Hong Kong 2020: Speaking in Tongues by Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (Preview)
HONG KONG – A complex web of relationships meeting a mysterious array of plot developments, Speaking in Tongues features four actors in nine roles playing three seemingly unrelated episodes, presenting multiple events from […]
Hong Kong 2019/20: The Good Person of Szechwan – The Musical by Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (Preview)
HONG KONG – Adapted from German master dramatist Bertolt Brecht’s play The Good Person of Szechwan, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (HKrep) presents a musical that exposes both the good and […]
In London’s (Off) West End 2019: The Grid by Lollipop (Review)
Crafty sci-fi themed escape room and innovative cocktails make this experience one to remember. LONDON – With the advent of increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI), will robots one day rule the […]
Review: Operatic Identities by CulturedGen
Modernising Chinese Opera for a contemporary audience. It’s not often that one thinks of ‘Instagram museums’ or immersive exhibitions as having a strong educational focus, but with CulturedGen’s Operatic Identities, the experiment […]
Singapore International Festival of Arts 2020 Releases First Wave of Tickets, Confirms Local Commissions and Crystal Pite’s Revisor
Come its 43rd year in 2020, the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) returns with a slew of new works from both local and international artists in the month of […]
London’s VAULT Festival 2020: Jekyll / Hyde by Fire Hazard Games (Preview)
LONDON – Fire Hazard Games launches an exciting, new urban game for adults, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s Gothic masterpiece, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Exploring schisms of identity, the unreliability […]
Review: Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment, Presented by Singapore Repertory Theatre
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 28/11/19) Reimagined version of Sondheim’s macabre musical thriller a refreshing take on an oft-forgotten classic, with Broadway star Lea Salonga a highlight. In the Victorian era, penny […]
God, That’s Good!: An Interview with Lea Salonga and Jett Pangan, Stars of Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, it’s a wonder that the Stephen Sondheim musical thriller has never before been brought to Singapore. Thankfully, Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group and the Singapore […]
Review: Beach Burden Bliss – A Double Bill @ Punggol Beach by Desert Wine Productions
★☆☆☆☆ (Performance attended 16/11/19, 6pm) An interesting site-specific concept gone awry with flat script, unintentional camp, and its inability to fully incorporate the site organically into the production. When one […]
In London’s (Off) West End 2020: The Glass Will Shatter at the Omnibus Theatre (Preview)
LONDON – The world premiere of The Glass Will Shatter at the Omnibus Theatre will explore the consequences of the government’s Prevent strategy on the quality of education in the UK […]
In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Christmas at the Chiswick Playhouse (Preview)
LONDON – Chiswick Playhouse brings a little holiday cheer and a taste of West End this season with Christmas at the Chiswick Playhouse, comprising three enchanting evenings of song featuring […]
In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Midnight Movie at the Royal Court Theatre (Preview)
“I need to keep looking but I’m not 100% clear on what I’m looking for.” “I love love love my digital body because having a body that can go everywhere […]
In London’s (Off) West End 2019: Fairview at the Young Vic (Preview)
LONDON – Winner of the 2019 Pulizer Prize for Drama, Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview comes to London’s Young Vic this November to deliver a scintillating exploration of racial politics and prejudice still […]
In London’s West End 2020: Hello Dolly! at the Adelphi Theatre (Preview)
LONDON – Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced that Imelda Staunton has been cast in a new production of Hello, Dolly!, one of the most iconic musicals of all time coming […]
In London’s (Off) West End 2020: Nora – A Doll’s House by the Young Vic and Citizens Theatre (Preview)
‘You’ve lies in the whites of your eyes, Nora. What have you done…?’ LONDON – Nora is the perfect wife and mother. She is dutiful, beautiful and everything is always in […]
In London’s (Off) West End 2020: Christopher Reid’s Love, Loss & Chianti (Preview)
LONDON – Robert Bathurst returns to the stage with Love, Loss & Chianti, an exciting double-bill from award-winning British poet Christopher Reid. This is part of the highly anticipated relaunch of […]
