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)
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)
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)
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
ANDSOFORTH has been having a bumper year of productions, from presenting an immersive topsy turvy world of fairy tales with Adventures In Grimmsneyland (and for kids) as well as a rather different, single room dinner affair held in a secret garden. This holiday season, they’ll be returning to yet another familiar tale, as they tackle E.T.A. Hoffman’s classic Christmas tale The Nutcracker. Best known for its adaptation … Continue reading Preview: Marie & The Nutcracker by ANDSOFORTH
Following their production of Goh Poh Seng’s The Moon Is Less Bright earlier this year, youth theatre company The Second Breakfast Company (2BCo) continues their mission of championing local work and will be staging 20-year old playwright Isaiah Christopher Lee’s new play this November – The Old Woman and the Ox. Selected from a pool of over 40 scripts 2BCo received through an open call in 2017, … Continue reading Preview: The Old Woman And The Ox by The Second Breakfast Company
With a theme like 界(Jie): The World(s) We Live In, it’s impossible for the Singapore Writers Festival not to fill itself with programmes and events that discuss the state of affairs surrounding the world today. At times horrifying with the increasingly dismal state of politics and disasters, at times completely absurd with the odd news we come across, and at times even hopeful, from finding inspiration … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2018: The State of The World According To David Sedaris, Irvine Welsh, Mariko Tamaki and Margaret Stohl
The 2018 Singapore Writers Festival kicked off to a roaring start this week, marking the final year with Yeow Kai Chai as Festival Director. Taking on the title of 界 (‘Jie’): The World(s) We Live In, this year’s programme, as always, brings together some of the foremost international writers from all mediums and genres, ranging from graphic novels to novels, YA literature to non-fiction essays. … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2018: Opening Night + Intercultural Theatre Institute’s Between Heaven and Earth
Prior to their concert tour to Guangzhou and Hong Kong, the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO) will treat our local audiences to their tour programme this December at the Esplanade! Conducted by SNYO Principal Guest Conductor Peter Stark (set to take up an appointment as Special Term Professor to the Zhejiang Conservatory in Hangzhou in 2019). the concert opens with the world premiere performance of … Continue reading Preview: SNYO Pre-Tour Concert – Journey of Friendship by Singapore Symphony Orchestra
LONDON – This holiday, the snow won’t bother you as you settle in to Camberwell’s top theatre for a season’s worth of exciting, original theatre presented by Blue Elephant Theatre. Providing creative opportunities to those who need it most as they work with schools and emerging artists, this season’s lineup again showcases the spectrum of theatre that this quaint but infinitely creative space. The Witch … Continue reading Preview: Blue Elephant Theatre’s Winter Season 2018
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