Filed under: Commentaries, Music | Tags: artzine singapore, artzinesg, invisible room by the observatory and ho tzu nyen and kok heng leun, singapore arts festival 2009
By: Hailey Tay
Invisible Room is a complete invasion of the definition of ‘Space’. Produced by The Observatory, a local rock band, filmmaker Ho Tzu Nyen and theatre director Kok Heng Leun, this collaboration for the Singapore Arts Festival 2009 sounds the ambitions of confinements.
Filed under: Commentaries, People, Theatre | Tags: artzine singapore, artzinesg, Full frontal: LIV interview, Interview with director nelson chia, singapore arts festival 2009 commissioned work
By: Hailey Tay
Full Frontal: LIV
LIV is a Singapore Arts Festival 09 commissioned work that Nelson Chia collaborate with A Group Of People. “LIV is an exploration of what it means to be Living or Alive.” Nelson discovered “that one can talk about death in a meaningful way only if (one has) examined the life that had been lived.”
Filed under: Commentaries, Theatre | Tags: artzine singapore exclusive, artzinesg, charlotte nors, haresh sharma, Loretta Chen, Singapore Repertory Theatre, the necessary stage, theatre in singapore commentary, zebra crossing
Ring in June! Mid year is here and shame on you if you haven’t gone for at least one art event yet. ArtZine speaks with Haresh Sharma (The Necessary Stage), Loretta Chen (Zebra Crossing) and Charlotte Nors (Singapore Repertory Theatre) on introducing Singapore Theatre to Theatre Virgins.
Filed under: Commentaries, Theatre | Tags: adrian pang, artzine singapore, artzinesg, edward dick, Jason Chan, julie wee, Much ado about nothing review, sarima jasmin, shakespeare in the park singapore, Singapore Repertory Theatre, srt, Wendy Kweh
By: Sarima Jasmin
“Some cupids kill with arrow and some with traps.”
Indeed, Shakespeare’s Cupids were striking arrows in all the right places snagging our hearts at Fort Canning through May. Packed with poetic nights of tranquility and romance under the stars, the Singapore Repertory Theatre’s (SRT) Shakespeare in the Park this year, returns with its local take Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, Much Ado about Nothing.
Filed under: Commentaries | Tags: artzine singapore, artzinesg, kellynn wee, singapore arts festival 2009 opening helios II by la compagnie malabar
Image courtesy of the National Arts Council
And so it begins…
By: Kellynn Wee
The fireworks lofted themselves into the air and exploded, showering man-made stars trailing glitter and gold dust, lighting the upturned sea of faces at the Marina Barrage.
Filed under: Theatre | Tags: A Madwoman's Diary, artzine singapore, artzinesg, esplanade studio theatre series, Peter Sau, singapore theatre
Went for Esplanade’s Studio Theatre series? We were at Peter Sau’s A Madwoman’s Diary and here’s what some have to say:
Filed under: Theatre | Tags: artzine singapore, artzinesg, bilingual theatre singapore, esplanade theatre studio, Ezzam Rahman, goh guat xian, li xie, Peter Sau
Peter Sau shares with ArtZine about his play entitled ‘A Madwoman’s Diary’. The bilingual production runs from 7-9 May at the Esplanade Theatre Studio.
Filed under: People, Visual Art | Tags: artzine singapore, artzinesg, frank ribery, french speedpainter, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, valerie oliveiro
By: Valerie Oliveiro
It all begins with a blank canvas.
With quick strokes he adds swiggles of red, bright blue and shocking yellow. Almost like a cheoreographed dance, he moves lyrically in front of the canvas. Watch him carefully – if you blink, you might miss the finishing touch to the painting. Satisfied, he steps back and grins. Meet French speed-painter Jean-Pierre Blanchard.
Filed under: Theatre | Tags: artzine singapore, artzinesg, jubilee hall raffles hotel singapore, TNT Romeo and Juliet
Shakespearean plays have begun their streak in Singapore with a successful run of A Winter’s Tale by SRT-The Bridge Project. Yet another import by TNT-ADGE, Romeo and Juliet will be performed in Raffles Hotel from 29 April to 2 May.
Filed under: Commentaries, Theatre | Tags: artzine singapore, Jean Ng, artzinesg, the crab flower club by toy factory, theatre review singapore arts festival 2009, director goh boon teck, cao xue qin's poems, nell ng, noorlinah mohd, janice koh, patricia toh
By: Sarima Jasmin
At the Singapore Arts Festival 2009, Toy Factory Productions displayed yet another brilliant local theatre piece. Directed by the acclaimed author and director Goh Boon Teck, The Crab Flower Club, was inspired and produced based on poems in Cao Xue Qin’s masterpiece, Dreams of the Red Chamber.
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