Tag: Singapore

Art What!, Arts, National Gallery, Singapore, Visual Art

Art What!: Figuring A Scene at National Gallery Singapore

How do you understand and make sense of artworks? Dr. Patrick Flores, Deputy Director of Curatorial and Research at National Gallery Singapore suggests that elements from nature can lend meaning by animating social forms and shaping each viewer’s unique understanding of artworks. This inquiry is explored in National Gallery Singapore’s upcoming exhibition, Figuring a Scene, which runs till 1st December 2024. Housed in Dalam Southeast … Continue reading Art What!: Figuring A Scene at National Gallery Singapore

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Art What!, Arts, National Gallery, Singapore, Visual Art

Art What!: Cheong Soo Pieng – Layer by Layer at National Gallery Singapore

Step into a fascinating world of stories within leading Singaporean artist Cheong Soo Pieng’s artworks with National Gallery Singapore’s new exhibition Cheong Soo Pieng: Layer by Layer. The free exhibition is Southeast Asia’s first to use in-depth material analysis, through tools such as x-ray scans and infrared photography to reveal fresh insights into Cheong’s artistic processes and innovative use of materials. Layer by Layer breaks … Continue reading Art What!: Cheong Soo Pieng – Layer by Layer at National Gallery Singapore

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Arts, Preview, Theatre

TRIP 2024: An Interview with Renee Yeong on directing ‘How I Learned To Drive’, finding balance and her place as a director in Singapore

Renee Yeong is a bit of a superwoman. Maintaining a full-time job against her theatrical pursuits, the young theatremaker has just come off directing a successful production of George Brant’s Grounded for Singapore Theatre Company, and is ready to present another production less than a month after closing, with Paula Vogel’s How I Learned To Drive. Marking her second and ‘graduating’ production for the Esplanade’s … Continue reading TRIP 2024: An Interview with Renee Yeong on directing ‘How I Learned To Drive’, finding balance and her place as a director in Singapore

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Arts, Preview, Theatre

TRIP 2024: An Interview with Sim Yan Ying ‘YY’ on directing ‘pass·ages’ and the process of collaborative learning and the joy of creation

Theatremaker Sim Yan Ying ‘YY’ may only be in her 20s, but she’s already able to list a slew of artistic achievements to her name across both Singapore and New York, starting from humble devised works, to experiments online, to working with major theatre companies such as T:>works and W!ld Rice. Now, fresh from a rejuvenating break, YY returns to the Esplanade to complete her … Continue reading TRIP 2024: An Interview with Sim Yan Ying ‘YY’ on directing ‘pass·ages’ and the process of collaborative learning and the joy of creation

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Music, Preview

Drop The Beat: ZHU comes to Zouk this April for a genre melding live set

Grammy-nominated sensation ZHU has released final tickets for his gig at Zouk Singapore on Friday, 12th April. With over 4.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify, ZHU has been featured extensively across channels like Mixmag, DJ Mag, Billboard, Wonderland, This Song is Sick, and is set to bring his biggest hits from before, and new bangers from his upcoming album GRACE. Renowned for his forward-thinking approach to music, the American-Chinese DJ promises a … Continue reading Drop The Beat: ZHU comes to Zouk this April for a genre melding live set

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Arts, Interview, Preview, Theatre

An Interview with director TJ Taylor and actor Vanessa Kee on Sing’theatre’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’

Before they became legendary composers and lyricists for some of Disney’s biggest feature film songs, Howard Ashman and Alan Menken worked on a small musical theatre show called Little Shop of Horrors in 1982. In the years since it premiered off-off-Broadway, Little Shop of Horrors has emerged to become a cult favourite productions among musical theatre fans, receiving a film adaptation, and multiple restagings, including … Continue reading An Interview with director TJ Taylor and actor Vanessa Kee on Sing’theatre’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’

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Arts, Music, Preview

Preview: A Tapestry of Sacred Music 2024 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

Now in its 15th edition, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay’s A Tapestry of Sacred Music returns once more to bless audiences with religious music, showcasing the spirituality of sound to bring peace to our hearts in this conflict-ridden reality we live in. As always, the festival aims to help audiences better appreciate the beauty of others through art, with these songs and dances performed … Continue reading Preview: A Tapestry of Sacred Music 2024 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

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Arts, Review, Theatre

★★★★★ Review: The Death of Singapore Theatre as Scripted by The Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore by Wild Rice

Restaging of experimental, genre-bending script plays with the meta and makes a plea for less censorship. When it was first staged in 2022 as part of The Substation’s SeptFest, we declared Alfian Sa’at’s The Death of Singapore Theatre as Scripted by The Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (The Death of Singapore Theatre) as the production of the year, mostly owing to its sincerity in … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: The Death of Singapore Theatre as Scripted by The Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore by Wild Rice

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★★★★★ Review: Taha by Singapore Theatre Company

Monologue on Palestinian poet’s life nimbly sidesteps overt politics to encourage hope and empathy in shared humanity. 8,000 kilometres away in the Gaza Strip, a terrible war rages on. It is the culmination of decades of conflict, where countless innocent lives have been lost, key infrastructure and history are stripped away by bombs, and the world watches on, helplessly bearing witness to the loss as … Continue reading ★★★★★ Review: Taha by Singapore Theatre Company

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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview, Singapore

Music Is: Singapore International Piano Festival 2024

The 30th edition of the Singapore International Piano Festival (SIPF), presented by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO), is set to take place from 6 to 9 June 2024 at the Victoria Concert Hall. Led by Artistic Director and Singaporean pianist Lim Yan, the SIPF is recognised as Asia’s premier piano festival, showcasing international musical excellence annually. In line with previous editions, the festival will feature … Continue reading Music Is: Singapore International Piano Festival 2024

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