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Preview: W!ld Rice Celebrates 20th Anniversary In 2020 with Restagings, A New Show, the W!ld Rice Academy and More

Local theatre company W!ld Rice has just concluded a whirlwind 2019 season at their brand new theatre, and are already gearing up for their 20th anniversary celebrations in 2020. Building on the success of their new performing arts complex in Funan Mall and to commemorate this milestone, the company will present a thrilling season of theatre, as well as launch three new education initiatives to … Continue reading Preview: W!ld Rice Celebrates 20th Anniversary In 2020 with Restagings, A New Show, the W!ld Rice Academy and More

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Review: Firebird – Piano Sensation Tony Yike Yang Solo Recital (Huayi 2020)

★★★★☆ (Performance attended 2/2/20) Piano prodigy’s plays like a majestic phoenix rising from the flames.  Playing as part of the Esplanade’s 2020 Huayi – Chinese Festival of the Arts, award-winning piano prodigy Tony Yike Yang made his Southeast Asian debut at the Esplanade Recital Studio last weekend. With expectations running high for the youngest-ever laureate at the Chopin International Piano Competition, the 21-year old made it … Continue reading Review: Firebird – Piano Sensation Tony Yike Yang Solo Recital (Huayi 2020)

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travelXculture: NYC & Company Invites You To Book 2-For-1 Theatre Tickets For NYC Off-Broadway Week

New York – NYC & Company, New York City’s official destination marketing organization, in partnership with Mastercard, today announced that NYC Off-Broadway Week 2-for-1 tickets are on sale to the public at nycgo.com/off-broadway-week. Participating shows are offering 2-for-1 tickets beginning February 10 and continuing for nearly two weeks through February 23. Locals and travelers are encouraged to see any of 33 intimate Off-Broadway productions, more than … Continue reading travelXculture: NYC & Company Invites You To Book 2-For-1 Theatre Tickets For NYC Off-Broadway Week

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In London’s (Off) West End 2020: The Takeover Festival by The Upsetters and Bunker Theatre (Preview)

LONDON – This February, The Upsetters are taking over the Bunker Theatre for one week to present a festival dedicated to celebrating artists of colour. This festival will mark the first ever Takeover Festival, an annual week-long touring festival which takes over a new theatre venue each year around the country with the aim of presenting new work by artists of colour while engaging with the next … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2020: The Takeover Festival by The Upsetters and Bunker Theatre (Preview)

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Review: 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove 竹林七贤 by Toy Factory (Huayi 2020)

★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 31/1/20) Allegorical tale of a dystopian surveillance state preaches the value of the arts, but loses itself in a myriad of subplots along the way. During the rule of the Three Kingdoms, the seven sages of the bamboo grove were a group of scholars and artists who chose to counter the bureaucracies and corruption of the time in the only way they knew … Continue reading Review: 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove 竹林七贤 by Toy Factory (Huayi 2020)

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Review: Prism of Truth 眾相 by Ground Z-0 (Huayi 2020)

★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 31/1/20) Modern rework of Rashomon allows audience to play jury in a multimedia social experiment.  In the field of conspiracy theory, so long as a claim cannot be disproven, the possibility of it being true exists, allowing the idea of multiple relative ‘truths’ to exist simultaneously without conforming to an absolute. Perhaps one of the earliest versions of this comes in the form … Continue reading Review: Prism of Truth 眾相 by Ground Z-0 (Huayi 2020)

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London’s VAULT Festival 2020: An Interview with VAULT Festival Directors Mat Burtcher & Andy George

LONDON –  Featuring hundreds of shows spanning theatre, comedy, immersive experiences, cabaret and more, the annual VAULT Festival has returned for its eight edition, bigger and better than ever before. One of the wildest events in the London arts calendar, this year’s edition has grown from strength to strength each time, from a humble 12-day affair to what is now a whopping two month extravaganza … Continue reading London’s VAULT Festival 2020: An Interview with VAULT Festival Directors Mat Burtcher & Andy George

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London’s VAULT Festival 2020: Bin Juice by Catherine Kolubayev and Kitty Wordsworth (Preview)

LONDON – Written by Cat Kolubayev and directed by Jessica Daniels, Resident Director of Girl From the North Country, Bin Juice will have its world premiere at VAULT Festival this March. This all-female dark comedy is a story of loyalty, revenge and secrecy. A new job at a hazardous waste removal company means Belinda’s going to have to get her hands a little dirty. Francine … Continue reading London’s VAULT Festival 2020: Bin Juice by Catherine Kolubayev and Kitty Wordsworth (Preview)

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London’s VAULT Festival 2020: How To Save A Rock by Pigfoot (Preview)

LONDON – Climate change is very real, but how do we continue to be ok in the face of impending doom? At the VAULT Festival 2020, Pigfoot presents How To Save A Rock, a multi award-winning climate-change musical comedy about how to still have hope, powered by a bicycle cycled live on stage. Directed by Bea Udale-Smith, and written by Alex Rugman and Conky Kampfner, … Continue reading London’s VAULT Festival 2020: How To Save A Rock by Pigfoot (Preview)

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London’s VAULT Festival 2020: When We Died by Alexandra Donnachie (Preview)

LONDON –  He’s dead, and it’s her job as an embalmer to prepare the body for his family’s final goodbye. She often imagines what each person’s life was like; today she doesn’t have to imagine. She knows him. When We Died is a striking new play about one woman’s choice to confront her trauma – faced with the body of the man who raped her, … Continue reading London’s VAULT Festival 2020: When We Died by Alexandra Donnachie (Preview)

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