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 […]
In London’s (Off) West End 2020: Poet in da Corner at the Royal Court (Preview)
LONDON – Following its critically acclaimed premiere in 2018, this coming of age story inspired by Dizzee Rascal’s seminal album, returns for a limited run before going on tour. In […]
Preview: The Son by Pangdemonium!
Ass-kicking theatre company Pangdemonium! is back this February to start their 10th anniversary on the scene with Florian Zeller’s The Son (translated by Christopher Hampton). Following on from their sold-out production […]
Huayi 2020: An Interview with Kwok Wing Hong, Playwright of HKRep’s Principle, and Anthony Chan, Artistic Director of HKRep
When a new principal joins a school, she establishes her power with a host of new rules and an authoritarian leadership, forcing everyone to go strictly by the book. In […]
Huayi 2020: An Interview with Goh Boon Teck, Director and Playwright of Toy Factory’s 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove
In Chinese history, there existed a group of seven Chinese scholars, writers, and musicians of the third century CE. As the Jin dynasty came into being, the ‘Sages’ found their […]
Huayi 2020: An Interview with Star Pianist Tony Yike Yang
At the tender age of 16, Chinese-Canadian pianist Tony Yike Yang took the music world by storm when he became the youngest-ever laureate at the prestigious 2015 Chopin International Piano […]
In London’s West End 2020: Life of Pi at Wyndham’s Theatre (Preview)
LONDON – Based on the Man Booker Prize-award winning novel of the same name, selling over fifteen million copies worldwide – Life of Pi is a breath-taking new theatrical adaptation […]
Preview: KidsFest! 2020 presented by ABA Productions
From 31st January to 16th February, ABA Productions is bringing back KidsFest!, set to dazzle young audience members with four world-class theatre productions adapted from exciting and well-known children’s books. […]
Touring The UK 2020: Crimes, Camera, Action by New Old Friends (Preview)
LONDON – When a glamorous Hollywood starlet is stabbed on-set in a fatal mix-up of props, there’s only one man fit for the job of solving the crime: Stan Shakespeare. […]
Touring The UK 2020: Birth by Theatre Re (Preview)
LONDON – Theatre Re embarks on an extensive tour with their Edinburgh hit, Birth. This poignant piece of visual theatre, brought to life with live music, explores intergenerational connections. Theatre […]
London’s VAULT Festival 2020: Killing It by Ameena Hamid Productions Ltd (Preview)
LONDON – Through three generations of women who have lost someone close to them, Killing It is a dark and funny exploration of the very modern pressure to make grief […]
Review: No Place by Square One Collective (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 15/1/20) Deciding one’s fate via a series of absurd games. What does the future look like? According to New York-based Square One Collective, a lot worse. Written […]
Review: Mak-Mak Menari by Bhumi Collective (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 17/1/20) Poignant docu-drama about sisterhood over a lifelong passion for Malay dance. In the performing arts world, dancers are notorious for having a short career span, with […]
Review: The Arts House’s Prologue 2020 – Invisible Cities
Held in conjunction with the National Gallery Singapore’s Light to Night Festival, over two weekends, the Arts House saw visitors from all walks of life spill over from the Civic […]
Review: Kebaya Homies by The Necessary Stage (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020)
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 15/1/20) Irreverent trip down TNS’ past works featuring two of their best collaborators. The Necessary Stage’s (TNS) most well-known works aren’t always something you’d readily call ‘fun’, […]
In London’s (Off) West End 2020: Scenes with girls at the Royal Court (Preview)
LONDON – “I genuinely think in five to ten years we’re going to have several different possible Happys.” Tosh and Lou. 22 scenes. Other friends have come, got boyfriends and […]
