Review: Mak-Mak Menari by Bhumi Collective (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 17/1/19) Poignant docu-drama about sisterhood over a lifelong passion for Malay dance. In the performing arts world, dancers are notorious for having a short career span, with […]
Film Fanatic: An Interview with A Land Imagined (幻土) Director Yeo Siew Hua and Composer Teo Wei Yong
When we watched (and reviewed) A Land Imagined last year, it had just made history as the first Singaporean film to win the prestigious Golden Leopard, the highest accolade at the […]
Review: ATARA – For you, who has not yet found the one by Reut Shemesh (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 14/1/19) Finding the means to be who you are in a society that suppresses one’s identity. With some of her closest family members converting to Orthodox Hasidic Judaism […]
Review: The Shadow Curriculum by Jelaine Ng (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★☆☆☆☆ (Performance attended 11/1/20, 2pm) Attempt to satirise motivational speakers unclear in its motives and falls flat. In Singapore’s results-oriented society, success is everything. So it comes as no surprise […]
Review: Beside Ourselves by .gif (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★☆☆☆ (Performance attended 10/1/20) Great songs from .gif stitched together with a premature theatre production unable to fully capture the theme of displacement with its form. While primarily known as […]
Review: Secretive Thing 215 by Secretive Thing (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 9/1/20) Intricate, introspective experience with only our phones and a mysterious communicator. Going in to a performance of a secretive nature, knowing absolutely nothing about what to […]
Review: Contemplating Kopitiam and Kampong Wa’Hassan by Oliver Chong and NAFA (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 9/1/20) Alfian Sa’at meets Kuo Pao Kun meets the Millennials in this well-directed but conceptually disjointed reflection on belonging and identity. There’s something incredibly audacious about splicing […]
Review: A Tiny Country by ATTEMPTS (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 8/1/20) Gamification of a hypothetical nation’s destiny has the right idea in mind. While ATTEMPTS’ founder Rei Poh has always been interested in games, with their latest […]
Review: Café Sarajevo by bluemouth inc. (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 8/1/20) Docu-drama in the form of a live podcast reminds us how difficult it is to mend deep-set rifts, and the politicised effects these have on the […]
In London’s West End 2019: Death of A Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre (Review)
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 4/12/19) Arthur Miller’s classic play of the collapse of the American Dream feels urgent and racially charged in this new version by the Young Vic. LONDON – […]
travelXculture: Staying Connected to the World with Changi Recommends (An Italian Travelogue)
LONDON/ITALY – Italy is one of those countries that’s so diverse in its landscape and subcultures, that a single trip cannot possibly encompass all it has to offer. That’s why […]
Review: Cats presented by BASE Entertainment Asia
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 19/12/19) Feline fever dream impresses with its acrobatic skills and musical grandeur, landing squarely on its feet. As a musical that’s stood the test of time and […]
In London’s (Off) West-End 2019: Red Palace by Shotgun Carousel (Review)
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 1/12/19) Fairytales as you’ve never experienced them before – now with a feminist twist. LONDON – Most of the fairy tales we grew up with are problematic in […]
In London’s (Off) West End 2019: James Seabright presents Not Too Tame’s Cinderella (Review)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 5/12/19) A classic fairy tale gets an outrageous, pub theatre treatment. LONDON – What’s a holiday season without a little booze and good cheer? Not Too Tame certainly […]
In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Escape From Planet Trash by Sink the Pink (Review)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 6/12/19) Drag meets sci-fi meets an all-important message of environmentalism for a night of good campy fun. LONDON – Set in 2050, in a galaxy ‘not too far […]
In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Midnight Movie at the Royal Court Theatre (Review)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 3/12/19) Learning to find a genuine connection in the digital age with new ways of communication, and the idea of the body on the Internet. LONDON – […]
