Get your cultural calendar out and start planning – Gwen Pew rounds up the theatre highlights of 2015 5 Jan 2015: Plays We’re a little older, a little wiser, but growing up is not always smooth sailing. The question of loyalty is explored in an original production of You Think, I Thought, Who Confirm? by Yellow Chair Production … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: Theatre Highlights of 2015
7 Oct 2014: It was truly third time lucky for Jacklyn Kuah: ‘I auditioned for In Source Theatre the first time in the 2000s, and didn’t get the part. I auditioned again later and still didn’t get in, for one reason or another. For my third audition, they were looking for someone to help them … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘Mandala’
The Singapore Dance Theatre has brought the iconic Christmas performance back to the main stage. In the hopes of finding herself in the production’s wintery spell Gwen Pew lands in a hit-and-miss affair. 6 Dec 2013: There are few better ways to welcome the festive month of December than going to see The Nutcracker. Composed by the great … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘The Nutcracker’ Review
No Christmas season is complete without the beloved ballet, The Nutcracker. This year, Singapore Dance Theatre will be putting on a version that is set in pre-WWI Shanghai. Gwen Pew speaks to artistic director Janek Schergen to find out more. 26 Nov 2013: Tell us a bit more about this set-in-Shanghai production of The Nutcracker – how … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘The Nutcracker’ Preview
Literally meaning ‘Big Ballet’ in Russian, the Moscow-based Bolshoi Ballet is one of the world’s oldest dance companies – although its reputation has been tarnished by a string of recent scandals. Gwen Pew reports. 13 Nov 2013: Literally meaning ‘Big Ballet’ in Russian, the Moscow-based Bolshoi Ballet is one of the world’s oldest dance companies. First established in … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: Bolshoi Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ Preview
As part of the Esplanade’s annual Da:ns Festival, Irish dance company Fabulous Beast will be bringing their critically-acclaimed production of Rian – a show that fuses Celtic and West African music and dance styles – to our sunny shores. Gwen Pew speak to Michael Keegan-Dolan, director and choreographer of the show. 12 Sep 2013: Tell us a bit more … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: Michael Keegan-Dolan
Famed for cleverly turning everyday objects into musical instruments and props, the fun, wordless dance show from Broadway and the West End returns to Singapore – with new materials added – following their sell-out run in 2009. Gwen Pew asks three veteran Stomp performers about their favourite unconventional musical instruments. 23 May 2013: Angus Little, 30, ten years with … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘Stomp’ Preview
With the Singapore Dance Theatre’s 25th Anniversary coming up, it has brought a whole bunch of talented new faces on board. Gwen Pew talks to Nazer Salgado, 26, who joins the company from Ballet Manila. 17 May 2013: You didn’t start ballet training until the age of 16. Why did you decide to go into the ballet … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: Nazer Salgado
10 Dec 2012: As the Christmas spirits start to take hold of our Little Red Dot, Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) ushers in the season with another production of the beloved classic fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty, which the SDT showcased back in 2010. Set to a famous score by Peter Tchaikovsky and featuring over 150 roles – … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: Heidi Zolker
This festive season, Singapore Dance Theatre will enchant audiences with Sleeping Beauty, one of the classical repertoire’s most famous ballets. Set in an enchanted world of castles, curses, forests and fairies, Sleeping Beauty is an age-old tale of a beautiful princess, enchantment of sleep and a handsome prince. First performed in 1890 at the Mariinsky … Continue reading The Muse: Enchanted by Design with Tracy Grant Lord (Interview)
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