National Day Celebrations at the National Museum of Singapore
2022-08-09 10:00 - 23:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | National Museum of Singapore, 93 Stamford Road, Singapore, 178897, Singapore
National Day Celebrations at the National Museum of Singapore
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
10am – 12am
Free admission

Come dressed in your best red-and-white outfit and celebrate Singapore’s 57th birthday at the National Museum of Singapore with your family and friends! You can look forward to an exciting line-up of programmes, from an outdoor playground for families in the morning to a National Day hunt in our galleries throughout the day; creating mementos based on Singapore’s icons in our drop-in activity stations and workshops, and lively music performances and storytelling sessions. In the evening, gather with your family and friends for an outdoor live telecast of the National Day Parade, as images of past parades over the years are projected on the museum’s façade.

Don’t forget to tag us on social media when taking photos with #NationalDayatNMS!

Lecture: Contemporary Performance is Dramaturgical
2022-08-07 14:00 - 17:00 | Black Box @ The Theatre Practice, 54 Waterloo Street, Singapore, 187953, Singapore
A Public Lecture and Discussion by Peter Eckersall (USA) on the role of dramaturgy in making contemporary performance.

In this lecture Peter Eckersall will discuss the role of dramaturgy in making contemporary performance. He will explore dramaturgy as an ‘expanded field’ of practices that include creative research, writing, devising practices and social practices.
A key question will be how dramaturgy helps to make performances that are creative and aesthetically innovative while using the medium of theatre itself to make visible our political conditions and debate the future.
What can the performing arts do and what are its limitations? What can dramaturgy bring to questions for performance makers, dramaturgs, and cultural thinkers? How does contemporary performance engage us in the ethical, aesthetic, and political questions of our times?
Register at: bit.ly/adnlecture2022
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This lecture is part of a workshop & lecture series by Peter Eckersall in Singapore titled “Contemporary Dramaturgy and Performance Practice”, taking place 3 – 7 August 2022.
Find out more here: https://bit.ly/ADNworkshop2022

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Peter Eckersall teaches in the PhD Program in Theatre and Performance at the Graduate Centre, City University of New York and is an Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne. He has a PhD in Japanese Studies, and his research interests include Japanese performance, new dramaturgy, and ecocriticism in the performing arts. Recent publications include, Okada Toshiki and Japanese Theatre, (ed. with Barbara Geilhorn, Andreas Regelsberger, Cody Poulton, 2021), Curating Dramaturgies (ed. with Bertie Ferdman, 2021), The Routledge Companion to Performance and Politics (co-edited with Helena Grehan, 2019).and Performativity and Event in 1960s Japan (2013). He is cofounder/dramaturg of Not Yet It’s Difficult. Recent dramaturgy includes, Sheep #1 (Sachiyo Takahashi, Japan Society), Phantom Sun/Northern Drift (Alexis Destoop, Beursschouwburg, Riga Biennial).

ABOUT ASIAN DRAMATURGS’ NETWORK
The Asian Dramaturgs’ Network (ADN) is formed with the intent of mapping and networking the region’s dramaturgical experience and knowledge. ADN is collaboratively conceptualised with Centre 42 and held its inaugural ADN Symposium in Singapore in 2016. Since then, various gatherings of dramaturgs, performance makers and arts educators from around the Asia-Pacific region have taken place in Japan and Australia. ADN has most recently published ADN Re/View, a series of three E-zines which offer snapshots of the work of ADN, the ideas, thinking and practices of contributors to the network since 2016. Download them for free here: http://www.asiandramaturgs.com/resources/publications/review.

TROPICAL LAB 16: EMERGENCY
2022-08-05 12:00 - 2022-09-03 19:00 | Lasalle College of the Arts, 1 McNally Street Singapore 187940, Singapore, Singapore, 187940, Singapore
Tropical Lab is an international art camp organised by LASALLE College of the Arts for masters degree and PhD candidates. Led by Senior Fellow, Milenko Prvački, the intensive and highly engaging art camp will bring together more than 20 students from international art colleges and institutions. Events include a series of workshops, talks and seminars guided by established international and Singaporean artists, culminating in an exhibition.
This year’s theme ‘Emergency’ is a contemporary idea primarily borne out by sudden medicalised ruptures to the human body, severe political fractures to the body politic of society, and everyday breaks as a means to temporally attend to matters with a sense of immediacy and urgency. These ritualised signifiers form the basis on which one can help ascertain the current station of contemporary society.
Location

Praxis Space, Project Space and Brother Joseph McNally Gallery

Tropical Lab 16: Emergency
2022-08-05 12:00 - 2022-09-03 19:00 | Lasalle College of the Arts, 1 McNally Street Singapore 187940, Singapore, Singapore, 187940, Singapore
Tropical Lab is an international art camp organised by LASALLE College of the Arts for masters degree and PhD candidates. Led by Senior Fellow, Milenko Prvački, the intensive and highly engaging art camp will bring together more than 20 students from international art colleges and institutions. Events include a series of workshops, talks and seminars guided by established international and Singaporean artists, culminating in an exhibition.
This year’s theme ‘Emergency’ is a contemporary idea primarily borne out by sudden medicalised ruptures to the human body, severe political fractures to the body politic of society, and everyday breaks as a means to temporally attend to matters with a sense of immediacy and urgency. These ritualised signifiers form the basis on which one can help ascertain the current station of contemporary society.
Participating institutions
California Institute of the Arts, Goldsmiths University of London, Köln International School of Design, LASALLE College of the Arts, Sanata Dharma University, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, University of Arts in Belgrade, University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, Universiti Teknologi MARA, University of California, Davis, University of Plymouth, University of the Philippines, Diliman, University of Washington, University of West Bohemia, Zurich University of the Arts
Artists
Aina Shukri, Alfiah Rahdini, Ami Konuma, Brendan Johnny, Carmen Ceniga Prado, Dana Blume, Duarte Perry, Isabella Teng, Jonáš Baierl, Kathi Schulz, Katie Tindle, Lucylle Bianca Cawaling, Luka Ličina, Marić, Neil Robinson, Norbert Filep, Razan AlSarraf, Sam Rathbun, Tamae Kobori, Wang Huiling, Yasmin L Jones
Curator
Mithu Sen

Fashioning Batik by NAFA X BINhouse@ACM
2022-08-05 10:00 - 19:00 | Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore, 179555, Singapore
This showcase features batik menswear created by students and graduates of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in collaboration with BINhouse. Interpreting tradition, history, culture, and contemporary fashion aesthetics, the designs are modern, innovative, and wearable.
BINhouse, a batik powerhouse in Indonesia, generously provided all the batik fabrics for this collection. Each one speaks to the unique and
distinctive BINhouse signature approach to handmade batik.
With their individual fortes and styles, the NAFA designers established their own approaches to working with the BINhouse batiks. Among the
designers are an embroidery artist, a print designer, a leather smith, an alternative constructionist, as well as current students honing their skills in fashion designing.
Programmes: Join us on 2–4 September for Crossing Cultures at ACM, and on 25 September for ACM Adventures: Runway Ready.

The Nest
2022-08-04 20:00 - 2022-08-21 17:00 | 42 Waterloo St, 42 Waterloo St, 187951, Singapore
Rainshadow Studios presents
THE NEST by acclaimed playwright Franz Xaver Kroetz
August 4-21, 2022
42 Waterloo St
Like all expecting parents, Kurt and Martha want the best for their baby. But they are working class and a baby is costly. What happens when an innocent side job spirals out of control? How far will the new parents go to create their ideal home?
Directed by Yale-NUS Lecturer of Theatre Jonathan Vandenberg and featuring Ethel Yap (Four Horse Road, Urinetown: The Musical) and Te Hao Boon (Cost of Caring, The Hawker), The Nest is a haunting parable on the tangled relationship between materialism, obedience, and ecological devastation. Written in 1974 Bavaria and locally set, this timeless play eerily resonates with the struggles of a modern family in Singapore.
Thank you to our sponsors Endowus, CarBuyers, and Grain for their support.
Tickets are $35 general admission or $25 for students, available now at the-nest-sg.peatix.com.
Find out more at rainshadowstudios.org/the-nest.

The Fourth Trimester by Checkpoint Theatre
2022-08-04 20:00 - 2022-08-14 15:00 | Drama Centre Theatre, National Library, Victoria Street, Singapore
Following sold-out runs of the critically acclaimed Normal (2015 and 2017), playwright Faith Ng and director Claire Wong return with The Fourth Trimester, a compelling new play that will sweep you into the vivid, messy embrace of parenthood and family life.
The first month is always the roughest.
Exhausted from battling sleepless nights and endless diaper changes, first-time parents Samantha and Aaron find themselves overwhelmed caring for their newborn. Close friends rally around them in support, but picture-perfect couple Lisa and Daniel are beginning to feel the strain of family life on their relationship, while Ann yearns for a space of her own. Next door, newlyweds Sofia and Johan deal with the pressures of starting a family. Faced with the tangle of life and its hurdles, ‘adulting’ has never seemed so complicated.
Incredibly rich, humorous and compassionate, The Fourth Trimester is achingly familiar in its portrayal of family life and all its uncertainties. With sensitive, nuanced direction by Claire Wong and insightful dramaturgy by Huzir Sulaiman, Faith Ng’s latest work casts a refreshing and timely light on parenthood, identity, and what it means to be happy in contemporary Singapore.
Expect the unexpected in this hopeful and heartfelt ode to the places we call home, and the people we choose as family.
(Advisory: Some coarse language and mature themes relating to relationships, parenthood, and caregiving)

Open Call: Call for mural proposals
2022-07-26 08:00 - 2022-08-26 23:30 | 82 Redhill Lane, Singapore, Singapore
CALLING ALL CREATIVES!
The Red Pencil (Singapore) seeks proposals for a mural design for its new Creative Arts Therapy Centre at Redhill! We are looking for a design that can capture the therapeutic effects of creative arts therapy, particularly through the use of elements symbolising resilience, creativity, and hope. It can also include sub-themes of art, expressions, music, dance and movement. The design should use vibrant colours! For more information, see: bit.ly/muralproposals

ITI Masterclasses by Guillermo Angelelli
2022-07-23 09:30 - 2022-08-27 18:00 | Intercultural Theatre Institute, 11 Upper Wilkie Road, Singapore, 228120, Singapore
This July to August, enhance your skills with masterclasses on theatre and clowning, led by ITI faculty member, actor and director Guillermo Angelelli!
Masterclass on the Creative Process from Training to Composition
For professional artists and those training in theatre, circus, dance, singing and performers in general.
Structure
The Scribble
Physical training on three movement circuits, application of basic principles of theatrical anthropology for the discovery and development of the implicit actions in the doodling, as well as composition of sequences.
The Five Resonators
Basic tips for the development of vocal training based on five body resonators and the action of saying.
The Marriage Between Word and Action
Organisation of a structure through listening and adaptation of various systems of meaning (including a score of actions and text).
Creation and Exhibition
How to be present.
Requirements:

Minimum age of 17
Attendance for all sessions
Comfortable clothing
A memorised text of the participant’s choice with a length of 10–15 lines (preferably not song lyrics)

Details:
Dates: 23 Jul – 13 Aug (4 Saturdays)
Time: 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Total duration: 16 hours
Fee: $480
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Clowning Masterclass
This intensive two-day workshop will train performers on awareness, presence and complicity.
Beyond a character, the clown can be defined as a kind of spirit; a quality of energy that arises from the joy of celebrating the uniqueness of each moment with others.
This masterclass offers a repertoire of games and exercises played in complicity with the audience, to test and train your ability to communicate using the most sensitive, true, passionate, stripped, ridiculous and funny parts of your personality.
“In clowning, what transcends is not what is said; there is something behind that, which is the goal of training: to find that transparent body to connect with a type of presence which is already eloquent in itself.” – Guillermo Angelelli
Requirements:

Minimum age of 17
Attendance for all sessions

Details:
Dates: 20, 27 Aug (Saturdays)
Time: 9 AM – 6 PM (includes a lunch break)
Total duration: 16 hours
Fee: $480
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$80 OFF WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR BOTH WORKSHOPS
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About the Instructor
Guillermo Angelelli is a faculty member of Intercultural Theatre Institute. An actor, director and teacher from Argentina, he studied drama at the National School of Dramatic Arts in Buenos Aires and continued his training with teachers such as Carlos Gandolfo and Cristina Moreira. In 1984, he co-founded the clown group El Clú del Claun, one of the most celebrated groups in Buenos Aires known for their avant-garde works. In 1986, he began to develop training and research work with Iben Nagel Rassmusen of Denmark’s Odin Teatret, and is now a member of the Vindenes Bro Group (The Bridge of Winds) managed by Rassmusen. For over 35 years, he has been teaching clowning, physical and vocal training in Argentina and other parts of Latin America, as well as Europe. He has also served as the director of the theatre group El Primogénito since 1993.
Guillermo has won many awards for his work in theatre including the Harlequin Award for Best Actor and Director for Asterion (1992), GATEA Award and Maria Guerrero Award for Best Actor for The Threepenny Opera (2004) and Hamlet (2004), and Maria Guerrero Award for Best Actor for Woyzeck (2006).

Musical Theatre Fringe Fest (MTFF) Produced by Sing'theatre
2022-07-22 19:30 - 2022-08-07 22:00 | multiple locations
Musical Theatre Fringe Festival (MTFF) produced by Sing’theatre, is Singapore’s first and only arts festival dedicated to celebrating Musical Theatre that will run from 22nd July to 7th August 2022. With 16 shows, 7 workshops and 10 talks & events, this ambitious new festival has something for everyone. The festival shines a spotlight on local musicals, and fantastic local & international performers and brings together audiences to WATCH, LEARN and ENGAGE in Musical Theatre like never before.

Are you a musical theatre fan? An aspiring performer? Or someone who has no clue about musicals? With MTFF’s extensive array of programs, no one will be left out and in fact, we guarantee that you will be spoilt for choice! Witness the incubation of original and local works with Tissue Aunty The Musical by CariCapture Theatre, Jack The Musical Read by Dwayne Tan, The Hidden Singapore Musical by Karen Lim and many more. Level up your performing skills through international workshops held by Natalie Weiss (USA) and Luka Anthony (UK) along with specialised Song and Dance workshops by the local 7/8 Musical Collective. Have a relaxing evening with family and friends at The Projector watching musical theatre movies and surround yourselves with the Musical Theatre Community at our Open Mic sessions.

To top it all off, our headline shows will be two showstopping Broadway fringe shows: [title of show] and In Pieces, starring award winning performers including Mina Kaye, Benjamin Chow, Seong Hui Xuan, and the next generation of Singapore talents!

Festival Artistic Director TJ Taylor shares his vision of festival: “Singapore has a thriving Musical Theatre scene but genre has never been solely celebrated with a festival of its own. So, through this festival I wanted to shine a fabulous spotlight and provide a platform for performers of all backgrounds to share their works, develop their skills and increase the exposure of Musical Theatre to audiences in Singapore.”

CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2022
2022-07-15 09:00 - 2022-08-05 19:30
ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with ACIT Venice – Italian-German Cultural Association, is pleased to announce the open call for the 10th Edition of CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2022, international exhibition of photography, painting, video art, installation/sculpture and performance art, that will be held in Venice, at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello from July 15 to August 05, 2022, and in other prestigious venues and historical buildings.
The tenth edition of CONTEMPORARY VENICE analyzes the relationship between body and space, and the hybridization between identities and cultural/physical/social/urban settings in contemporary time, through two main sections: MIXING IDENTITIES and FUTURE LANDSCAPES.

more. www.itsliquid.com

Objectifs Cinema: Now Showing
2022-07-14 - 2022-09-11 | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
Objectifs Cinema: Now Showing showcases the best of Southeast Asian short films across all genres, from narrative, documentary, to experimental. From 14 July to 11 September 2022, film lovers can expect to see a rotating series of short films from around Southeast Asia, screened in four parts at the Objectifs Chapel Gallery.
Over 30 short films selected from the region will be screened during the exhibition period, including films by award-winning Singaporean filmmakers Boo Junfeng and Kirsten Tan, and Southeast Asian talents such as Martika Ramirez Escobar and Carlo Francisco Manatad, whose works have been recognised internationally. Audiences will also have the opportunity to participate in conversations to learn more about the craft and inspiration behind their iconic works.
For film enthusiasts and cinephiles, there will also be a film memorabilia corner at the exhibition where items such as collectibles, posters, promotional material, and more can be exchanged. Aspiring filmmakers can look forward to attending regular gatherings at Objectifs, where they can connect and network with like-minded individuals in the film community.
