Re-appropriating Film History: An Interview with The Cast and Creatives of Teater Ekamatra’s Tiger of Malaya

This week will see the premiere of Teater Ekamatra’s latest production – Tiger of Malaya. A brand new play written by Alfian Sa’at and Shawn Chua, Tiger of Malaya takes inspiration from the 1943 Japanese film ‘The Tiger of Malaya’, following a group of actors in the present day who attempt to be more accurate in their re-enaction of the film, comically ‘correcting’ history with their portrayal. We … Continue reading Re-appropriating Film History: An Interview with The Cast and Creatives of Teater Ekamatra’s Tiger of Malaya

Preview: Lear Is Dead (李尔亡) by Nine Years Theatre

“We used to think power is our life’s goal, forgetting that wisdom is what our lives are founded upon.” Following their reimagination of Strindberg’s Miss Julie earlier this year, Nine Years Theatre will present their third and final production of the season with another reimagination of a theatre classic: Shakespeare’s King Lear. For Nine Years Theatre, while no stranger to adapting classic works into Mandarin, Lear … Continue reading Preview: Lear Is Dead (李尔亡) by Nine Years Theatre

Preview: Musical TARU 《恐龙复活了!》 by Resorts World Sentosa

From the same team that brought you Super Mommy in June, this December, Resorts World Sentosa Singapore (RWS) returns with their second production of the year – Musical TARU.  Produced by RWS in collaboration with Taiwan’s AMcreative and South Korea’s Culture Holic, Musical TARU is a localised adaptation  the ‘No. 1 Family Musical’ in Korea. Fuelled by the curiosity to discover more about a natural history museum’s … Continue reading Preview: Musical TARU 《恐龙复活了!》 by Resorts World Sentosa

Preview: Toy Factory’s Lab Projects 2018 – Oedipus (鞭爱) and Watching

This September and October, Toy Factory will once again be throwing open the doors of their home in Chinatown as it becomes NOWplaying@17, becoming an incubation space for new and emerging work, and where members of the public will get to see two brand new lab projects presented on stage! Headed by Toy Factory Artistic Directors Goh Boon Teck and Stanley Seah, Oedipus and Watching are two brand new … Continue reading Preview: Toy Factory’s Lab Projects 2018 – Oedipus (鞭爱) and Watching

Endless Worlds of Endless Possibilities at Singapore Writers Festival 2018

The Singapore Writers Festival returns this November for its 21st edition to maintain its claim as the leading regional literary event. Armed with this year’s theme of 界 (jiè), the Chinese character for ‘world’, this edition of the festival aims to inspire people to come together to explore new worlds and ideas as they come together to grow a shared appreciation for literary arts and culture in Singapore. … Continue reading Endless Worlds of Endless Possibilities at Singapore Writers Festival 2018

NUS Arts Festival 2018: On The Shoulders of Giants by NUS Dance Synergy (Review)

A high energy, ambitious performance opens the 25th NUS Arts Festival. Just as the generation before them, the youth of today are caught in a state of flux as they fast approach adulthood – at what point do they stop following the rules of the past, leap off the proverbial ‘shoulders of giants’ and the greats who came before them, and carve out their own … Continue reading NUS Arts Festival 2018: On The Shoulders of Giants by NUS Dance Synergy (Review)

Chang Sensory Trails 2018

Held at The Lawn @ Marina Bay, The third edition of the Chang Sensory Trails took place from 31st August to 1st September 2018. This year’s edition was themed around the Thai philosophy of ‘lamiat’, or ‘attention to detail and looking beyond the ordinary’, inviting a total of eight authentic, Singapore-based Thai restaurants to showcase and hawk cuisine surrounding ‘lamiat’, namely Aroy Dee, Baan Ying, Bangkok Jam, Gin Khao, … Continue reading Chang Sensory Trails 2018

Preview: A $ingapore Carol by W!ld Rice

As is now Christmas tradition, after last year’s Mama White Snake, W!ld Rice returns for their 16th edition annual pantomime with perhaps the most appropriate new musical ever: A $ingapore Carol. Based off Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, perhaps the hallmark holiday story, A $ingapore Carol puts a keenly local twist and strong dose of humour on the original. Written by Jonathan Lim (Four Horse Road, Diva To The Death), A … Continue reading Preview: A $ingapore Carol by W!ld Rice

Still Life: Open Studios by Checkpoint Theatre

Dana Lam is perhaps most famous for being a former President of the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE), alongside having published a photobook during the heady GE 2006 days. But did you also know that she’s a trained artist? Once taught by Milenko and Delia Prvacki, Dana has been given the chance of a lifetime: produced by Checkpoint Theatre, Dana will tell the … Continue reading Still Life: Open Studios by Checkpoint Theatre

Preview: NUS Arts Festival 2018 – If We Dream

This September, the NUS Arts Festival returns for two weeks as they present a new theme of If We Dream, as the festival focuses on invoking the dreams of Singapore’s cultural pioneers through dance, music, theatre, film, exhibition and open dialogue. Organised by the NUS Centre for the Arts, this year’s theme takes its title from Goh Poh Seng’s novel If We Dream Too Long, published the same year as … Continue reading Preview: NUS Arts Festival 2018 – If We Dream