Museum Musings: National Gallery Singapore and ArtScience Museum Set to Present First Exhibition on Minimalism in Southeast Asia

For the first time ever, National Gallery Singapore and ArtScience Museum will be embarking on an exciting collaboration this November to present the region’s first exhibition focusing on Minimalism. With the Gallery taking the lead, over 130 works will be displayed across the two sites to explore the history and legacy of the movement, which still has plenty of influence on art forms, practitioners and even … Continue reading Museum Musings: National Gallery Singapore and ArtScience Museum Set to Present First Exhibition on Minimalism in Southeast Asia

Preview: Got To Move 2018 by National Arts Council

The fourth edition of the National Arts Council’s (NAC) Got to Move (GTM) is back this October to get the public on their feet and dancing away! Celebrating Singapore’s diverse dance forms all across the nation, the initiative aims to grow appreciation for dance in Singapore and in this edition, will explore creative ways of bringing Singaporeans together through its programming. GTM 2018 will engage the … Continue reading Preview: Got To Move 2018 by National Arts Council

Review: Oedipus (鞭爱) by Toy Factory

An innovative staging turns this twisted police procedural into a living nightmare.  If there’s one play this year that should come with a warning for the faint of heart, it’s Toy Factory’s Oedipus. Directed by Toy Factory artistic director Goh Boon Teck and written by Zhu Xin Chen, Oedipus, much like its title suggests, concerns itself with socially and sexually perverse themes that push the boundaries of what is … Continue reading Review: Oedipus (鞭爱) by Toy Factory

Review: Souvenir by Sing’theatre

An intimate production that hits the right notes.  There are few opera singers quite as infamous as Florence Foster Jenkins. Known precisely for her inability to sing, Souvenir recounts the unlikely friendship between Florence (Leigh McDonald) and her accompanist Cosme McMoon (Hossan Leong). Although initially skeptical and mortified, there is something incredibly earnest about Florence that keeps Cosme intrigued enough to follow her for 12 years, each finding … Continue reading Review: Souvenir by Sing’theatre

Preview: Golden Village’s 10th Love and Pride Festival

In the wake of recent developments in LGBTQ acceptance all around the world, from India’s repeal of of the penal code to Australia’s allowance for same-sex marriage, Singapore has once again become heated with debate over how our own laws should change in response to these developments, if at all. It feels timely then that Golden Village is celebrating the milestone 10th edition of the … Continue reading Preview: Golden Village’s 10th Love and Pride Festival

Toy Factory’s Lab Projects 2018: An Interview with Playwright Zhu Xin Chen and Director Goh Boon Teck of Oedipus (鞭爱)

This week, Toy Factory productions launches into their 2018 edition of the Lab Projects, presenting brand new plays staged in their own home in Chinatown at NOWPlaying@17. In the first of two works, the company will be presenting Zhu Xin Chen’s Oedipus, a dark mystery following a severely disabled man who has whipped his 50 year old mother to death. As we follow an officer determined to get … Continue reading Toy Factory’s Lab Projects 2018: An Interview with Playwright Zhu Xin Chen and Director Goh Boon Teck of Oedipus (鞭爱)

Preview: The Balvenie House of Craft by The General Company and The Balvenie

This September, The General Company joins forces with The Balvenie, the world’s most handcrafted whisky, in launching The Balvenie House of Craft, a pop-up, Open House assembly of the best-in-class and aspiring craftsmen, artisans and creators from Singapore and Asia. Taking place over four weekends, The Balvenie House of Craft  is the first ever public showcase of crafts by talented local makers, and will be taking over an old … Continue reading Preview: The Balvenie House of Craft by The General Company and The Balvenie

Pangdemonium’s Peter and the Starcatcher: An Interview with Tracie Pang, Adrian Pang and Carina McWhinnie

Pangdemonium returns for their final production of the season this September with a far lighter show than their usual fare – the Singaporean premiere of five-time Tony Award winning play Peter and the Starcatcher! Based on Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s novel of the same name, itself a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, Peter and the Starcatcher is a swashbuckling adventure on the high seas as the … Continue reading Pangdemonium’s Peter and the Starcatcher: An Interview with Tracie Pang, Adrian Pang and Carina McWhinnie

Preview: Kit Chan [25 Years On: A Time for Everything] Concert by KKBOX and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

Just about every Singaporean has heard Kit Chan before, most likely via our most beloved National Day song ‘Home’. But beyond that, our national icon and pop diva has had an incredibly illustrious career over the last 25 years, ranging from the lead role in hit musical Forbidden City, to countless Mandarin and Cantonese hits. Presented by KKBOX, Asia’s leading music streaming service and Esplanade – Theatres … Continue reading Preview: Kit Chan [25 Years On: A Time for Everything] Concert by KKBOX and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

Preview: Skandalkonzert by Jade Tan Shi Yu and Churen Li

A Following events such as Il Re Pastore and Life is Ha-Ha-Happiness, classical music forms have been seeing a rise in reinvention as they widen their appeal to a modern audience and change up the formula. This September, that reinvention will be pushed further still, as local mezzo-soprano Jade Tan Shi Yu and pianist Churen Li kick up a real ‘scandal’ – performing a classical music … Continue reading Preview: Skandalkonzert by Jade Tan Shi Yu and Churen Li