Preview: Esplanade presents The Studios 2019 – The Weight Of A Stone In A Pocket

Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay returns with another season of intimate performances with The Studios 2019. This year, the programme takes on the theme The weight of a stone in a pocket, referring to the concept of how stones in one’s pocket are often forgotten, yet the moment one reaches in to touch and feel it, one is triggered to remember the reason for its presence … Continue reading Preview: Esplanade presents The Studios 2019 – The Weight Of A Stone In A Pocket

Preview: Skechers Sundown Festival 2019 – Asia Music Wonderland

The Skechers Sundown Festival, Asia’s definitive music and arts festival, returns to Singapore for its 10th and biggest edition to date this April. Organised by Red Spade Entertainment and presented by Skechers, the festival gathers some of the best artists, both musical and visual, to our island for a larger-than-life 3D2N party. Uniting artists from 11 countries, expect to catch architects, films, musicians and more … Continue reading Preview: Skechers Sundown Festival 2019 – Asia Music Wonderland

Beat Saber Cup: Singapore’s Largest Virtual Reality Gaming Tournament Hits CapitaLand Malls This March

Got rhythm? You might just be able to use that skill and score yourself S$35,000 in STAR$® and prizes at CapitaLand’s first ever Virtual Reality Gaming Tournament! At the Beat Saber Cup, shoppers are set to slash, swipe and duck their way to victory as they channel their inner intergalactic warrior as they engage in a little Beat Saber, a brand new VR rhythm game prior … Continue reading Beat Saber Cup: Singapore’s Largest Virtual Reality Gaming Tournament Hits CapitaLand Malls This March

Review: It Takes All Kinds by Theatre for Seniors (The Necessary Stage)

Community theatre-style presentation of honest, heartfelt stories. The Necessary Stage’s (TNS) Theatre for Seniors programme turns 10 this year, and over the last decade, has slowly but surely instilled a small interest group of seniors with the power of theatre and the arts. Over the last weekend, the community theatre group presented devised work It Takes All Kinds this weekend, comprising a medley of scenes inspired by the … Continue reading Review: It Takes All Kinds by Theatre for Seniors (The Necessary Stage)

Wine and Dine Specials at Marina Bay Sands

Signature restaurants at Marina Bay Sands continue to delight with special wine dinners and menus in the month of February and March. From an indulgent Champagne X Caviar dinner at Adrift by David Myers, a Billecart-Salmon Wine Dinner at db Bistro & Oyster Bar, to a three-day crab feast at Rise and a monthly Italian Regional Series at Nostra Cucina, diners are bound to find … Continue reading Wine and Dine Specials at Marina Bay Sands

Review: Anak Melayu by Teater Kami

A bleak portrait of the problems haunting Malay youth.  The teenage years can be hard, but when you belong to a certain group or class bogged down by stereotypes, it can be even harder. For the six Malay youths in Noor Effendy Ibrahim’s Anak Melayu, teenagehood is practically a nightmare, as each one deals with a different facet of discrimination, all messed up even before … Continue reading Review: Anak Melayu by Teater Kami

Review: Still Life by Checkpoint Theatre

An activist uses art as a means of  finding new ways of seeing and recalling her mother.  Former AWARE president Dana Lam is known more for being an activist than an artist. But take a peek at her biography in the programme booklet, and you’ll notice that she’s performed in more shows that you’d expect. In addition, Dana is also a trained painter, and it … Continue reading Review: Still Life by Checkpoint Theatre

An Interview with the Cast of BASE Entertainment Asia’s Matilda the Musical

Based off Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s novel of the same name, Matilda the Musical has finally made its Singapore premiere, and is set to stun audiences for the month it plays at the Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands with its timeless tale of a misfit schoolgirl standing up for what’s right, and discovering she has a few secrets of her own. At the media call, we … Continue reading An Interview with the Cast of BASE Entertainment Asia’s Matilda the Musical

Huayi Festival 2019: Painted Skin by Singapore Chinese Orchestra (Review)

Western meets Chinese opera in a spectacle to remember. Inspired by the short story of the same name from Pu Songling’s Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai Ziyi), the Singapore Chinese Opera adapts Painted Skin for the stage as a 100 minute opera in concert. The classic tale follows a Chinese scholar when he comes across a beautiful woman crying in the rain, giving her an … Continue reading Huayi Festival 2019: Painted Skin by Singapore Chinese Orchestra (Review)

Preview: FAUST/US (浮世/德) by Nine Years Theatre

“I often feel like there are two souls living in me. One with an overwhelming zest with love for life, desperately clinging onto the world and all its wonders, the other is immensely yearns to fly above the dust, and into the light.” The classic tale of a deal with the devil gets the Nine Years Theatre (NYT) treatment as the company presents FAUST/US this March. … Continue reading Preview: FAUST/US (浮世/德) by Nine Years Theatre