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Familiar Faces In A Foreign Land: An Interview with Sandra Leong, Director of Old Chang Kee UK

LONDON – It’s not easy uprooting from one’s home and moving to a foreign country alone. If anything, it’s often the lack of familiarity and family that gets to you first, and even knowing full well the number of fellow Singaporeans in London, it’s hard not to miss home from time to time. That’s a feeling Ms Sandra Leong has encountered more than a couple of … Continue reading Familiar Faces In A Foreign Land: An Interview with Sandra Leong, Director of Old Chang Kee UK

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Arts, Review, Singapore

Review: The Scent of Memories by Kamini Ramachandran (ARTWALK Little India 2019)

Sharing stories while indulging in Indian-inspired cuisine.  If you haven’t made specific plans to go to CreatureS, it’s a location that could be easily missed, sitting quietly on a corner between a small alleyway and a long row of shops, the only ‘modern’ looking facade along the whole Desker Road. But step into the quaint fusion restaurant, and you’ll be greeted by a space that … Continue reading Review: The Scent of Memories by Kamini Ramachandran (ARTWALK Little India 2019)

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Arts, Review, Singapore

Review: Flowers of the Night by Kamini Ramachandran (ARTWALK Little India 2019)

Tales of rebirth, gender fluidity and karma from Singapore’s top storyteller Held as part of ARTWALK Little India 2019, in a small brick and mortar gallery housed  between Rowell Road and Desker Road, master storyteller Kamini Ramachandran returned for her fourth time performing at the festival to regale audiences with her tales of the past and the epic. Gathered around her as she knelt beside an altar-like … Continue reading Review: Flowers of the Night by Kamini Ramachandran (ARTWALK Little India 2019)

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Arts, Children's Theatre, Kids, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre.

Preview: Hullabaloo at the Artground

Following the 100 and 100 More Festival, The Artground returns with a brand new programme this September. Titled Hullabaloo, the four month programme promises visitors an explosion of colours, patterns and shapes sure to appeal to children’s exploration and discovery. During the period of the programme, the Artground has been transformed into a whimsical landscape by local artist Nur Aida Binte Sa’ad (Yellow Mushmellow), who was inspired by her … Continue reading Preview: Hullabaloo at the Artground

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Arts, Children's Theatre, Kids, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre.

100 and 100 More Festival: Into The Blue Forest (Review)

An immersive, interactive meditation on solitude and friendship opens the inaugural 100 and 100 More Festival Jeffrey Tan’s Into The Blue Forest charts a day in the life of an ordinary, old tree (Beatrice Chien) as she encounters flora and fauna living in the forest as they interact with her, from to a wisecracking spider all the way to a sly snake. Midway through, she chances … Continue reading 100 and 100 More Festival: Into The Blue Forest (Review)

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Arts, Children's Theatre, Kids, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre.

100 and 100 More Festival: An Interview with Jeffrey Tan (Into The Blue Forest)

For the opening show of the Artground’s inaugural 100 and 100 More Festival, local theatre practitioner Jeffrey Tan has been commissioned to produce an all new work. Based off illustrated children’s book The Blue Forest, which Jeffrey wrote around 6 years ago with illustrations by Italian theatre director illustrator Dario Moretti, Into The Blue Forest promises an immersive experience for audiences aged 4 – 8 as they explore the … Continue reading 100 and 100 More Festival: An Interview with Jeffrey Tan (Into The Blue Forest)

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Arts, Esplanade Theatre, Review, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre

SIFA 2018: The Hidden by Kamini Ramachandran (Review)

Unearthing the stories hidden within this age-old monument.  As Singapore’s oldest Christian church, the Armenian Church is rife with the memory of travelers and people past, its very walls pulsating with a special kind of hidden power only afforded to the oldest of structures. With such a history behind it, it stands to reason that it makes for the perfect monument to stage something brimming … Continue reading SIFA 2018: The Hidden by Kamini Ramachandran (Review)

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Arts, Children's Theatre, Kids, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre.

Preview: 100 and 100 More Festival at the Artground

“The child is made of one hundred. The child has a hundred languages a hundred hands a hundred thoughts a hundred ways of thinking of playing, of speaking.” With a title inspired by Loris Malaguzzi’s poem The Hundred Languages of Children, Artground is proud to present the inaugural 100 and 100 More Festival For Young Audiences, presenting a series of the best international children’s productions … Continue reading Preview: 100 and 100 More Festival at the Artground

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