Tag: Singapore

Art What!, Arts, Singapore

Museum Musings: Slices by Wedhar Riyadi at Yavuz Gallery

This May, Yavuz Gallery presents Indonesian-artist Wedhar Riyadi in his first solo exhibition in five years. Titled Slices, the show comprises nine paintings from his new body of work that explores the psychological depths of popular cultural imagery and its implications on the production of reality and the ideal body. Based in Jogjakarta, Indonesia, Wedhar is part of a group of Indonesian artists whose work … Continue reading Museum Musings: Slices by Wedhar Riyadi at Yavuz Gallery

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Arts, Review, Singapore, The Necessary Stage, Theatre, Theatre Companies, Theatres

Review: Civilised by The Necessary Stage

An audacious celebration of the Singapore Bicentennial and our post-colonial hangups in true TNS fashion.  From the very moment the Singapore Bicentennial was announced, fiery controversy was sparked as the sheer audacity of such an event was called into question. After all, which country actually celebrates the anniversary of their colonisation? It is from this central question that The Necessary Stage’s newest production seems to be … Continue reading Review: Civilised by The Necessary Stage

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Arts, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

Preview: How I Learned To Drive by Wag the Dog Theatre

Wag the Dog Theatre is back this June for their annual mainstage production. Once again playing at the Drama Centre Black Box, this year, they’re presenting Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned to Drive. Having premiered in March 1997, How I Learned to Drive is set in rural America in the 1960s, and exploring the life of L’il Bit, a teenage girl as she comes … Continue reading Preview: How I Learned To Drive by Wag the Dog Theatre

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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview, Singapore

Singapore International Piano Festival 2019: An Interview with Festival Director Lim Yan

The 26th edition of the Singapore International Piano Festival returns this May and brings together four of the world’s best virtuoso pianists, each performing solo at the Victoria Concert Hall over the four day festival. In the lead-up to the performances, we spoke to Singaporean pianist Lim Yan, the newly appointed Artistic Director of the festival and the first in SSO history to be an … Continue reading Singapore International Piano Festival 2019: An Interview with Festival Director Lim Yan

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Arts, Film, Singapore

Television Time: Local Video Company The Hummingbird Co. Launches New Web Series ‘One Take’

  Local experimental video company The Hummingbird Co. has launched a brand new independent web series One Take, which, as its title suggests, comprises entirely of single-take episodes, with a narrative centred around a group of youths whose life-changing moments unravel in real time. The concept of One Take arose as the showrunners found a need to create honest conversations within the digital space, holding up a mirror … Continue reading Television Time: Local Video Company The Hummingbird Co. Launches New Web Series ‘One Take’

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72-13, Arts, Music, Preview, Singapore, Theatreworks

Preview: TheatreWorks Writers’ Lab – N.O.W. 2019

Theatreworks’ Writers’ Lab programme has been in place since the 1990s, continually encouraging and developing Singapore playwriting with its varied programmes. But this year, they’re changing up the formula a little, and integrating the brand new Not Ordinary Work (N.O.W.) into the programme, dedicating a three week programme to celebrating, as its title suggests, work that goes beyond the ordinary. Helmed by theatre practitioner Noorlinah Mohamed, N.O.W. is an interdiciplinary … Continue reading Preview: TheatreWorks Writers’ Lab – N.O.W. 2019

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Concert, Music, Singapore

Steinway Gallery Singapore presents Pioneering Pianists of Southeast Asia this June, Introduces Latest SPIRIO|r Technology

Steinway Gallery Singapore presents Pioneering Pianists of Southeast Asia this June, featuring two regional pianists who have established a presence for the region in the international music scene and advocated cultural heritage through the piano. The two pianists featured are Steinway Artists Dr Raul Sunico from the Philippines and Nat Yontararak from Thailand, who will celebrate their legacies using the latest Steinway’s proprietary technology to perform, record … Continue reading Steinway Gallery Singapore presents Pioneering Pianists of Southeast Asia this June, Introduces Latest SPIRIO|r Technology

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Art What!, Arts, Singapore

Museum Musings: Repeat, Repeat, Repeat; Revising The Phenomenon of Printing at The Private Museum

The Private Museum presents a brand new group exhibition this May. Titled Repeat, Repeat, Repeat; revising the phenomenon of printing, the exhibition is curated by Zaki Razak and will run from 17th May to 7th July 2019, as the second second edition of the museum’s Guest Curator series. In the exhibition, Zaki Razak has brought together the print work of seven different artists, namely Miguel Chew, Weixin … Continue reading Museum Musings: Repeat, Repeat, Repeat; Revising The Phenomenon of Printing at The Private Museum

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Singapore

Preview: AIA Glow Festival 2019

Get ready to dedicate a whole day to rest, relaxation and yourself with the AIA Glow Festival on 25th May 2019. Taking place across 15,000sqm of space on Sentosa Island, the inaugural edition of the festival presents a brand-new spectrum of unique experiences and activities allowing all to find reconnection within themselves, as it gathers established local brands in food, music and wellness alongside internationally … Continue reading Preview: AIA Glow Festival 2019

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Arts, Esplanade Theatre, Preview, Singapore, Theatre, Theatres

Preview: Esplanade Presents – The Far Side of the Moon by Ex Machina/Robert Lepage

The Esplanade is set for one of their biggest productions of the year, as they present visionary Canadian theatre director Robert Lepage’s The Far Side of the Moon this November. Touching on a narrative set against the backdrop of the race to the moon between the Americans and the Russians, our story instead centres on Philippe, a struggling introverted philosopher, and his younger brother Andre, a successful … Continue reading Preview: Esplanade Presents – The Far Side of the Moon by Ex Machina/Robert Lepage

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