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For a country that has imported performing arts events almost year-round, the arts festival organizer should perhaps look, much further and harder, for a kind of programme that would unlikely be presented outside such a privileged stage as a festival, even though that may translate as less excitement and lower ticket sales. Such is probably the case for the Asian premiere of “Sonos ‘E Memoria: In th....
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A few years ago, the Singapore Arts Festival drew much attention from ballet lovers in the region and attracted full-house attendance when the full company of the Royal Ballet (UK) performed "Swan Lake" at the Esplanade Theatre. But, last month at the same venue, the festival's final, ticketed performance, the Asian premiere of "Amjad", saw a different turnout, despite having rece....
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In a thoroughly vandalised high-school classroom, boys and girls sit waiting for a teacher who never appears. To kill time, they take turns giving "lessons" - personal stories dealing with, among other topics, sex and gardening. And when the touchy subject of racial discrimination is broached, violence reaches its height, guns are drawn and the tragic ending is inevitable. "I've always....
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Singapore Arts Festival 2008 commenced at Boat Quay with French street theatre Ilotopie’s aquatic spectacle “Water Fools”. The three-day outdoors evening show drew the total of 30,000 spectators—a smart way to kick off the festival that attempts to prove that arts can take place anyway and is indeed for anyone. Si....
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Southeast Asia’s foremost annual month-long showcase of international dance, theatre, and music focuses more on local productions that have potential to go beyond the artistic and geographical boundaries this year. Organized by the National Arts Council (NAC), a subsidiary of the Ministry of Information, Communications, and the Arts (MICA), the 22nd edition of Singapore Arts Festival (SAF) will featu....
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