Arts & Culture

The Singapore Lyric Opera (SLO) will be bringing Opera in the Park for the 12th consecutive year, celebrating new beginnings with the theme “Nature and Hope”. It will be staged at the Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage in the beautiful nature setting of Singapore’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site on 15 June 2019, 5.30pm. As Opera in the Park enters into its …

Lee Hsien Yang, brother to PM Lee Hsien Loong, posted about his wife Lee Suet Fern’s win at the 2019 Yokohama Quilt Festival in Japan. Apart from being a lawyer, Mrs Lee is also an accomplished quilter, says Mr Lee. The award-winning quilt is called Castel del Monte and is inspired by the octagonal towers of the Castel del Monte, …

Singaporean poet, graphic artist, and literary critic Gwee Li Sui has released yet another intriguing book, this one on the unique ‘Singlish’. The author of the graphic novel Myth of the Stone and several poetry volumes such as The Other Merlion and Friends, Haikuku, and, most recently, Death Wish now presents a guide to Singapore’s unique language which has evolved …

With less than two weeks to the opening of the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) 2019, new shows have been added to two sold-out hits. A new show has been added on 25 May (Saturday) at 3pm for the show Displaced Persons’ Welcome Dinner, by critically acclaimed theatre company, Checkpoint Theatre. It is a multidisciplinary theatrical work commissioned by …

The 2019 slate of Viddsee Originals comprises of 11 short films, five documentary series and seven fictional series, which was kicked off in February with the debut of ‘Unscripted Man’, a four-episode co-production with Indonesia-based Telkomsel, and available on its streaming service MAXstream. “Viddsee Originals extends our capabilities as a platform to produce content at scale, leveraging on the relationships …

The Singapore Lyric Opera will be presenting their Children’s Choir Concert this year, with the theme “How Far I’ll Go”. It will be staged at the Victoria Concert Hall on 25 May 2019, 7:30pm. Delightful and charming, the Children will bring the audience along with them on their journey of learning and self-discovery through performances of various classics. The concert …

The buzz generated by the Singapore Bicentennial 2019 has ignited curiosity and much re-evaluation about Singapore’s long and rich history. Yet what does (de)colonisation truly mean, and can we ever be free from its fetters? The Necessary Stage’s (TNS) ground-breaking and audacious new production, Civilised, challenges us to examine the complexities of colonialism and colonisation—not only of the past, but …

Since 2007, Chowk Productions has painstakingly nurtured a quiet mission of transforming traditional Indian dance for Singapore’s transcultural practitioners and audiences. In these 12 years, Chowk has created a confident contemporary dance idiom drawing from movement forms indigenous to India, Indonesia and the Malay archipelago. Over the years, they have fostered a small, thriving ecology for local and regional artistic …

Checkpoint Theatre kicked off their 2019 season with a tender and lyrical look at life and art-making through the eyes, words and works of artist-writer Dana Lam. Still Life, which was sold out during its run, was directed and dramaturged by Claire Wong, and performed by Dana Lam and Jean Ng. Dana first brought Still Life to Checkpoint Theatre when …

Established by Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) in 1995 as Singapore’s most loved and iconic outdoor dance event at the Fort Canning Green, Ballet Under the Stars, is back this year for its 24th run. They will be presenting a weekend of contemporary works from 5 – 7 July, and another weekend of classical ballets from 12 – 14 July 2019. …