Gwen Pew chats with respected actor Ebizo Ichikawa XI on kabuki and noh as the two Japanese theatrical forms come together for the first time on an international stage. 12 Nov 2014: There’s no shortage of international works staged in Singapore, but this month sees the arrival of something special. Two of Japan’s most revered theatrical forms – kabuki and noh – … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘Japan Theater’
He’s best known for being the Hokkien-spewing, show tune-singing, glitter-loving Broadway Beng, but Sebastian Tan will be stepping into bigger shoes this month: He’ll be making his Wild Rice directorial debut by helming the company’s annual pantomime. Written by Alfian Sa’at, Monkey Goes West is based on the legendary Chinese story of Journey to the … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: Sebastian Tan
14 Oct 2014: Three drag queens walk into a bar on their way from Sydney to Alice Springs in Australia, and despite getting a dance party started in there, they came out to find that the locals have sprayed hateful words onto their lavender-coloured van (nicknamed Priscilla, Queen of the Desert). That’s not funny, of … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’
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’
This month will see Asylum Theatre make its debut with a series of eight short plays written by its artistic director, Dean Lundquist. Gwen Pew gets him to tell us more. 19 Sep 2014: Dean Lundquist is no stranger to the theatre world: he holds two Masters degrees in playwriting and directing, he’s a member of … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: Dean Lundquist
Gwen Pew chats with the choreographer and founder of The Flying Steps, Vartan Bassil. 17 Jan 2014: Following their sold-out tour around Europe in 2011, Germany’s breakdancing crew The Flying Steps will be in Singapore this month for their debut performance here. Rather than showing off their fancy footwork to hip-hop beats, however, the group has decided … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘Flying Bach’ Preview
Locally-based theatre collective The Art of Strangers debuts this month with an intimate play that requires audience members to climb over a mountain. Gwen Pew talks to co-founder Felipe Cervera to find out more. 13 Jan 2013: Rather than allow their audience to simply sit back, relax and enjoy the show, newly-established theatre collective The Art of Strangers … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘The Mountain’ Preview
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
Born in the UK, comedian-hypnotist Alan Bates has been in the business for more than 20 years. He first became interested in the art when he watched a hypnotist do a show on board a cruise ship he was working on in the Caribbean back in the 1980s, and was instantly spellbound. As he returns … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: Alan Bates
One of the hippest events on the indie literary arts calendar is back. Gwen Pew speaks to Marc Nair, local spoken word poet and one of the main guys driving the whole event. 19 Jun 2013: How did Lit Up begin? Lit Up was started in 2009 by Word Forward. Chris Mooney-Singh and Savinder Kaur, the directors, … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘Lit Up Singapore 2013’ Preview
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