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Singapore Writers Festival 2018: Opening Night + Intercultural Theatre Institute’s Between Heaven and Earth

The 2018 Singapore Writers Festival kicked off to a roaring start this week, marking the final year with Yeow Kai Chai as Festival Director. Taking on the title of 界 (‘Jie’): The World(s) We Live In, this year’s programme, as always, brings together some of the foremost international writers from all mediums and genres, ranging from graphic novels to novels, YA literature to non-fiction essays. … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2018: Opening Night + Intercultural Theatre Institute’s Between Heaven and Earth

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Singapore Writers Festival 2018: An Interview with Producers Phan Ming Yen and Karine Tan (The Ghost In Your Head)

If you’re a book nerd like us, then you’ve probably had a few experiences where you’ve read something, and wanted desperately to meet the author. Problem is, what happens when those authors are dead? Not to worry though – Global Cultural Alliance will be performing a seance this week at the Singapore Writers Festival, summoning ghosts of authors past in the multi-sensorial experience The Ghost … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2018: An Interview with Producers Phan Ming Yen and Karine Tan (The Ghost In Your Head)

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Pangdemonium’s Peter and the Starcatcher: An Interview with Tracie Pang, Adrian Pang and Carina McWhinnie

Pangdemonium returns for their final production of the season this September with a far lighter show than their usual fare – the Singaporean premiere of five-time Tony Award winning play Peter and the Starcatcher! Based on Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s novel of the same name, itself a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, Peter and the Starcatcher is a swashbuckling adventure on the high seas as the … Continue reading Pangdemonium’s Peter and the Starcatcher: An Interview with Tracie Pang, Adrian Pang and Carina McWhinnie

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Endless Worlds of Endless Possibilities at Singapore Writers Festival 2018

The Singapore Writers Festival returns this November for its 21st edition to maintain its claim as the leading regional literary event. Armed with this year’s theme of 界 (jiè), the Chinese character for ‘world’, this edition of the festival aims to inspire people to come together to explore new worlds and ideas as they come together to grow a shared appreciation for literary arts and culture in Singapore. … Continue reading Endless Worlds of Endless Possibilities at Singapore Writers Festival 2018

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Preview: Peter and the Starcatcher by Pangdemonium

With a heartbreaking opener in the form of The Father and a fiercely current re-run of Dragonflies, Pangdemonium ends off its 2018 season with something a little less melancholic – the Singaporean premiere of the five time Tony Award winning play Peter and the Starcatcher. Written by Rick Elice with music by Wayne Baker, Peter and the Starcatcher is a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s novel Peter Pan, … Continue reading Preview: Peter and the Starcatcher by Pangdemonium

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Preview: Singapore Writers Festival 2018 – 界 (jiè)

The 21st edition of the National Arts Council’s annual Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) returns for two weekends this November. After last year’s theme of Aram, this year’s festival is themed around the Mandarin theme 界 (jiè), alluding to how stories can express “the world(s) we live in” and help us better understand our individual and shared experiences as the festival comes to bring various communities together to … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Writers Festival 2018 – 界 (jiè)

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Preview: LumiNation by The Arts House

Coinciding with the nation’s 53rd birthday, the Arts House presents LumiNation, an all new programme showcasing a series of carefully curated events that explore just what it means to be a Singaporean. In its inaugural edition, the programme explores the theme of Hidden People, Hidden Words, Hidden Histories, Hidden Spaces. Held over two weekends from, LumiNation focuses primarily on taking audiences through the lens of written and spoken narratives, as … Continue reading Preview: LumiNation by The Arts House

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Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: One Metre Square – Voices From Sungei Road (Review)

Torn down but not gone, the voices of Sungei Road live on in this piece of verbatim theatre. 10 July 2017. For most people, it was an ordinary day. But for the vendors of Sungei Road, that’s a date that marked the end of their lives as they knew it, the official day the historic Thieves’ Market was closed for good, and its inhabitants displaced … Continue reading Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: One Metre Square – Voices From Sungei Road (Review)

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Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: Faghag (Review)

The faghag is elevated to modern day superhero in Pam Oei’s hugely entertaining, big hearted origin story.  On their own, ‘fag’ and ‘hag’ are pretty derogatory words. But as Singapore’s biggest faghag puts it, two negatives make a positive, and Pam Oei celebrates the term in all its glory in her aptly titled cabaret show of the same name. Faghag opens in song as Pam confidently strides … Continue reading Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: Faghag (Review)

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Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: An Actress Prepares (Review)

An Actress Prepares confirms the one thing we all already knew – Siti K is without a doubt one of the best actresses in local theatre today.  Siti Khalijah Zainal is one of the most recognizable and beloved actresses working in theatre today, by virtue of her name alone able to sell out entire runs. But it wasn’t always the case for her, as she delves … Continue reading Singapore Theatre Festival 2018: An Actress Prepares (Review)

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