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SSO Good You Can Eat It On Its Own
A Mahler Titan to rival the Berlin Philharmonic's... I don't believe I exaggerate ( Read more... ) -
Horse Hung
I'm no paragon of virtue myself, so let the pretence drop and come clean, we know why we went to watch Equus. Despite it's long history, it perhaps came into prominence when Daniel "Harry Potter" Radcliffe starred on West End in the lead, most famous for having a seminal (no pun intended) nude scene ( Read more... ) -
Precedencial Election
The question on everyone's minds and lips this week is "Who are you voting for ( Read more... ) -
Come Out and Pray
In the closing week of the Man Singapore Theatre Festival, Wild Rice presents two plays on the religious divide, both unflinching in the brutal honesty yet tempered by sensitivity. If the plays made me uncomfortable, was it because of inherent personal beliefs and doubts or because of scepticism ( Read more... ) -
Man-datory Vote
Perhaps the main draw of the Man Singapore Theatre Festival, Alfian Sa'at's Cooling Off Day was a mish-mash hodge-podge of public opinion on the not-so-long-ago General Elections ( Read more... ) -
Man-ipulating Race Relations
So one missed (or rather skipped) Charged last year. The premise caught the eye and tickled the fancy but didn't do enough to secure my vote. The reviews were glowing, the reception was warm, the response was enthusiastic, so why one didn't commit, one can't imagine or remember ( Read more... ) -
Man-ly Pursuits
So the biennial Singapore Theatre Festival gets a generous sponsorship from Man Investments, yes, them of the Booker Prize no less and inherits a prestigious title to boot. And with a tryptich of commissioned premieres and a sophomore outing of a couple of back-by-popular-demand critically acclaimed plays, it looks set to be the talk-of-the-town ( Read more... ) -
Yellow Fever
With the hotbed of musical talent coming out of China (at about the same rate the knock-off LVs roll off the production lines in Shenzhen), yet another prodigy wins an international competition and is catapulted into a career most can only dream of ( Read more... ) -
Beauty World
Like mulit-hyphenate Dick Lee needed to do more to prove himself, his latest work, Beauty Kings is a delightful feel-good romp from start to finish. Based on the premise of the controversy plaguing the male beauty pageant some years ago, the sexy, the sordid and the silly are fleshed out with aplomb. In no particular order, mind ( Read more... )
