Tag: september

Arts, Competition, Preview, Sing Theatre, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., SOTA Drama Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Companies, Theatres

Sing’theatre’s Souvenir: An Interview with Director Samantha Scott-Blackhall and star Leigh McDonald

This September, Sing’theatre returns with an all new production of Souvenir! Based off the life of opera singer Florence Foster Jenkins, famed for her inability to sing, Souvenir! promises a show that will fill any audience member with verve, life and hope that passions are meant to be pursued, and any dream can be achieved. We spoke to director Samantha Scott-Blackhall and star of Souvenir! Leigh McDonald, who will be starring as … Continue reading Sing’theatre’s Souvenir: An Interview with Director Samantha Scott-Blackhall and star Leigh McDonald

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Preview: M1 Asian Netball Championships 2018

Come this September, witness the very best of netball action at the M1 Asian Netball Championships 2018 at the Singapore Sports Hub! Considered the region’s most prestigious netball championship, a grand total of 12 Asian nations will be competing for the title, the largest number yet, with women from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, Japan, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Philippines, Maldives, India, Hong Kong, and Pakistan vying for the … Continue reading Preview: M1 Asian Netball Championships 2018

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Arts, Museums, National Gallery, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Lim Cheng Hoe – Painting Singapore at the National Gallery

National Gallery Singapore launches an all new exhibition this week, featuring an ode to seminal plein-air (the art of painting outdoors) artist Lim Cheng Hoe. Entitled Painting Singapore, the exhibition features over 60 artworks, sketches and archival materials highlighting the his career over four decades and mastery over outdoor watercolour landscape painting. Although largely self taught, Lim also studied painting under the then-art inspector of schools, Richard Walker, and … Continue reading Preview: Lim Cheng Hoe – Painting Singapore at the National Gallery

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Preview: Silver Arts Festival 2018

The National Arts Council’s Silver Arts 2018 returns this September as seniors and their families once again come together to celebrate and appreciate the arts together. Held all around the country, a choice selection of events have been curated featuring a line-up of veteran artists and acts to encourage inter-generational bonding and creative ageing.  Held across four weekends from 6th to 30th September, this seventh … Continue reading Preview: Silver Arts Festival 2018

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Preview: Universal Studios Singapore’s Halloween Horror Nights 8

After seven years of bringing scares to thrill-seeking visitors from all around, Universal Studios Singapore’s Halloween Horror Nights is upping the ante further still as it lurches its way into town once again this September. Running from 27th September to 31st October, the 8th (or cleverly, the ∞th/infinite) edition of Halloween Horror Nights (HHN8) is here to bring Infinite Fear with five haunted houses, three killer live … Continue reading Preview: Universal Studios Singapore’s Halloween Horror Nights 8

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Preview: Taipei Arts Festival 2018 – Assembly 為了～～在一起

It’s always a source of pride when we see and hear about Singaporeans making it big somewhere in the world. In the case of the 2018 Taipei Arts Festival (TAF), that Singaporean happens to be TAF 2018 artistic director Tang Fu Kuen, curating the programme and theme of the year. In this year’s 20th edition, the festival takes on the theme of ‘Assembly’, and 為了～～在一起 … Continue reading Preview: Taipei Arts Festival 2018 – Assembly 為了～～在一起

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Arts, Inside London, London, musical, Theatre

Preview: Jane Austen’s Persuasion by Theatre6 and Catherine Schreiber (UK Tour 2018)

LONDON – From the producers of the award-winning West End production The Scottsboro Boys comes an all new UK tour of Jane Austen’s Persusasion, opening this September at the Theatre Royal Winchester Produced by Theatre6 and Catherine Schreiber, Persusasion is based off Austen’s very first novel of the same name, and this new production is set to be a world premiere featuring original live music by Maria Haïk Escudero. Adapted for the stage … Continue reading Preview: Jane Austen’s Persuasion by Theatre6 and Catherine Schreiber (UK Tour 2018)

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Preview: Rock of Ages 2018 UK Tour

LONDON – Are you ready to relive the good old days, let your hair down and rock? Chris D’Arienzo and Ethan Popp’s beloved jukebox musical Rock of Ages is going on a new tour of the UK starting this September! Beginning its tour in Bromley’s Churchill Theatre, Rock of Ages tells a tale of chasing dreams set against a backdrop of everyone’s favourite rock songs, with a repertoire of … Continue reading Preview: Rock of Ages 2018 UK Tour

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Arts, Concert, Singapore

Preview: From Russia With Love by Yuri Bashmet and the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia (NUS Arts Festival 2018)

First established in 2012, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia already started off as a massive project, with 90 young musicians aged 10 to 22 years old from 40 Russian cities, sourced from a competition between classical music performers. Since then, the orchestra has produced countless professional musicians both renewing and preserving the cultural music of Russia, and has gone on to play at huge events, being the only … Continue reading Preview: From Russia With Love by Yuri Bashmet and the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia (NUS Arts Festival 2018)

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Preview: Souvenir – A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins by Sing’theatre

Meryl Streep may have popularised the story in a 2016 film, but this year, watch the story of infamous tone deaf opera singer Florence Foster Jenkins come to life onstage with Sing’theatre’s production of Souvenir! In this hilarious and heartwarming tale, watch as Singapore’s Hossan Leong takes on the role of Cosme McMoon, Florence’s accompanist on piano who lovingly tells the tale of her rise to fame … Continue reading Preview: Souvenir – A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins by Sing’theatre

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