SIFA 2019: Crowd by Gisèle Vienne (Review)
The lines of desire are powerfully drawn over one crazy night at the rave. While often considered a liminal space of chaos and pure freedom of expression, French choreographer Gisèle […]
SIFA 2019: Körper by Sasha Waltz & Hans Peter Kuhn (Review)
The discomfort of being in our own skin translates to the discomfort of being alive. Often considered one of her signature works, Sasha Waltz’s Körper has remained incredibly iconic and relevant […]
SIFA 2019: A Dream Under The Southern Bough – Reverie by Toy Factory (Review)
The second instalment of this adaptation of a Ming dynasty classic brims with potential – a quintessential Toy Factory production doing what they do best. Trust is an incredibly delicate […]
SIFA 2019: Ryuichi Sakamoto – Fragments with Shiro Takatani (Review)
A transcendent performance brilliantly portraying the struggle of art and life. Nobody ever said creating art was easy. But perhaps few people know it quite as well as living legend […]
SIFA 2019: Displaced Persons Welcome Dinner by Checkpoint Theatre (Review)
Humanitarian workers go through dreary office politics just like you and me. The issue of refugees and mass migration has been one of the hottest topics on everyone’s lips in […]
SIFA 2019: Oreste by Ifigenia by Tan Shou Chen and Ng Tian Hui (Review)
Reclaiming gender in this new adaptation of a classic Greek tale. In its various adaptations, Ifigenia at Tauris has seesawed between two perspectives. In Euripedes’ original play, like its title, the […]
SIFA 2019: ST/LL by Shiro Takatani, Dumb Type (Review)
The impossible task of putting the meditative mind onstage is achieved in this visually stunning work from Japan. Created by Japanese artist Shiro Takatani and his company Dumb Type, ST/LL is one […]
SIFA 2019: An Interview with Tan Shou Chen and Ng Tian Hui, Creators of Oreste by Ifigenia
Last weekend, local artists Tan Shou Chen and Ng Tian Hui will be presenting their brand new work, Oreste by Ifigenia, as part of the 2019 Singapore International Festival of Arts. Crafted […]
SIFA 2019: Ryuichi Sakamoto and Shiro Takatani in Conversation
Often considered one of the world’s most exciting living composers, it’s a rare treat to be able to come face to face with Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto before his performance […]
SIFA 2019: Frogman by curious directive (Review)
Red herring is the catch of the day in this deep dive into childhood trauma. As technology continues to develop year on year, it seems inevitable that various facets of […]
SIFA 2019: Bedtime Stories by URLAND (Review)
Let the power of stories map your dreams. One of the fondest memories of our childhoods is listening to our parents tell us a story before tucking us in to […]
SIFA 2019: The Mysterious Lai Teck by Ho Tzu Nyen (Review)
A brief history of a fictitious communist acts as the starting point for which to deconstruct the very nature of truth itself. Far too often in the recording of history, […]
SIFA 2019: Peter and the Wolf by Silo Theatre (Review)
Joyous, modern take on Prokofiev’s classic that will enchant any child with the magic of theatre. Every once in a while, amidst the darkness and grit that so much of […]
SIFA 2019: Dionysus by Suzuki Company of Toga & Purnati Indonesia (Review)
Tadashi Suzuki draws out the wicked and the divine from a classic Greek tragedy . Staging a classic Greek tragedy has never been an easy feat for any theatre company […]
SIFA 2019: Beware of Pity by Schaubühne Berlin & Complicité (Review)
Crippling guilt is the driving force of tragedy in this co-production between Schaubühne Berlin and Simon McBurney After closing SIFA 2018 with An Enemy of the People, Germany’s Schaubühne Berlin has now […]
SIFA 2019: An Interview with Festival Director Gaurav Kripalani
We’re less than a week away from the launch of the 2019 Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA), marking the second year of Gaurav Kripalani’s stint as Festival Director, and […]
