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art, Arts, Review, Singapore

Theatre Review: Getting To Know You by Gangguan! Theatre

An experiment in live theatrical co-creation that asks what happens when theatre lets go of rehearsal, control and certainty. Duration: 80 min There is something inherently awkward about getting to know someone for the first time. You stumble over your words, try on different versions of yourself, wonder what the other person is thinking, and slowly, if you are lucky, find a rhythm together. Gangguan! … Continue reading Theatre Review: Getting To Know You by Gangguan! Theatre

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★★★★☆ Film Review: HOPE dir. Na Hong-jin

Big budget Korean sci-fi thriller keeps you on the edge of your seat with some of the best action sequences in cinema throughout its lengthy runtime and odd story. Duration: 156 minutes Does a film actually need a good storyline to succeed? HOPE certainly makes you question it. Na Hong-jin, best known for directing 2016 horror film The Wailing, returns with a nearly 3-hour Korean … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Film Review: HOPE dir. Na Hong-jin

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Arts, Film, Singapore

Tiger Beer celebrates Anthony Chen’s ‘We Are All Strangers’ Singapore homecoming with the cast at S11 kopitiam

After travelling from Singapore to international film festivals in Berlin, Hong Kong, Italy, Australia, Shanghai and New Zealand, We Are All Strangers finally came home last week, and appropriately, celebrated the homecoming at a coffeeshop, one of the most iconic settings in both the film and Singapore itself. Just a day after Anthony Chen’s latest film opened in Singapore cinemas, Tiger Beer brought Chen and … Continue reading Tiger Beer celebrates Anthony Chen’s ‘We Are All Strangers’ Singapore homecoming with the cast at S11 kopitiam

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★★★★★ Film Review: We Are All Strangers 我们不是陌生人 dir. Anthony Chen

Poignant conclusion to Chen’s Growing Up Trilogy that tugs at the heartstrings and makes you fully understand the many faces of Singapore across class, landscape, and lives. Duration: 157 minutes There are few filmmakers who have captured Singapore quite like Anthony Chen. Across Ilo Ilo, Wet Season and now We Are All Strangers, his vision of the country has remained remarkably clear: not simply the … Continue reading ★★★★★ Film Review: We Are All Strangers 我们不是陌生人 dir. Anthony Chen

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★★★★★ Theatre Review: Legally Blonde – The Musical by Singapore Repertory Theatre

Led by a sensational Nathania Ong, SRT’s all-Singaporean cast delivers on big vocals, demanding choreography, sharp comedy and an emotional payoff that leaves the audience believing that anything is possible. Performance watched on 31 July, 8pmDuration: 150 minutes (including 20 minute intermission) For all its hot-pink glamour, heels and sorority energy, Legally Blonde – The Musical has always been a show about being underestimated. Elle … Continue reading ★★★★★ Theatre Review: Legally Blonde – The Musical by Singapore Repertory Theatre

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art, Arts, Checkpoint Theatre, Drama Centre Black Box, Review, Singapore, Theatre

★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Common Room by Checkpoint Theatre

Checkpoint Theatre tackles queer themes by presenting an honest depiction of queer co-living that succeeds more as an act of representation than a piece of theatre. Duration: 90min Although Singapore has made significant strides towards LGBTQ+ acceptance, many queer Singaporeans continue to negotiate conservative workplaces, families and social expectations. For those unable to live fully out in public, chosen family and queer kinship become not … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Common Room by Checkpoint Theatre

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★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Be A Star – A Musical Fable by Musical Theatre Limited

A nostalgic musical throwback to a simpler time, when dreams were big and morality came a little too neatly packaged with a happy ending. Duration: 135min (including a 15min intermission) There is an admirable sincerity running through Musical Theatre Limited’s Be A Star, one that feels increasingly uncommon in contemporary musical theatre. Originally conceived as Lost in Transit in 2005 by lyricist Stella Kon and … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Be A Star – A Musical Fable by Musical Theatre Limited

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Arts, Interview, musical, Preview, Singapore, SRT

Legally Blonde: Breaking stereotypes with stars Vanessa Kee, Sandra Riley Tang and Siti Khalijah Zainal

For a musical that’s become synonymous with pink outfits, pop anthems and perfectly coiffed hair, Legally Blonde spends surprisingly little time asking audiences to admire appearances. Instead, it focuses on dismantling them. Nearly every major woman in the show enters the story wearing a label. Protagonist Elle Woods is the most obvious example, quickly dismissed as the ditzy blonde. But while she may be the … Continue reading Legally Blonde: Breaking stereotypes with stars Vanessa Kee, Sandra Riley Tang and Siti Khalijah Zainal

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Legally Blonde: An interview with director Kate Golledge and choreographer Simon Hardwick on bringing out the best of Singapore Repertory Theatre’s all-star cast

Everybody underestimates Elle Woods. That is, after all, the entire premise of Legally Blonde. Before she even speaks, people have already decided who she is: too blonde, too fashionable, too frivolous to be taken seriously. Yet for director Kate Golledge, that’s also the biggest misconception audiences have about the musical itself. “I love Legally Blonde. I honestly think it’s one of the best-written contemporary musicals … Continue reading Legally Blonde: An interview with director Kate Golledge and choreographer Simon Hardwick on bringing out the best of Singapore Repertory Theatre’s all-star cast

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Pierre Png, Siti Khalijah and Nathan Hartono Join SRT’s All-Star Cast of ‘Legally Blonde’

Singapore Repertory Theatre has officially completed the principal cast for its upcoming production of Legally Blonde – The Musical, adding three of Singapore’s most recognisable performers to an already headline-making production. Joining West End star Nathania Ong, who was previously announced as Elle Woods, are Pierre Png, Siti Khalijah and Nathan Hartono — bringing together an unusually eclectic mix of screen, theatre and music talent … Continue reading Pierre Png, Siti Khalijah and Nathan Hartono Join SRT’s All-Star Cast of ‘Legally Blonde’

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