at the Esplanade Theatre Studio. Directed by internationally renowned director Phillip Zarrilli, Lie With Me looks at contemporary life in Singapore through glimpses into the lives … Continue reading Preview: Lie With Me by Intercultural Theatre Institute

HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens To Return April 2020, Super Early Bird Tickets Now Available

Sport Singapore, Singapore Sports Hub and Singapore Rugby Union have announced that tickets for the 2020 HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens are on sale now for a Super Early Bird rate until 25 November. The offer provides fans up to 27 per cent off the regular ticket price to the flagship event which returns to the National Stadium on 11th and 12th April 2020. The 2020 … Continue reading HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens To Return April 2020, Super Early Bird Tickets Now Available

Preview: The Singapore Symphony Orchestra Presents a Mozart Triptych With the Jussen Brothers, Akiko Suwanai and Haochen Zhang

Phenomenally talented Dutch piano duo, Lucas and Arthur Jussen, are taking the classical music world by storm. On 22nd and 23rd November, they’ll be joining the Singapore Symphony Orchestra to play Mozart’s famous Concerto No. 10 for two pianos, K. 365. Complementing the Mozart is Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony (No. 6) and the Asian premiere of Enescu’s Pastorale-Fantaisie – prepared for performance by the evening’s conductor, … Continue reading Preview: The Singapore Symphony Orchestra Presents a Mozart Triptych With the Jussen Brothers, Akiko Suwanai and Haochen Zhang

Television Time: Seven Worlds, One Planet premieres Monday, 4th November, at 9pm on BBC Earth

Seven Worlds, One Planet, from BBC Studios’ iconic Natural History Unit, marks the first time it has explored all the planet’s continents in a single series – and the filmmakers have employed new technology, including boundary-defining drone techniques, to capture unique perspectives, new species, and animal behaviour never before seen. As well as showing where humankind is negatively and positively impacting the health of the … Continue reading Television Time: Seven Worlds, One Planet premieres Monday, 4th November, at 9pm on BBC Earth

Hong Kong 2019: The Big Meal by Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (Preview)

HONG KONG – In a restaurant, touching moments play out scene after scene. Whether it is lovers enjoying a candlelight dinner, or family members joining together at the table, every meal is a meaningful occasion filled with wide-ranging emotions, accompanied by laughter and tears both bitter and sweet. Over the course of The Big Meal, eight actors play a total of 26 characters having 54 … Continue reading Hong Kong 2019: The Big Meal by Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (Preview)

Review: A Very Singaporean Celebration – A Bicentennial Tribute by re:Sound Collective

Celebrating the Bicentennial, re:Sound style. How do you capture the founding of Singapore into a single symphony? Local composer Jonathan Shin certainly seems to have the answer, with the premiere of a brand new composition as part of re:Sound Collective’s A Very Singaporean Celebration. Opening with Shin’s 1819 Suite for Small Orchestra, the chamber orchestra began with a short introduction, a prelude of soft waves on our island … Continue reading Review: A Very Singaporean Celebration – A Bicentennial Tribute by re:Sound Collective

Preview: VCHpresents Intimate Moments from West to East by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Intimate Moments’ is a new series of concerts giving audiences the chance to watch, listen and converse with a select musician of the Singapore Symphony family. The concerts are intimate, with this first one held in the cosy Victoria Concert Hall Dance Studio, with a rare chance to get up close to a musician and their instrument. This November, meet violinist Zhang Si Jing with … Continue reading Preview: VCHpresents Intimate Moments from West to East by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Preview: Southern Elegance – Music of the Teochews (华族室内乐: 弦诗潮韵) by Ding Yi Music Company

This November, Ding Yi Music Company presents a classically elegant evening of traditional Teochew music. Featuring renowned Teochew music master and National Class One composer Wang Peiyu as concert artistic advisor, this recital presents renditions of classic Teochew repertoire such as The Lion’s Mischief, Lotus Blossoms, Waves Sifting Sand and a special performance with Wang in Spring Brocades. Take some time off, and come discover the Music of the Teochews as Southern Elegance. Southern … Continue reading Preview: Southern Elegance – Music of the Teochews (华族室内乐: 弦诗潮韵) by Ding Yi Music Company

Preview: A Fiend’s Diary by The Finger Players + An Interview with Oliver Chong

There are some people who have lost touch with society, or rather, no longer find meaning in life. They find their existence to be absurd. If that’s the case, is their existence meaningful, if at all? A man does not shed a single tear during his mother’s funeral. He commits an irreversible act, deemed unforgivable under the judicial system. Witnesses take to the stand, each … Continue reading Preview: A Fiend’s Diary by The Finger Players + An Interview with Oliver Chong

Review: Tanah•Air 水•土 – A Play In Two Parts by Drama Box

Remembering those we’ve forgotten via two tales of the dispossessed.  As much as the Bicentennial celebrations claim to remember the some 700 years of recorded history of Singapore and the people who lived here back then, it tends to forget that those same people aren’t extinct, and in fact, still walk among us today. With Drama Box’s incredibly ambitious two part play Tanah•Air 水•土 then, the … Continue reading Review: Tanah•Air 水•土 – A Play In Two Parts by Drama Box