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Review: Broadway Beng – Last Beng Standing by Dream Academy

With a line-up of catchy numbers, a talented trio of chio buus and the ever-charming Sebastian Tan, Broadway Beng is better than ever before.  It’s hard to imagine that when Broadway Beng first premiered 13 years ago, little would Dream Academy have imagined that it would grow to become the icon of local theatre that it is today. And with Broadway Beng: Last Beng Standing (directed … Continue reading Review: Broadway Beng – Last Beng Standing by Dream Academy

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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview, Singapore

Preview: SSO National Day Concert by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Brush. Lift. Reflect. Dance. These are just some of the words that infuse Flowing Sleeves, an expressive cello concerto inspired by Chinese operatic dance, written by American-Chinese composer Zhou Tian in collaboration with renowned cellist Wang Jian, who will be performing it this August in its Singaporean premiere, at the prestigious Esplanade Concert Hall. Also featured will be a brand new work by local composer Joyce … Continue reading Preview: SSO National Day Concert by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

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Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) presents Jemima Wyman’s …like a siren it repeats

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Australian artist Jemima Wyman’s practice encompasses performance, video, installation, photography and painting. Her most recent work focuses on patterns and masking used by marginalised groups to gain power (aka counterpower). Through this work she investigates visual resistance: specifically camouflage as a formal, social and political strategy in negotiating identity. With her latest work then, …like a siren it repeats sees Wyman presenting new collages that … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) presents Jemima Wyman’s …like a siren it repeats

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Arts, Chinese Theatre, Esplanade Theatre, musical, Review, Singapore

Review: Love Ya Mom! by (爱呀，我的妈!) by Godot Theatre Company

Heartwarming tale that’ll bring anyone closer to their mom. There’s just some nights you need nothing more than a simple and clean musical to reassure and make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Most recently, that musical happens to be Taiwanese theatre company Godot Theatre’s Love Ya Mom!, which played at the Esplanade Theatre in its overseas debut. Directed by Liang Chi-Ming, with music by acclaimed … Continue reading Review: Love Ya Mom! by (爱呀，我的妈!) by Godot Theatre Company

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Arts, Dance with Me, Review, Singapore

M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2019: M1 Open Stage – Programme B (Review)

Four thought-provoking works from female choreographers and dancers.  The M1 Contact Dance Festival’s Open Stage programme remains one of the most exciting parts of the festival each year, gathering international dance talents to perform alongside local ones to showcase a range of the very best contemporary choreographies of today, from the playful to the profound. With Programme B, we caught four very different works from female … Continue reading M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2019: M1 Open Stage – Programme B (Review)

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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview, Singapore

Preview: Concerts for Children – Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

This September, get ready for a musical adventure like no other, as the Singapore Symphony Orchestra presents Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood. Watch this refreshing retelling of the classic children’s musical tale by Prokofiev, transported to modern-day Los Angeles – and now at the Esplanade with a big screen, as the Orchestra acompanies the film live. When a wolf escapes from the zoo, Peter is soon … Continue reading Preview: Concerts for Children – Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

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Project Plait: An Interview with Founder and Choreographer Naomi Tan

Project Plait’s unique set-up of a dinning experience combined with dance has seen it through 5 successful years, most recently with 2018’s A Samsui Love Affair, which impressed us when it played last year as part of the Singapore Food Festival. Once again, the stellar team is back as part of the festival, this time with a brand new show and concept The Mem’s Servants. Set in 1921, The … Continue reading Project Plait: An Interview with Founder and Choreographer Naomi Tan

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Mooncake Season 2019: St. Regis Singapore’s Yan Ting

For this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, Yan Ting at The St. Regis Singapore welcomes an exquisite mooncake collection of traditional baked favourites and mini snow skin treats, handcrafted to perfection by the restaurant’s Dim Sum and Pastry Chef Vanness Chai. This year’s menu offers time-honoured baked mooncakes appealing to connoisseurs of the traditional craft, while its ensemble of snow skin mooncakes introduces a wealth of flavours … Continue reading Mooncake Season 2019: St. Regis Singapore’s Yan Ting

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M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2019: Mr Sign by T.H.E Dance Company (Review)

  Absurd, dystopian world where thoughts and language are thrown into disarray.  First performed in 2013, the 2019 M1 Contact Festival brings back Kim Jae Duk’s first full-length production for T.H.E Dance Company, the endlessly fascinating Mr Sign for a single public performance. Composed and choreographed by Kim, Mr Sign is set in an absurd, dystopian-like society, as members of T.H.E (Anthea Seah, Brandon Khoo, Lynette Lim, Ng Zu You, … Continue reading M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2019: Mr Sign by T.H.E Dance Company (Review)

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Review: First Fleet (第一舰队) by Nine Years Theatre and Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre

Steering audiences to believe in the redemptive power of art. Written and directed by Nelson Chia, First Fleet marks a bold move for the Nine Years Theatre artistic director, clearly differentiating them from the rest of the companies producing works relating to Singapore’ colonial history this year. Taking inspiration from both historical figures and Thomas Keneally’s novel The Playmaker, First Fleet instead focuses on Australia’s colonial history. And more specifically, the … Continue reading Review: First Fleet (第一舰队) by Nine Years Theatre and Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre

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