Buds Theatre’s latest production hopes to bring the issue of race to the foreground, but while it’s a good watch, Gwen Pew wishes that certain aspects were better executed ★★★☆☆ 30 Jan 2015: Buds Theatre had good intentions when they decided to stage Suhayla El-Bushra’s play, Pigeons, which first made its debut at London’s Royal Court two … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘Pigeons’ Review
The famous meow-sical may no longer be the most cutting-edge of shows, but the production that’s currently in town is nonetheless a valiant effort, says Gwen Pew ★★★☆☆ 16 Jan 2015: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s feline-themed musical ran for 18 and 21 years on Broadway and in the West End respectively. If the show were a child, it … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘Cats’ Review
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
The Dim Sum Dollies are staging their official comeback show with Denise Tan replacing the late, great Emma Yong. Gwen Pew chats with the group’s newest member 10 Dec 2015: It’s 8pm on a Thursday night, and Denise Tan is tired after a long day. She spent the morning and early afternoon hosting Lunchtime Jukebox on … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘The History of Singapore Part 2’
10 Dec 2014: ‘If I were an animal, I would be a humpback whale because I love the ocean,’ Sharda Harrison muses. ‘Whales are intelligent, graceful and gentle. I consider myself a very refined animal anyway, and I would like to imagine in my crazy mind that, in some sense, I am a whale.’ It’s an … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘Why Do We Do What We Do?’
It’s been ten years since the international touring production of Mamma Mia was last in Singapore, but the feel-good musical has lost none of its sunny sparkles as it returns this month, say Gwen Pew. 23 Nov 2014: If you’re looking for a place to escape from the rainy days we’ve been getting lately, look … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘Mamma Mia!’ Review
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’
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