Godot Theatre Company’s Love Ya Mom!: An Interview with the Cast and Creatives
The body swap trope is not an uncommon one in film and television, but has it ever been done onstage? With Taiwan’s Godot Theatre Company, not only have they done […]
Preview: Love Ya Mom! 爱呀，我的妈! by Godot Theatre Company
Godot Theatre Company impressed us last year when they presented their award-winning production of Tuesdays with Morrie. Now, they’re back again at the Esplanade Theatre, this time with their hit Mandarin musical Love […]
Preview: Cloud Gate 45th Anniversary Gala Programme – Lin Hwai-min – A Retrospective
This weekend, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre returns to the Esplanade Theatre for a retrospective on decorated company founder Lin Hwai-min’s impressive body of work over the years. Often considered poetic, […]
Huayi Festival 2019: Love Letters by The Nonsensemakers/Nelson Chia & Mia Chee (Review)
Two melodramatic lives, their destinies intertwined by a flurry of love letters. It’s one thing to be married, or married to your job, but quite another to be married to […]
Huayi Festival 2019: That Which Cannot Be Divided (无法被整除) by Bulareyaung Pagarlava & Albert Tiong (Review)
United we stand, divided we fall. Inspired by the concept of prime numbers – numbers indivisible by anything other than themselves and 1 and with no immediately apparent pattern, former […]
Huayi Festival 2019: The Way of Zhuang Zi (庄子兵法) by Story Works (Review)
Nerve wracking thriller of a play that keeps you guessing every step of the way. Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness. I do not know whether I was […]
Huayi Festival 2019: FOUR FOUR EIGHT (四四八) by Emergency Stairs (Review)
Warning: This review may contain spoilers Journey to the centre of the self…and Liu Xiaoyi. Over the years, Emergency Stairs Artistic Director Liu Xiaoyi has made it abundantly clear that […]
Huayi Festival 2019: Dear John by M.O.V.E. Theatre (Review)
A musical soundscape through unorthodox means. When John Cage’s controversial 4’33 premiered in 1952, never might the avant-garde composer have imagined the sheer impact he might have had in the field […]
Preview: Musical TARU 《恐龙复活了！》 by Resorts World Sentosa
From the same team that brought you Super Mommy in June, this December, Resorts World Sentosa Singapore (RWS) returns with their second production of the year – Musical TARU. Produced by […]
Review: Tuesdays with Morrie 《最后14堂星期二的课》 by Godot Theatre Company
Simple but powerful staging of a modern classic that through death, teaches one how to live. 20 years on from when Mitch Albom’s internationally bestselling biographical novel Tuesdays with Morrie was first published, […]
Preview: Taipei Arts Festival 2018 – Assembly 為了～～在一起
It’s always a source of pride when we see and hear about Singaporeans making it big somewhere in the world. In the case of the 2018 Taipei Arts Festival (TAF), […]
On Tour: Tan Liting’s Pretty Butch Goes To Taiwan
Given the short run of most local plays, it’s always a joyous occasion to hear when a local play receives a second run, or a chance to be presented beyond […]
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Interview with Director Daniel Yang and Cast Members Jin Shi Jie and Pu Xueliang
Based off the memoir that shot American author Mitch Albom to fame, Taiwan’s Godot Theatre Company will be presenting their smash hit stage adaptation of Tuesdays with Morrie at the Esplanade next […]
Review: Super Mommy (我的妈妈是ENY?) by Resorts World Sentosa
Bringing in a musical with strong commercial acclaim seems like a recipe for success, particularly when it’s backed up by veteran artistes such as Nancy Sit. Super Mommy is Resorts World Sentosa’s […]
Preview: Super Mommy (我的妈妈是ENY?) by Resorts World Sentosa
Having sold out multiple runs when it played in Taiwan, Mandarin musical Super Mommy (我的妈妈是ENY?) makes its international debut this May as Resorts World Sentosa’s first production of the year! As is […]
Huayi 2018: Why We Chat? (聊斋) by Edward Lam Dance Theatre (Review)
Finding love in a hopeless place, with a side of ghosts, graves and a long list of ex-lovers. In Why We Chat?, director Edward Lam and writer Wong Wing Sze reimagine Pu Songling’s […]
