Pangdemonium’s The Father: An Interview with Actors Lim Kay Siu and Keagan Kang

Multiple-Life Theatre Award 2018 nominee Pangdemonium springs into their 2018 season with one of their most socially relevant plays yet – Florian Zeller’s The Father. Receiving critical acclaimed when it premiered on London’s West End, The Father stars Lim Kay Siu as Andre, a man who’s fallen prey to dementia and becomes increasingly unsure of the very fabric of reality and the world he lives in. Prior … Continue reading Pangdemonium’s The Father: An Interview with Actors Lim Kay Siu and Keagan Kang

Preview: The Father by Pangdemonium!

Tackling the theme of Hope and Home this year, Pangdemonium’s 2018 season is starting off on an incredibly poignant note as they present the Singaporean premiere of Florian Zeller’s Moliere Award winning play The Father.  Directed by Tracie Pang, The Father follows André, a 70 year old man who’s managed to lose his beloved watch again. His daughter and son-in-law aren’t helping much, sneaking around the house and … Continue reading Preview: The Father by Pangdemonium!

Review: Resolute by Xin Yi Dance Company

In the Xin Yi Dance Company’s latest performance, there’s an intensity to that keeps our eyes completely focused on the stage at all times. Described as a ‘dance drama’, Resolute follows a tale of morality and virtue, as three strangers – a judge, doctor and lawyer meet under trying circumstances, each of them facing their own moral dilemmas and internal demons. An easy to follow storyline with … Continue reading Review: Resolute by Xin Yi Dance Company

SIFA 2017: Trojan Women by Ong Keng Sen and the National Theater of Korea (Review)

One thing that can be said about SIFA Festival Director Ong Keng Sen: whenever he attempts to create a new work, he always aims high and goes all the way, resulting at the very least in an unforgettable theatrical spectacle. With Trojan Women, Ong breathes new life into a centuries old Korean art form by applying it to an ancient Greek play. Based off Euripedes’ … Continue reading SIFA 2017: Trojan Women by Ong Keng Sen and the National Theater of Korea (Review)

SIFA 2017: Dragonflies by Pangdemonium (Review)

In a world where Brexit is reality and Trump the president of the United States of America, how could things get any worse? Plenty, as writer Stephanie Street cranks the apocalypse up to eleven with Pangdemonium’s second original script of the year: Dragonflies, presented as part of the 2017 Singapore International Festival of the Arts. Set in a completely plausible version of the near future, the world of Dragonflies is … Continue reading SIFA 2017: Dragonflies by Pangdemonium (Review)