Theatre Review: The Utama Spaceship Beams Us Up Into Hopeful Futures For Singapore
A young punk among nations, Singapore clings fiercely to the precious few founding legends we have. Think the hoary old tales of Sang Nila Utama and S…
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Theatre Review: Secretive Thing 215 Is An Orwellian Nightmare You Can’t Wake From
I am being watched. But by whom? The short man lurking a little too casually by the staircase? Or perhaps the girl who just brushed past me with a see…
Recap: Vietnam’s EPIZODE Festival Is About To Become One Of Electronic Music’s Elite Events
EPIZODE is the electronic music festival that rocked our world. It’s also the festival that we haven’t quite recovered from — turns out that three consecutive nights of partying until sunrise isn’t th…
Designs on Asia: Nanjing Marriott Hotel’s New Japanese Restaurant, SORA
Japanese cuisine is such a rage among the Chinese nowadays that specialty restaurants are mushrooming to ride on the demand. At the new Marriott Hotel…
Festival Review: Highlights of Thailand’s Wonderfruit 2019
On the last day of 2019, we remember a contender of Asia's best festival. Having followed Wonderfruit Festival since the very beginning in 2014, we've…
Theatre Review: Cats The Musical At Marina Bay Sands Is Better Than The Movie
Amidst the mostly negative clamour on social media about Tom Hooper’s recent film adaptation of CATS, there’s now a reason not to give in to lacklustre sentiments. Yes, we’re talking about the revival…
Eye Candy: We Talk Travel, Life and Co-working with LITA Founder Narisa Pokunchanan
Jack of all trades, master of... some? Narisa M Pokunchanan has her thumbs in every possible proverbial pie, and she's made a living out of at least t…
Film Of The Month: ‘I Lost My Body’ Is A Severed Hand’s Touching Quest Of Self-Discovery
We've all seen Paris through a thousand different lenses, but I Lost My Body (J'ai Perdu Mon Corps) offers what might be the most gripping perspective…
Musical Review: The Book Of Mormon is Hard-Hitting and Funny As Hell (And It Might Even Come to Singapore)
Few of us in the crowd could catch our breath during The Book of Mormon, which was staged to a Friday-night full house in Perth’s Crown Theatre. Though most of us undoubtedly came forewarned, there wa…
City Nomads Radio: Christian Löffler, Germany
Inside his log cabin on the Darss Peninsula, Christian Löffler works on both visual and aural expressions of art. The German DJ and producer's seclude…