Tag: Theatre

Arts, Esplanade Annexe Studio, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2019: Still Waters

In January 2019, the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival is returning for its 15th edition! Announcing the programme in a launch party at the Esplanade Annexe Studio yesterday, this year, the annual arts festival has curated works that respond to or parallel Singaporean artist Suzann Victor’s Still Waters, the second time the festival will be adopting this format after last year’s programme surrounding Amanda Heng’s Let’s Walk.  … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2019: Still Waters

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Arts, Inside London, London, Preview, Theatre

West End Bares 2018: Top Off The Pops

LONDON – It’s time to get naked and show a little skin as the ever popular West End Bares returns to London this October! Set once again to be a titillating, sold out affair, the ninth edition happening this year brings the show to the brand new location of the Shaftesbury Theatre, and take on the theme of Top Off The Pops, celebrating the sexiest tracks from some … Continue reading West End Bares 2018: Top Off The Pops

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Arts, Chinese Theatre, Experimental, Preview, Singapore, Singapore Arts, Theatre., Theatre

Preview: Southernmost – One Table Two Chairs Project 2018 presented by Emergency Stairs

Building on from the success of their inaugural Southernmost Project launched in 2017, Emergency Stairs returns with the 2018 edition of the experimental theatre festival this November. Taking its name from traditional Chinese opera’s convention of ‘southern’ stages and the one table two chairs performance format, the Southernmost Project was conceptualised as an “arts festival for the future”, and focuses on bringing together local and … Continue reading Preview: Southernmost – One Table Two Chairs Project 2018 presented by Emergency Stairs

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Arts, Singapore

Guards at the Taj: An Interview with Jo Kukathas, Brian Gothong Tan and Jay Saighal

Ending off their 2018 season on a high, audiences can look forward to the Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT)’s Singapore premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s Guards at the Taj. Winning the 2016 Obie Award for Best New American Play, the wickedly dark Guards at the Taj is set in 1648, where two low-level imperial guards are standing guard the night before the Taj Mahal is revealed. Breaking the silence, one can … Continue reading Guards at the Taj: An Interview with Jo Kukathas, Brian Gothong Tan and Jay Saighal

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Arts, Singapore

Preview: Guards at the Taj by Singapore Repertory Theatre

For their final production this year, the Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) will be presenting the Singapore premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s Guards at the Taj, winner of the 2016 Obie Award for Best New American Play. Directed by esteemed Malaysian thespian Jo Kukathas (last seen as Julius Caesar at Shakespeare in the Park), Guards at the Taj is set in 1648, where the Taj Mahal is being constructed … Continue reading Preview: Guards at the Taj by Singapore Repertory Theatre

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Arts, Children's Theatre, Preview, Singapore, SRT, Theatre, Theatre Companies

Preview: Nursery Crimes by SRT’s The Little Company

Remember reciting nursery rhymes like Humpty Dumpty or Old King Cole? Singapore Repertory Theatre’s The Little Company is about to let you relive all of that and put a fresh take on them with their new show – Nursery Crimes. Nursery Crimes follows a girl named Polly Piper who, bored out of her wits, laments being “anywhere but here” one rainy afternoon. Uncovering a magical doorway into the … Continue reading Preview: Nursery Crimes by SRT’s The Little Company

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Arts, Experimental, London, Singapore

Preview: So Bad by Wild Surmise (Clapham Fringe 2018)

LONDON – Brand new theatre company Wild Surmise makes their theatrical debut this week as part of Clapham Fringe 2018! Formed in September 2017, the company aims to produce and promote new writing and new talent, and will be presenting the premiere of Duncan Turner’s screwball comedy-thriller So Bad. Says writer/producer Duncan Turner, who also writes prose and theatre journalism: “Imagine Pinter without the pauses and … Continue reading Preview: So Bad by Wild Surmise (Clapham Fringe 2018)

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre

Preview: The Time Traveller’s Ball by Limelight Productions and ebp at The Buzz (London)

LONDON – The UK’s first ever purpose-built immersive theatre space launches this Christmas with a bang! Located at the iconic Mercato Metropolitano, one of South London’s best known market grounds, The Buzz is a fully flexible performing arts space that aims to inspired creativity and collaboration, acting not only as a performance venue but also a community hub for theatre-makers, local students, and the community alike. For … Continue reading Preview: The Time Traveller’s Ball by Limelight Productions and ebp at The Buzz (London)

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Arts, Inside London, London, musical, Theatre

Preview: Dolly Parton Presents 9 to 5 The Musical at London’s Savoy Theatre

LONDON – Coming to London in 2019 is legendary Queen of Country music Dolly Parton as she presents hit musical 9 to 5!  Based off the 1980 film of the same name, 9 to 5 plays at the Savoy Theatre from 28th January to 31st August 2019 for a strictly limited season, featuring a book by the film’s original screenwriter Patricia Resnick, music and lyrics by … Continue reading Preview: Dolly Parton Presents 9 to 5 The Musical at London’s Savoy Theatre

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Arts, Centre 42, Review, Singapore

Centre 42’s The Vault: Sau(dara) by Bhumi Collective

In 1985, Malaysian playwright Leow Puay Tin wrote the phenomenal 3 Children. Three years later, the production was jointly put to stage by Krishen Jit and Ong Keng Sen, after an earlier production at Kuala Lumpur’s Five Arts Centre, and represented one of the first major cross-Causeway productions in the English language, with a four member cast that starred Lim Kay Tong, Lok Meng Chue, … Continue reading Centre 42’s The Vault: Sau(dara) by Bhumi Collective

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