A Very W!ld Rice Christmas: An Interview with Director Hossan Leong and The Cast of A $ingapore Carol

This holiday season, W!ld Rice is going full on with the Yuletide festivities as they power through into their final show of the season – their annual year-end pantomime. This time around, they’re adapting Charles Dickens’ holiday classic A Christmas Carol and putting their signature local twist on it, resulting in A $ingapore Carol. Written by Jonathan Lim with a musical score by Elaine Chan, get ready for … Continue reading A Very W!ld Rice Christmas: An Interview with Director Hossan Leong and The Cast of A $ingapore Carol

Review: liTHE 2018 by T.H.E Second Company

Three works that showcase T.H.E Second Company’s progress. T.H.E Dance Company’s semi-professional wing, T.H.E Second Company, presented the 7th edition of liTHE last weekend, showcasing some of the brightest up and coming young talents from Singapore’s contemporary dance scene. In this edition,  liTHE 2018 featured three original creations by Anthea Seah, Goh Shou Yi, and Marcus Foo, performed by 11 dancers from T.H.E Second Company. liTHE … Continue reading Review: liTHE 2018 by T.H.E Second Company

Preview: SSO Christmas Concert by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Celebrate the most wonderful time of year with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra this December with the SSO Christmas Concert! But don’t expect just your usual Christmas tunes – look out for a medley of contemporary Christmas hits, as led by guest singer-songwriter Mandy Dickson. Known for her vivacity and honeyed, dulcet tones, Mandy has performed in over 20 countries in shows like Disney On Classic – … Continue reading Preview: SSO Christmas Concert by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Review: The Old Woman And The Ox by The Second Breakfast Company

The Old Woman and the Ox leaves us unmoved and perturbed at its lack of dramaturgy. It’s not unheard of that even the most experienced of theatre companies will still manage to produce a show that falls far short of a watchable production, and so it should come as no surprise that younger companies may fall prey to the same mistakes as well. In The Second … Continue reading Review: The Old Woman And The Ox by The Second Breakfast Company

Preview: Charlie by Bhumi Collective

After not one but two successful runs overseas at the On the Rocks Festival and Edinburgh Student Arts Festival (winning the Best Performing Artist Award) in 2017, Bhumi Collective will finally present the Singapore premiere of Charlie, a unique, experimental performance by Victoria Chen. Charlie is unusual in that it takes the form of a 15-minute one-on-one experience in which the audience member enters a room and interacts with the titular … Continue reading Preview: Charlie by Bhumi Collective

Bitten – Return to Our Roots: An Interview with Co-Creator Thong Pei Qin

It’s quite incredible to think that what once started as a strange fever dream is about to evolve into an entire production. Specifically, some years back, when theatremaker Thong Pei Qin was bitten by an Aedes mosquito and contracted dengue fever, talking about the experience with colleague and longtime friend Dr Nidya Shanthini Manokara led to the creation of the aptly named Bitten.  “Talking about this … Continue reading Bitten – Return to Our Roots: An Interview with Co-Creator Thong Pei Qin

Preview: A Green Dot by A Little RAW (RAW Moves)

There’s a phenomenon known as guerilla gardening, where people begin gardening on patches of land they do not have the rights to cultivate. Even in a garden city like Singapore, there are times the grey cityscape gets to us, and it can be difficult to find a patch of green, and while guerilla gardening itself may not be necessary, it is the spirit and philosophy of … Continue reading Preview: A Green Dot by A Little RAW (RAW Moves)

Review: Journey To Nowhere (Southernmost – One Table Two Chairs Project 2018)

A well-executed, thought-provoking diatribe on the proposed future of local arts. As an “arts festival for the future”, experimental theatre company Emergency Stairs’ Southernmost – One Table Two Chairs Project 2018 naturally chooses to buck the trend of a typical arts festival, acting a critique of the usual and taking on an artist-driven, process-centric approach, comprising primarily of workshops, demonstrations, open forums, and a single … Continue reading Review: Journey To Nowhere (Southernmost – One Table Two Chairs Project 2018)

Singapore Writers Festival 2018: The Ghost In Your Head (Review)

A novel idea with flawed execution.  Immersive productions are all the rage these days, with audiences often demanding to experience art beyond the usual mediums. Naturally, one of these art forms would be literature, where one’s imagination is already subject to go wild as we visualise fantastic worlds and characters within their pages, and lends itself perfectly to theatrical adaptation, with our spectral thoughts manifesting … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2018: The Ghost In Your Head (Review)

Singapore Writers Festival Director Yeow Kai Chai’s Final Edition Draws To A Close

After 10 days of exciting programmes, pop ups, local and international authors and new ways of engaging with literary arts, the 21st edition of the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) finally drew to a close last Sunday, after opening audiences up to the many worlds authors created and brought to life through their writing and thoughts. On the final day of SWF 2018, we began first … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival Director Yeow Kai Chai’s Final Edition Draws To A Close