Feel-good montage as older women learn to be comfortable with age. Money can be earned, love can be found, but time is the one thing we will never have enough of, with our mortality and ageing bodies becoming increasingly hard to ignore as the years go by. But as Salty Xi Jie Ng’s team of older women collaborators can attest to, life after 50 is … Continue reading Review: Not Grey – Intimacy, Ageing & Being by T:>works
The Substation was previously announced to be permanently closing in March. This was a decision that was made primarily due to The Substation’sfinancial sustainability as an independent arts centre, made worse by Covid-19, and the National Arts Council’s (NAC) decision to convert the space into a centrefor multiple arts groups. But hope springs anew, as it seems that it will not be closing after all, … Continue reading The Substation is saved with Substation 2.0
You are worth more than the sum of your broken relationships. Nobody likes feeling like the third wheel. But far too often, even in a ménage à trois, it is inevitable that one of the three members will end up being the least loved, something Isaiah Christopher Lee realises when he unwillingly finds himself part of a throuple. Directed by Adeeb Fazah, The Concubine sees … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: The Concubine by Isaiah Christopher Lee
Generational trauma passed down from mother to daughter, but to what end? There is a sagely line in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest that states that ‘All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy.’ For most people then, they engage in an active process of ‘unbecoming’, actively rejecting mothers’ advice and closeness, in order to become an independent agent. But is … Continue reading Review: (un)becoming by Sim Yan Ying “YY” & Nabilah Said
A digital whodunnit that captures the thrill of live theatre. One of the most unique aspects of live theatre that differentiates it from film, is how no matter how many times you watch it, there’s always something new to discover, whether it’s the way actors say a line, or the energy levels of the audience during the performance. Watching BODY X The Culprit for the … Continue reading Review: BODY X The Culprit (George Town Festival 2021)
When Singapore returned to Phase 3 (Heightened Alert) and live theatre performances became an option again, much of the arts news was dominated by bigger and more well-established theatre companies making their return with blockbuster shows, even with reduced seating. But perhaps the ones that have gone unnoticed and are less prominent are the little guys, the independent theatre makers who also want their time … Continue reading The Concubine: An Interview with Adeeb Fazah and Isaiah Christopher Lee
The 2021 Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) may technically be over, but with the Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) measures, some of its programmes faced indefinite postponement during the planned run. But this National Day weekend, count your lucky stars, because four of its previously postponed programmes are back, and set to play live in theatres. The four productions are namely: In a rare collaboration, … Continue reading SIFA 2021: Four live shows to be presented this August
Since we first witnessed his work in 2018, independent theatre maker Isaiah Christopher Lee has been hard at work over the last three years, developing himself and expanding his theatrical knowledge. All of that is set to culminate in a brand new work this July – a monodrama that will also be starring Isaiah. Titled The Concubine, the 90-minute semi-autobiographical work sees Isaiah playing a … Continue reading Preview: The Concubine by Isaiah Christopher Lee
Should the past be left in the past? As the former artistic director of defunct theatre company Theatre OX, Ang Gey Pin has never stopped searching for new ways of performing theatre, particularly with her initiative, Sourcing Within, with a strong focus on intercultural, inter-lingual and interdisciplinary explorations. Now, Ang has finally put the last 8 months of exploration and research to the test, distilling … Continue reading Review: That Day That Book That Fell by Grain Performance and Research Lab
Over the last four years, Gaurav Kripalani has served as Festival Director of the annual Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA). Considering the scale of the festival, that role alone would already be enough to keep any ordinary person’s day full. But if you look at the number of responsibilities he’s had in this past year alone, suffice to say that Gaurav is nothing less … Continue reading SIFA 2021 Wrap-Up: An Interview with Festival Director Gaurav Kripalani
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