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Preview: vOilah! France Singapore Festival 2022

Experience the very best of France-Singapore partnerships at the eagerly anticipated vOilah! France Singapore Festival, the annual France Singapore festival presented by the Embassy of France in Singapore. Themed “Inspiration”, the 2022 edition of the festival will run from 26 October to 27 November this year, promising riveting co-produced experiences that will spark inspiration and enlighten minds and souls whilst strengthening and expanding the thriving … Continue reading Preview: vOilah! France Singapore Festival 2022

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Registration now open for T:>works’ 24-Hour Playwriting Competition 2022

Now into its 25th year, the much-loved playwriting competition in Singapore, the 24-Hour Playwriting Competition returns on 16-17 July. For the first time, T:>Works invites past participant and transdisciplinary poet and performance maker, Ang Kia Yee, to conceptualise this year’s competition. They responded to the call by proposing the first ever hybrid competition with a focus on ecocentric considerations, exploring liveability and sustainability. The T:>Works … Continue reading Registration now open for T:>works’ 24-Hour Playwriting Competition 2022

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Janice Koh conferred the prestigious Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, for her contribution to the arts

For her outstanding contribution to the arts, Singaporean actress Janice Koh has been conferred France’s prestigious Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters). Held in an intimate ceremony at The Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre @ Wild Rice on Monday, the 6th of June, the evening’s proceedings were overseen and organised by the Embassy of France in … Continue reading Janice Koh conferred the prestigious Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, for her contribution to the arts

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Review: How To Break A Window II by T:>works

New ways of performing, with the winners of the 24-Hour Playwriting Competition. As the longest running playwriting competition in Singapore, T:>works’ 24-Hour Playwriting Competition has seen countless scripts emerge over the years. But with only the first prize winner getting a chance to be fully staged, the encouragement of such fresh voices has always been limited at best. With the pandemic however, T:>works pivoted from … Continue reading Review: How To Break A Window II by T:>works

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Arts, Preview, Singapore, Theatre

Preview: How To Break A Window II by T:>works

Following the gruelling 2021 edition of T:>works’ marathon 24-Hour Playwriting Competition, six out of 80 participants have emerged with winning scripts. Select scripts from the winners will be presented as part of How To Break A Window II, a hybrid production taking place in February 2022. Noorlinah Mohamed, Artistic Director of Festival of Women N.O.W. (2019-2021) who moderated three annual competitions since 2019 added, “This … Continue reading Preview: How To Break A Window II by T:>works

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★★★☆☆ Review: The Swimming Pool Library by T:>works

Skimming the surface of the quest for queer identity in Singapore. Being queer has never been easy on our conservative, sunny island. Not only does does one have to face the disapproval of the general public and fear of coming out, but the road towards sexual awakening is often a bumpy one, with fleeting sexual encounters taking place with strangers under cover of darkness, or … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: The Swimming Pool Library by T:>works

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Review: Cabaret Joy by T:>works

Queer variety show sparks joy. With the evolution of T:>works going beyond pure theatre alone, their line-up of programmes has similarly undergone a transformation, welcoming new mediums and productions that refuse to be constrained by genre. And after seeing everything from visual art on display to digital anecdotes from the marginalised, we’re getting yet another new venture from the company – the variety show. Rounding … Continue reading Review: Cabaret Joy by T:>works

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Review: Rasanai – An Invitation to Appreciate by T:>works

Remembering and celebrating the Singaporean Tamil woman. What does it mean to be a Tamil woman in Singapore, if you do not know your own history? Directed by Grace Kalaiselvi, and co-written by Grace, Rajkumar Thiagaras and Vithya Subamaniam, Rasanai: An Invitation to Appreciate is a call to discover the cultures and traditions of Tamil women, lest they be forgotten to the sands of time. … Continue reading Review: Rasanai – An Invitation to Appreciate by T:>works

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Review: Not Grey – Intimacy, Ageing & Being by T:>works

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

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Review: (un)becoming by Sim Yan Ying “YY” & Nabilah Said

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

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