Preview: Caught by Singapore Repertory Theatre

The Singapore Repertory Theatre has had its brushes with controversial fine art before, having staged Yasmina Reza’s Art at the National Gallery Singapore in 2016, but for their  brand new, upcoming experience, they’re taking audiences on an intimate journey with a socially immersive theatrical performance, as they meet a celebrated artist in the Miaja Gallery. Within a regime that smothers free speech and gives breath to fake news, … Continue reading Preview: Caught by Singapore Repertory Theatre

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019: Bryony Kimmings wins inaugural Popcorn Group Writing Award for I’m a Phoenix, Bitch

EDINBURGH – Bryony Kimmings has been presented with the inaugural Popcorn Group Writing Award in association with the Pleasance Theatre for her show I’m a Phoenix, Bitch. Celebrating writing excellence at the Fringe, the Award platforms writers and artists that ignite and challenge the status quo with the most fearless and topical piece of new writing. For her win, Kimmings received a cash prize of £2,500 … Continue reading Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019: Bryony Kimmings wins inaugural Popcorn Group Writing Award for I’m a Phoenix, Bitch

Television Time: BBC’s Killing Eve Season 1 (Review)

Obsession is a dangerous thing. From its title alone, Killing Eve sounds like your cut and dried thriller series, with a veritable female assassin and an MI6 agent caught in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game attempting to outwit each other. But there’s good reason why this show has received as many awards and as much critical acclaim as it has. Written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (of Fleabag fame), Killing Eve is a genre-defying … Continue reading Television Time: BBC’s Killing Eve Season 1 (Review)

Preview: The TENG Ensemble Presents Heirlooms 《传承》 – Reimagining the Sounds of our Chinese Forefathers

If you know next to nothing about the music traditions of Chinese dialect groups, you’re not alone. But that’s precisely why local arts company TENG is here to educate you about them, with their brand new documentary-concert Heirlooms, that reimagines the sounds of Singapore’s Chinese forefathers on 11th October 2019. Playing at the Esplanade Concert Hall, in support of the Singapore Bicentennial, the one-night-only showcase will premiere … Continue reading Preview: The TENG Ensemble Presents Heirlooms 《传承》 – Reimagining the Sounds of our Chinese Forefathers

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) celebrates National Day with a heartfelt tribute through music

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) celebrated Singapore’s 54th birthday with a heartfelt and unique showcase at the Esplanade Concert Hall on Saturday, 10th August. Khairuddin Saharom hosted the concert, with sign interpreter Janis Wong signing the script as well as the music for deaf members in the audience. Singaporean conductor Joshua Tan led the evening’s performance, featuring performances by musicians Jeremy Monteiro, Tamagoh, Christy Smith, Samuel … Continue reading The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) celebrates National Day with a heartfelt tribute through music

Touring the UK 2019: Afsaneh Gray’s The Border by Theatre Centre

LONDON – Theatre Centre, the UK’s leading producer and pioneer for thought provoking theatre in schools, is excited to tour the world premiere of The Border by Afsaneh Gray, winner of the 2018 Brian Way Award. This outrageous Brechtian parable highlighting the absurdity of borders will tour extensively to both schools and theatres to engage audiences across the country in an urgent national conversation. Developed … Continue reading Touring the UK 2019: Afsaneh Gray’s The Border by Theatre Centre

Touring the UK 2019: The Escape Act – A Holocaust Memoir

LONDON – Based on the true story of Irene Danner-Storm, The Escape Act – A Holocaust Memoir tells the riveting and powerful story of a Jewish acrobat who hid in a German circus during WWII to escape the concentration camps. Hard-hitting and inspiring, this historically researched and poignant one woman theatre and puppetry production embarks on a UK tour this autumn. The production follows Irene’s … Continue reading Touring the UK 2019: The Escape Act – A Holocaust Memoir

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: What Girls Are Made Of by Raw Material & Traverse Theatre Company in association with Regular Music (Preview)

LONDON – Following a sold-out, Fringe First winning run at Edinburgh Fringe 2018 (where it’ll return again for 2019), Cora Bissett’s What Girls Are Made Of charts her rollercoaster journey from indie-kid hopeful to wised-up woman. In this exhilarating and exciting piece of gig theatre, directed by Orla O’Loughlin and winner of a Scottish Culture Award 2019, Cora celebrates life’s euphoric highs and epic sh*tstorms … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: What Girls Are Made Of by Raw Material & Traverse Theatre Company in association with Regular Music (Preview)

Touring the UK 2019: Crimes on the Coast by New Old Friends

BATH – On a secluded island hotel just off the English coast, the idyllic landscape becomes a crime scene after a scandal inducing femme-fatale is fatally felled. All the guests on the island are suspects, but is everything here quite what it seems? Inspired by classic detective works such as the novels of Agatha Christie, The 39 Steps, and Noel Coward, welcome to another hilarious yet … Continue reading Touring the UK 2019: Crimes on the Coast by New Old Friends

Touring the UK 2019: The Pirate Cruncher by Goat and Monkey

WORTHING – Adapted from the best-selling book by Jonny Duddle, with music and songs by multi award winning folk musician Jon Boden, get ready for a rollicking adventure, with The Pirate Cruncher, told through thrilling action, daft nonsense, stirring shanties, the weirdest of mechanical contraptions and a healthy dose of good old-fashioned audience involvement. Overlooking the harbour lies the Thirsty Parrot tavern, run single-handedly by plucky and … Continue reading Touring the UK 2019: The Pirate Cruncher by Goat and Monkey