5 Things to Do in Singapore This Week: 9th November to 15th November 2020

This week, look forward to a combination of online and in-person activities. Watch performances both online and offline, indulge yourself in some theatre and some art, and tickle all your senses with a perfume-food double whammy. Sentosa is also offering a huge range of experiences for the holiday season!

Watch Charlie, an Interactive Play from the Melbourne Fringe Online

This award-winning intimate, interactive play by Singaporean artist Victoria Chen is making its online debut this month November as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. This 15-minute performance starts with a single audience member interacting with Charlie, a twelve-year-old brought up to believe there is danger beyond her room. The rest of the performance depends on how the audience member describes the world we live in to her. What would you say to her? How do you explain the difficult circumstances we live in to a child with no other frame of reference but your words?

Charlie will be taking place over Zoom from 12 November to 28 November as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Get tickets here for A$11.50 – A$15. 

Celebrate and Learn About Iconic Women in Art and Science

Zaha Hadid. Photo courtesy of Steve Double.

Women’s achievements are often overshadowed by men’s, whether those men are their colleagues, spouses or children. This series of online and in-person programs is now here to showcase women trail-blazers in the fields of art and science through performances, films, virtual tours and more. Come celebrate the women who defied patriarchy and defied all expectations, including Anna Campbell Bliss, Hilma af Klint, Zaha Hadid and more.

Women of Art and Science will be taking place at the ArtScience Museum and online till 27 November. ArtScience Museum is located at 6 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018974.

Watch a Play Based on Bestselling Memoir Tuesdays with Morrie

Held at the Singapore Repertory Theatre and performed by Remesh Panicker and Benjamin Chow, this play based on Mitch Albom’s best-selling memoir is just as powerful and emotionally charged as the book was. In this play, a journalist and his mentor reunite due to the mentor’s chronic illness, and the journalist learns the most important lesson his mentor has ever taught him – how to live. Due to high demand, more shows have been added so make sure you catch it.
Tuesdays with Morrie will be showing till 6 December at the Singapore Repertory Theatre. The Singapore Repertory Theatre is located at 20 Merbau Rd, Singapore 239035. 

Go on an Aromatic, Gastronomic Journey

Let AWAKE guide you through an absolute feast by a perfumer and show you how scents, details and flavours change with different contexts and stimuli. This private dining concept serves up homemade foods and brings each to life with a different note of perfume. After you’ve eaten to your heart’s content, bring home a bottle of perfume using notes inspired by the evening’s food.
AWAKE will be held on the 14th of November at Crane from 7 – 9pm. Tickets are $120 for Crane members and $135 for non-members. Buy tickets here. Crane is located at 46 Kim Yam Road, #01-05, Singapore 239351. 

Make Time for a Holiday with Sentosa this End of Year Season

The folks at Sentosa are launching a Sentosa Insider campaign to encourage us to make some time to rest and relax, as we’re nearing the end of a stressful year. Try your hand at making wax figures at Madame Tussauds, or learn about marine conservation on Sentosa’s beaches. They’re also hosting a range of holiday packages in denominations of S$100; one to try features a 2.5-hour guided yacht tour to the Southern Islands, and a cable car ride for S$100!

The Sentosa Insider Tours will be rolling out progressively over the next few months. Learn more here.

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When not taking naps or reading books, Tessa is either lifting weights or playing video games. She loves animals, a cold beer, and above all, a good meal.