Haunted by history and healing through community and care. Merely being a minority in a country can feel like a daily battle, constantly waking up and dreading the little microaggressions or worse one might face in the day. Not only that, but as a Black person in America, one also bears the gravity of Black history in one’s very existence, carrying it in the body, … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: aMoratorium by J’Sun Howard
Visceral horror of watching violence unfold in a state of paralysis. With each passing year, it feels as if we’re plunged into an increasing number of major conflicts, whether the Russo-Ukrainian War, or the resurgence in attacks from both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Violence is all around us, and it can become easy to fall into a state of unrelenting pessimism, as we become … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Motherland by Very Shy Gurl by fendy
Stories of love told through bharatanatyam. Love is a mystery, and endlessly fascinating, inspiring countless films, music and stories. Co-created and performed by Krithika Soma, Madhuri Suresh, and Varsha Vishwanath, Abhaya’s Love All Around is a brand new bharatanatyam creation that explores the nature of love, depicting the experiences of unassuming strangers who discover and learn to understand the power of love. Directed by Ponnamma … Continue reading Review: Love All Around by Abhaya
Musical exploration of the forces of nature and our intricate relationship with the environment. “Can humans and nature coexist in an urban environment?” In December, the ever-innovative Ding Yi Music Company presented “ECOncert”, bringing together a unique blend of Chinese music to explore the intricate relationship between humanity and nature. Led by conductor Wong De Li, Dedric, and stage director and dramaturg Ang Xiao Ting, … Continue reading Review: ECOncert《声态不息》by Ding Yi Music Company
In 2023, Singapore’s theatre scene felt fully ready to take risks and pull out all the stops for the first true season following the pandemic years. We saw the return of blockbuster musical and stage productions, and plenty of new, experimental works filling in the spaces in between, be it through long-awaited collaborations or younger companies having their work see the light of day, or … Continue reading Bakchormeeboy Awards 2023: The Year That Returned To Normalcy, A Time For Reflection
Flurry of issues during a Malaysian family reunion in New York. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Home is where the heart is, but what happens when the home you left behind follows you into a new country? Adding a new play to the Malaysian canon of theatre is Adriana Nordin Manan, with her original script Fault Lines, which follows Malaysian Shereen as she receives a visit … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Fault Lines by Protagonist Studio and Cocoon Creative Lab
An affecting one-woman exploration of the origins of the monstrous feminine, and hope thereafter. In multiple cultures around the world, women have always been seen as the meeker sex, expected to be docile and obedient, with virginity and purity placed among the highest of virtues. But the truth is, women are not these paradigms of virtuosity, and should not be held to such impossible standards. … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: FORBIDDEN by Aditi Mangaldas
Against all odds, the bumbling cast in this play-within-a-play puts a smile on your face and makes you root for them. The beauty of theatre often lies in the suspension of disbelief, where the team will do anything and everything to ensure that you are fully immersed in the world of the play, enraptured and fully taking in every word each character utters. So it … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Twin Murder In The Green Mansion by Agam Theatre Lab
The chaos of Mumbai distilled into a fish out of water play. No matter how adaptable one thinks they are, moving to a new place is almost always going to take some adjustment. And if you’re ever moving to hustling, bustling city of Mumbai, you can rest assured that you may never really feel stable ground beneath your feet, with the constant chaos and unpredictability … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Fistful of Rupees by Stone Paper Stories
Ensemble work about unfulfilled desires and the inevitability of death messy amidst truth. In the final collaborative effort between Nine Years Theatre (NYT) and NAFA School of Theatre, director Timothy Wan and the Year 3 graduating students of NAFA’s Diploma in Theatre (English Drama) present Adam Bernard’s unusual play Buckets. Referencing the idea of a bucket list and the endless unfulfilled tasks one is left … Continue reading ★★☆☆☆ Review: Buckets by NAFA School of Theatre and Nine Years Theatre
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