Arts & Culture

By Weber Shandwick Created by secondary school students ahead of season 2 official premiere Four MVs to feature local emerging artists’ renditions of the 20/20 theme song, “We’ll Be Okay” [spacer height=”20px”] The Temasek Short Film Project kicks off its second season today with four music videos (MVs) inspired by the project theme of ‘Beyond 2020’. The MVs will offer …

Singapore Bicentennial Office (SBO) announced that the year 2019 will mark 200 years of history for Singapore and events have been prepared to commemorate the nation’s bicentennial milestone. The office under the Prime Minister Office, shared that a new experiential showcase held at the Fort Canning Centre which traces the stories of Singapore’s early settlers and communities, historical trails featuring …

Singapore International Festival of Arts 2018 (SIFA 2018) unveils the international line-up of 13 exceptional new films in the programme Singular Screens — one Asian premiere and 12 Singapore premieres. Curated by Asian Film Archive,  SIFA 2018 invites film and arts lovers to embark on cinematic adventures that celebrate independent voices across the world and power of the individual. “This collaboration with Asian …

Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) is celebrating its 30 years of traditional and modern choreography with the opening of a great romantic ballet, Giselle from 12 -15 April. For the first time, Giselle will be performed at the Esplanade Theatre. Drawing audiences into a work that embodies elements of the Romantic period, Giselle is a ballet filled with thrilling, mysterious and …

Why is there growing concern about Singapore’s class divide? What is the face of inequality in our society today, and whose responsibility is it to address this issue? Local theatre companies Drama Box and The Necessary Stage (TNS), who had last collaborated in 2016 on their groundbreaking production Manifesto, reunite in 2018 to present Underclass, a brand new multilingual work …

Note: This is the second of a two-part series on volunteers at All Saints Home. Read part one here. == Three days later, the ABBS volunteers gather at All Saints Home in Yishun. One by one, the volunteers push the elderly residents in their wheelchairs to neatly parked rows facing a projection screen. Today, the volunteers will lead the residents …

Note: This is the first of a two-part series on volunteers at All Saints Home. Read part two here. == An old lady in a wheelchair looks up at me. She smiles and says something in Teochew to the volunteer beside her. They both share a laugh. “What did she say?”, I ask the volunteer. “She says her painting isn’t …

by Wong Chee Meng There is an old joke, that if any major building bears a name to remind us of Singapore’s emergence as a young nation, it would soon be demolished: remember National Theatre at Fort Canning, National Library at Stamford Road, and National Stadium in Kallang. Looking at the current en bloc sale of Pearl Bank Apartments in …

Renowned Feng Shui consultant, Dato’ Joey Yap shares with the interested public on his Chinese Zodiac predictions in this 2018. Dog Overall Luck 2018 is a mixed bag with a fair share of personal and professional problems, even as you attain success Matters from one aspect of your life could spill over into others – which is why the positive boost and …

This weekend saw the performance of two local talented artists, Erwin Shah Ismail and Kimberly Chan of their self-written production in “Journeys, a double bill” at the School of the Arts Singapore. Performed as solo-pieces, each performer single-highhandedly covered 45 mins of showtime (without break), holding a tight grasp onto the audience’s attention as they cycled through various characters depicted in …