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Fashion, Fashion Forward, Singapore

Fashion Forward: Singapore Fashion Council unveils new rebrand and strategic positioning

Amid fast-evolving consumer trends, the Singapore Fashion Council (SFC), formerly known as the Textile and Fashion Federation, has unveiled its new rebrand and strategic positioning to better support the aspirations of its members and the wider fashion industry. Aimed at building a more connected fashion ecosystem, the trade association pivoted its role as a catalyst for new and diverse partnerships across sectors and geographics to … Continue reading Fashion Forward: Singapore Fashion Council unveils new rebrand and strategic positioning

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Arts, Preview, Theatre

Toy Factory’s For My Highness: An Interview with director Adeeb Fazah and playwright Shaleihin Pi’ee

Toy Factory Productions Ltd has never shied away from nurturing the next generation of thetaremakers, with programmes such as playwright incubation programme The Wright Stuff and their more experimental Lab Projects. Next week, the company will be turning the spotlight on their DIRECT ENTRY programme, a director-mentorship programme led by Toy Factory Artistic Director Goh Boon Teck, as the chosen mentee culminates the mentorship with … Continue reading Toy Factory’s For My Highness: An Interview with director Adeeb Fazah and playwright Shaleihin Pi’ee

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Arts, Preview, Theatre

Preview: Toy Factory’s DIRECT ENTRY returns with new play, “For My Highness” by Shaleihin Pi’ee

Toy Factory Productions Ltd’s director-mentorship programme, DIRECT ENTRY, returns for it’s second season to bestow promising theatre director, Adeeb Fazah with a timely original script, For My Highness – which spotlights on the crippling vices of substance abuse and its inevitable infliction onto familial ties. DIRECT ENTRY is spearheaded and mentored by award-winning director, Goh Boon Teck, as an initiative to nurture more theatre directors … Continue reading Preview: Toy Factory’s DIRECT ENTRY returns with new play, “For My Highness” by Shaleihin Pi’ee

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Art What!, Visual Art

Art What!: Affordable Art Fair Singapore returns after 3-year hiatus

After a three-year hiatus, the 15th edition of Affordable Art Fair Singapore returns this weekend, running from 18 – 20 November at the F1 Pit Building to reconnect and engage with art lovers, collectors, and the art community. This also makes it the first major, international art fair in the country since the pandemic. Featuring 80 local and international galleries from 21 countries, this year’s … Continue reading Art What!: Affordable Art Fair Singapore returns after 3-year hiatus

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Arts, Interview, Theatre

Kalaa Utsavam 2022: An Interview with Playwright/Director A Yagnya on ‘Between 5 Cows and the Deep Blue Sea’

When theatremaker A Yagnya’s play Between 5 Cows and the Deep Blue Sea was given a dramatised reading in 2020, we praised it as ‘relatable, fun and poignant’, impressed and hoping for it to receive a full staging at some point. 2 years later, and that staging is finally happening, as part of the Esplanade’s 2022 Kalaa Utsavam – Indian Festival of Arts. Written and … Continue reading Kalaa Utsavam 2022: An Interview with Playwright/Director A Yagnya on ‘Between 5 Cows and the Deep Blue Sea’

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Arts, Interview, Theatre

Kingdoms Apart: An Interview with Playwright/Director Chong Tze Chien on adapting the Mahābhārata

The Indian epic The Mahabharata is often considered ‘the longest poem ever written’, charting an age old battle between two groups of cousins in the Kurukshetra War for power. To date, it remains one of the most well-known texts in world mythology, and has received countless retellings and adaptations over the years. For theatremaker Chong Tze Chien, The Mahabharata has held a special place in … Continue reading Kingdoms Apart: An Interview with Playwright/Director Chong Tze Chien on adapting the Mahābhārata

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Arts, Review, SRT, Theatre

★★★★☆ Review: The Almighty Sometimes by Singapore Repertory Theatre

Newcomer Arielle Jasmine delivers a stellar performance in this play about the side effects of psychotropics and perils of parenthood. Category Score (out of 10) Direction (Daniel Jenkins) 8 Script (Kendall Feaver) 7 Performance (Arielle Jasmine Van Zuijlen, Karen Tan, Salif Hardie, Shona Benson) 9 Set Design (Eucien Chia) 7 Lighting Design (Gabriel Chan) 10 Sound Design (Daniel Wong) 8 Costumes (Leonard Augustine Choo) 8 … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: The Almighty Sometimes by Singapore Repertory Theatre

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Arts, Preview, Theatre

Practice Tuckshop’s Recess Time Receives #CreateCOP27 Honourable Mention

The Theatre Practice has announced that Practice Tuckshop’s flagship programme Recess Time has been chosen as one of the twenty honourable mentions for #CreateCOP27.  An “ugly” produce lunch party, Recess Time is a long-running participatory work which stages a social event, i.e. lunch, as the site for performance and engagement. Combining cooking, making conversation and storytelling into a single encounter, invited home cooks and professional … Continue reading Practice Tuckshop’s Recess Time Receives #CreateCOP27 Honourable Mention

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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview

Setting Their Sights: An Interview with star Mina Kaye, producer Derrick Chew, and musical director Joanne Ho on ‘Mina Kaye – Live In Concert’

Mina Kaye is without a doubt, one of the most talented local performers around. Blessed with a voice that matches the quality of some of the most renowned songstresses in history, the actress has just come off a successful run of End of The Rainbow as Judy Garland, but her star power just keeps rising. Next week, she’ll be headlining her very own one-night only … Continue reading Setting Their Sights: An Interview with star Mina Kaye, producer Derrick Chew, and musical director Joanne Ho on ‘Mina Kaye – Live In Concert’

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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview

Preview: Mina Kaye – Live In Concert 2022

Hot off her critically-acclaimed role as Judy Garland in Pangdemonium’s End of the Rainbow, Mina Kaye is back at the Drama Centre Theatre for a one-night only concert, with Mina Kaye: Live In Concert this November. As one of Singapore’s most celebrated musical voices, Mina Kaye has made a name for herself, starring in over 20 musicals, including RENT, Into the Woods and Company. In … Continue reading Preview: Mina Kaye – Live In Concert 2022

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