The Esplanade Theatre, as it is. A room on its own. A room of its own. Esplanade’s The Studios may have gone online this year, but with the easing of performance restrictions, and as 2021 looms ever closer, it seems that it’s finally time to welcome audiences back into the theatre to see the arts, live and in person. To kick start the year, the … Continue reading Preview: #THEATRE by INDEX
Mizuma Gallery has announced Baroque Archipelago, a group exhibition curated by Tan Siuli, featuring Indonesian artists Agan Harahap, Budi Agung Kuswara, LULULUTFILABIBI, Mella Jaarsma, Octora, and TOTON. Baroque Archipelago brings contemporary art and fashion in conversation with one another, to illuminate parallel approaches in creation and exploration of current issues. The exhibition title makes reference to both the baroque pearl as well as the Indonesian … Continue reading Art What!: Baroque Archipelago at Mizuma Gallery
With every edition of the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), one of the absolute highlights and most popular programmes ends up being the short films, with tickets often snapped up with fans and curious viewers interested in discovering the next big director in these works. Thanks to the Projector Plus, besides the in-cinema screening these short films received, viewers could also catch these films online, … Continue reading SGIFF Short Film Reviews: A reminder of the diversity and richness of Southeast Asian stories on screen
The Young Company explore promenade theatre and uncover ghosts of the pasts, while revealing a talented cast. In a year where the theatre scene has been forced to change, it makes sense that new productions would attempt to take on new forms and experimentations to adapt to the restricted performance landscape. And so it is for the Singapore Repertory Theatre’s latest batch of The Young … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Ghost Light by SRT’s The Young Company
False leads, freedom to explore and more content makes this a better realisation of Sight Lines’ vision for an online murder mystery. Following the wave of companies releasing archival footage of previous shows, one of the earliest companies to emerge with an original online production this year was Sight Lines Entertainment with Murder at Mandai Camp in June. Acting as a kind of stopgap measure … Continue reading Review: Murder at Mandai Camp – The Case Reopens by Sight Lines Productions
Spreading hope through dance this holiday season. Living in Singapore, perhaps one of the rarest commodities we can ask for it space. And in A Little RAW’s A Green Dot, not only do the members of this inclusive young dancers’ company explore it physically, through the concept of ‘guerilla gardening’, but also, metaphorically, as it posits the great big question – is there space for everyone … Continue reading Review: A Green Dot (2020) by A Little RAW
Wild Rice’s 2020 season has just come to an end, but already, they’re gearing up for a busy 2021 ahead. Not only will they be continuing to present the remainder of their Directors’ Residency presentations, but they’ve now announced an additional three shows to be presented in the first quarter of 2021. “In the face of ongoing uncertainty, we are only able to announce the … Continue reading Wild Rice announces two new shows and a re-run to kick off 2021
Showcasing the winners of this year’s 24-Hour Playwriting Competition. T:>works’ annual 24-Hour Playwriting Competition is one of Singapore’s longest running playwriting competitions, unique in how it puts competitors in different site-specific writing locations, and of course, the chance to discover brand new writing talent to contribute to the canon of Singapore scripts. With the COVID-19 pandemic this year, the competition was held in the only … Continue reading Review: How To Break A Window by T:>Works
Just in time for Christmas and the New Year, three new exhibitions have opened at the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM). Aimed at spotlighting the community of people behind the ACM, Faith Beauty Love Hope – Our Stories, Your ACM, Perfect Stranger, and thINK: Chinese Calligraphy, Connoisseurship and Collecting reveal the lesser-known side of the museum through stories from the perspectives of staff, tenants, partners, artists and collectors. … Continue reading Art What!: Faith Beauty Love Hope at the Asian Civilisations Museum
The kids are alright, as Wild Rice’s inaugural batch of Singapore Youth Theatre showcases what they’re made of. For a number of years now, in addition to their regular productions, Wild Rice has offered programmes for potential child actors (First Stage) and older, more experienced theatremakers in their adulthood (Young & Wild). But there’s never really been a similar platform for teens to go under … Continue reading Review: Schooled by Wild Rice’s Singapore Youth Theatre
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