Friday, 26 Feb 2010

Jermal
(part of Film Screenings – Indonesian Arts Festival IV)

At least three different Indonesian films will be screened followed by a talkback session where award-winning and critically acclaimed Indonesian filmmakers will share their experiences and insights into the film industry.

About the movie: After his mother’s death, Jaya (12) is sent to his father, Johar, who works as a supervisor on a jermal (a fishing platform perched on log stilts in the middle of the sea). Johar is shocked, never knowing he had a son, and rejects the boy as his kin. Fully aware he can’t bring Jaya back to land due to a dark past, Johar is forced to accept the boy as a worker on the site.

Faced with constant rejection from his father and relentless bullying by the other boys who work on the jermal, Jaya decides to take fate into his own hands. He gives up hope of being accepted and learns the skills and attitude needed to survive on the jermal.

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Join in the festival today!

Time:7.30 pm

Venue: The Substation Theatre

Tickets: $8.00 (Please contact Saskia : 97578064 saskia.larasaty@yahoo.com or Agnes : 92351112 tropical_topaz@yahoo.com)

Source: Substation

OOOM @ SAM

Originals Only Open Mike, or OOOM for short, is a Singapore Art Cafe (SAC) initiative. It is a monthly music event usually held at venues around Singapore, and is possibly the first local open mike that features only original material.

About OOOM@ SAM: OOOM@SAM is a partnership between SAM (Singapore Art Museum), SAC and radio station Power 98. Promising talents will be identified each month and invited to Power 98′s popular Acoustic Lounge sessions, where DJ Harry Corro chats with featured artistes who will get to perform over national radio.

Catch the featured band, D’Fusion today!

Time: 7.30pm – 9.00 pm

Venue: Singapore Art Museum, The Glass Hall

Source: OOOM-FB

Bon Voyage

Set in 1940s France in the moments before the German occupation of Paris during World War II, Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s lively farce BON VOYAGE combines a murder mystery, a political drama, and a series of madcap subplots including a secret scientific discovery and a gathering of socialites at Bordeaux’s Hotel Splendide.

The result is a picturesque period piece full of energy, adventure, and breathtaking scenery. Forced to flee Paris as the Germans advance, a mismatched group of oddly acquainted personalities reassemble in Bordeaux.

Time: 9.15pm

Venue: The Screening Room, 12 Ann Siang Road

Tickets: Dining- $65, Tickets – $20

Source: The Screening Room

Fridays @ Blu Jaz !

Have some live music that fuses body, soul and mind together with magic music. Presenting Fuse Collective with Muhd Noor on percussion. Presenting Fuse Collective with Muhd Noor on percussion @ Cafe.

It’s also that time of the month where the funkiest team takes over Lounge and make it their own.

Pushin’ On is in da house with their own brand of funk, hip hop retro and some wicked beats!

Free event but food & drink charges applies.

Time: 9.30pm onwards

Venue: Blu Jaz Level Cafe & Lounge

Source: Blu Jaz Cafe

Going Local – a double and triple bill
buds Theatre Company is proud to present its latest show, Going Local, an evening of local entertainment with a community edge! Written by recent graduates of the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Management University, all three plays are a fresh look at three very different aspects of Singapore’s culture.

Staying Over – Jon is at his cousin’s house and the family’s maid, Siti, reveals that it is her 21st birthday the following week. To celebrate, the children decide to put on a play of her life.

Maggie and Milly and Molly and May – Four men, one cliff and one aim: jump and end it all now. One after another, the men arrive only to find someone else is already there. A bad tempered queue begins to form.

Rebellion – Axle just wants to do whatever he wants, wherever he wants, with whoever he wants. This doesn’t ever seem possible until the day his Fairy Godfather appears. Suddenly the world is his oyster. Or is it?

Time: 8.00 pm

Venue: Drama Centre Black Box (National Library Building L5)

Tickets: Standard – $20.00, Student, Sr. Citizen, NSF – $15.00 (excludes booking fee). Tickets available HERE.

Source: Gatecrash