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Examining the hard truths that hurt most. There are always two sides to every person – the public self we present to the world, and the private one we keep to ourselves. And for many of us, these secret selves could spell disaster if they became known, from being shunned by society, to crushing entire careers. But really, why is it that we’re so quick … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Pandan by Rupa co.lab
Now in its 31st year, Singaporean theatre company Drama Box will be introducing a new leadership structure for 2021 and beyond, with two co-artistic directors. Kok Heng Leun, who served as Artistic Director since the group’s founding in 1990, now sharing the responsibilities with Koh Hui Ling. Heng Leun feels it is only natural for Hui Ling to step into the role of Co-Artistic Director, … Continue reading Drama Box announces 2021 season, with Koh Hui Ling and Kok Heng Leun as Co-Artistic Directors
The National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) is celebrating National Mentoring Month this January with the introduction of its mentorship initiative – the Film Facilitation Fund programme. Organised by *SCAPE, a non-profit organisation, and conceptualised by Huang Junxiang, NYFA 2020’s Youth Inspiration Award winner, the programme will see five internationally renowned filmmakers mentoring five past year NYFA winners. The mentors include Mike Wiluan, co-producer of 2019’s … Continue reading Film Fanatic: International award-winning directors to mentor National Youth Film Awards youth
Following Sir David Attenborough’s incredible five-part natural history series, A Perfect Planet, which premiered on BBC Earth and BBC Player in January, BBC Earth is building on the appetite for more inspiration and tips on caring for the planet with a dedicated Eco Season. Starting every Sunday from 7 February to 28 March, viewers can learn more and be inspired to create everyday change through special programmes scheduled within … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Earth Presents the Eco Season
It’s going to be a month of abundance this February as BBC Studios presents a collection of programmes for you to enjoy during Chinese New Year. First up, kick start the month with BBC’s Eco Season – a month long stint aimed at encouraging individuals to adopt more eco-friendly habits in 2021. Featuring investigative documentaries such as Extinction: The Facts and Feast to Save the Planet, viewers can … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows – February 2021
A closer look at the relationship we share with the city we live in. Amidst our bustling lives in a metropolitan city, perhaps we spend far too little time thinking about our relationship with it. Dancer Matthew Goh however, has taken inspiration from this idea, not only as reflection, but as an entire project where he transforms our responses to our urban environment into movement. … Continue reading Review: XITY by RAW Moves
Heartfelt one woman show of a Hispanic family’s struggles as migrants in Canada. In Carol Ann Duffy’s poem Foreign, the Scottish poet invites readers to imagine themselves as a migrant in a strange country, where ‘You think/in a language of your own and talk in theirs’. Unless you’ve lived in a country with a vastly different culture from your own for an extended period of … Continue reading Review: I, Frida by Ay, Caramba! Theatre
Haunting, moving dance work embodying what it means to hold on when everything is falling apart. When a country has no contemporary arts scene to speak of, it would be easy for one of the only contemporary dancers to use it as an excuse to produce less than stellar work. But for the New Cambodian Artists, Snow Whitening Revisited is more than enough proof that … Continue reading Review: Snow Whitening Revisited by New Cambodian Artists
In celebration of Thaipusam on Thursday, 28th January 2021, The Arts House will be presenting a virtual edition of the festival’s pilgrimage route through a web app. Through an interactive audio-visual-text experience, audiences will be able to discover the cultural significance of this festival. “Throughout human history, art has provided for our needs, which at times include solace, ritual, and togetherness. With Thaipusam being substantially … Continue reading Preview: Vel Vel – A Sonic Walk by The Arts House
As a follow up to her recently-released 5-track EP, ‘Blooms’, Singaporean singer-songwriter Jean Tan will be releasing a remix of her spellbinding single, ‘Oak Cherry Wine’. Produced by Singaporean music producer, Feng Lee, the synth-pop-soul remix is a collaboration with Korean Youtube artist 양중은Yang Jung Eun and will be available on all music platforms on 29th January 2021. Written in her distinctive, bluesy vein, ‘Oak Cherry … Continue reading Music Is: Jean Tan releases remix of single ‘Oak Cherry Wine’
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