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| Improv Performance
Can or Cannot? Part of Esplanade Presents: Flipside in conjunction with the Singapore Arts Festival 2010 Ready for something zany, exciting and totally spontaneous? Join Vernetta Lopez as she whips up a hilarious frenzy with four actors and a keyboardist in Flipside’s new improv show. Throw in some audience suggestions, props and situations that are uniquely Singaporean and you could end up with a parking attendant super hero, a kachang puteh rapper or even an ERP musical. Come and watch, cannot tar pao, because you get to decide whether the actors ‘Can or Cannot’ make it. This is one improv show that Singaporeans, PRs and new citizens will find uniquely theirs! It’s Free! Time: 8.15 – 8.45pm, 9.15 – 9.45pm Venue: Esplanade Concourse Source: Flipside 2010 |
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| Performance
Tiny Music Circus Part of Esplanade Presents: Flipside in conjunction with the Singapore Arts Festival 2010 “Mundo Novo Poco Dancers” means “the great parade of a tiny music circus”! Join this colourful procession lead by two musicians who puppeteer up to 200 dolls at once! Follow them as they perform and roam around the are. A great way to brighten up your Friday! Time: 5.30pm – 6.00pm, 7.00 – 7.30pm Venue: Waterfront Canopy & Roving Source: Esplanade Flipside |
Theatre / Performance
The Carnival of The Animals and Part of the Singapore Arts Festival 2010. This double-bill concert will entertain kids, teens and entire families with a smorgasbord of classical music, theatrical animation and acts of skill and strength. Featuring the combined talents of acclaimed Kamchàtka Theatre Company and the Singapore Festival Orchestra, The Carnival of The Animals and Peter & The Wolf will enthrall families with a delightful evening of wholesome entertainment. The Esplanade Concert Hall will be magically transformed into the wild! Accompanying the Kamchàtka Theatre Company’s marvellous mix of juggling and acrobatics will be the Singapore Festival Orchestra’s rendition of Camille Saint-Saens’ renowned musical suite, The Carnival of The Animals. Led by Director Adrian Schvarzstein, the Kamchàtka Theatre Company is a young multi-disciplinary collective from Spain whose work has been acclaimed at numerous festivals. Time: 7.30 pm Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall Tickets: Standard – S$80, S$60, S$45, S$35, S$20 (exclude booking fee) Tickets available HERE! Source: Singapore Arts Fest, SISTIC |
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| Reading
Poetry Night with Raafil Raafil has shared his poems with OM sometime ago and is back for more poetry reading. Come and indulge in a night of literature! Check out his works HERE! The poems touch on themes of self-discovery; ( the perceived oneness of the international culture; the feeling of weightlessness stemming from the act of asking forgiveness from your fellow men; self-therapy through words; blindly trusting authority; wistfulness towards an earlier age where human beings attempted to be one with nature ) Chill out on Friday! Time: 8.00pm Venue: Going Om, 63 Haji Lane Source: Going Om |
Theatre / Performance
Gatz Part of the Singapore Arts Festival 2010. Unlike traditional adaptations of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, Gatz is staged around a verbatim reading of the entire book – word – for- word. A theatrical tour de force, Gatz is a 6-hour long performance with a cast of 13. Set in a crummy office, the story begins when an employee, Nick (Scott Shepherd) starts reading the book aloud at his desk… and can’t stop. His colleagues hardly seem to notice at first. Then, with a bewildering chain of odd coincidences and visual puns, they are drawn into the world of Fitzgerald’s novel. One by one, they join Shepherd, acting out the drama and speaking dialogue straight from the book. Shepherd’s amazing feat of narrating helms the 6-hour long show, tracing the novel’s progression at first with comic awkwardness and finally with virtuosic ease. Time: 2.00pm ( 8 hrs with dinner break and 2 intermissions – dinner not provided) Venue: Esplanade Theatre Studio Tickets: Standard – S$45 (Exclude booking fee) Tickets available HERE! Source: Singapore Arts Fest 2010, SISTIC |
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| Live Music
Originals Only Open Mike @SAM Featured Artiste – Jon Chong Having written songs for over a decade to capture and express his thoughts and experiences, Jon Chong views music as a natural extension of who he is. In his songs, Jon delves honestly into the themes of life and love and why, and stirs us to consider our unique place in the world. Expect his original compositions to be an eclectic mix of genres — pop, rock, blues, jazz, funk, and soul. Jon strongly believes in the power of music and strives to create music that reaches deep into the soul, leaving an indelible impression. Ultimately, he hopes to inspire people, as a fellow traveller, to pursue their passions and dreams by carving out their own opportunities and breaking stereotypes if necessary, and having as much fun as possible. BEST OOOMER FOR THE NIGHT Time: 7.00 pm Venue: Singapore Art Museum, Glass Hall Source: OOOM@SAM-FB |
Theatre
Those Who Can’t, Teach Part of the Singapore Arts Festival 2010. Those Who Can’t, Teach is a classic of The Necessary Stage, first staged in 1990 as part of the Opening of The Substation. 20 years later, the original creative team of director Alvin Tan and playwright Haresh Sharma, will revisit, revive and revamp the play into a contemporary classic. Set in the backdrop of a secondary school, the play looks at the madcap lives of teachers and students, with often hilarious results. As the teachers struggle daily to ‘nurture and groom’, the students prefer to hang out and chillax. In the meantime, they all have to deal with the dreaded ‘parents’. With upskirting and facebooking, teaching and politicking, school has never been the same. Join the colourful cast of characters as they struggle to prove that Those Who CAN, Teach. Featuring an ensemble cast including Neo Swee Lin, Rodney Oliveiro, Siti Khalijah, Ian Tan and Najib Soiman. With original music by Philip Tan and set design by Vincent Lim. Time: 8.00pm Venue: Drama Centre Theatre Tickets: Standard – S$50, S$40, S$30, S$20 (exclude booking fee) Tickets Available HERE! Source: Singapore Arts Festival 2010, SISTIC |
Friday, 21 May 2010
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