2008 Shows II
Movie ~ Doraemon: Nobita’s Dinosaur (14-15 Jun 2008)
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Late Nite @ Esplanade – Hossan Leong (27-28 June 2008)
27-28 Jun 2008
Fri & Sat, 7:30PM & 9:30PM
Esplanade Recital Studio
Standard – S$35
You’ve heard of Billy Joe, Elton John and Barry Manilow. Now brace yourself for Singapore’s very own Piano funnyMan – Hossan Leong!
He will tickle those little notes on that ebony and ivory, serenade you with life’s funny little realities (and ironies) and tease you into submission. From pop to jazz, broadway and classical, Hossan oozes musical talent liked no other.
One of Singapore’s most popular and successful television and theatre actors, Hossan has earned an impressive array of awards and reviews. He is well-known for his stand-up comedy routines, Hossan, LIVE! And was recently seen in Dim Sum Dollies in The History of Singapore, It Takes Two and his one-man, stand-up extravaganza, Multiple Personality Disorder among others.
Watch out Liberace fans, the Piano funnyMan is going to be a musical feast on a baby grand!
Co-presented by Dream Academy
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Dance ~ B-Boyz & Ballerina (27-29 June 2008)
27-29 Jun 2008
Fri, 8:00PM
Sat, 3:00PM & 8:00PM
Sun, 3:00PM
Esplanade Theatre
3pm
S$80, S$65, S$50, S$40, S$30
Box Seat – S$80
8pm
S$85, S$70, S$55, S$45, S$35
Box Seat – S$85
B-BOYZ & BALLERINA (KOREA)
Pulsate to the energetic and high-octane performance by B-Boys Theatre, one of Korea’s world renowned leading new wave hip-hop dance theatre. Formerly known as ‘The Ballerina who loves a B-boy’ and now renamed, ‘B-Boyz & Ballerina’, the performance shows how a ballerina assimilates to street dancing after she falls in love with a b-boy.
Feel the exuberance of the energetic 19 b-boys and b-girls and cheer them on in their frenzied, skilful freestyling displays of hip-hopping and break-dancing. Join in this hyper rousing dance fiesta where you will be spell-bound by the Technicolour street fashions, joyous soundtrack and the gravity-defying floor routines of windmills, L-kicks and more.
A sell-out show in Korea and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, it will tour America, Japan, China and Spain after Singapore. Be part of this international sensation which promises a truly entertaining experience not only for the youth but also for the whole family!
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Theatre ~ Mama’s Wedding (Plus Opening Act: Sarong Party Boy) (3-13 July 2008)
3-13 Jul 2008 Tue – Fri, 8PM
Sat – Sun, 3PM & 8PM
Approx 80 mins (no intermission)
The Room Upstairs @ ACTION Theatre’s 42 Waterloo Street
Standard
S$40 (Fri & Sat, 8PM)
S$35 (Tue – Thu & Sun, 8PM)
S$30 (Sat & Sun, 3PM)
MAMA’S WEDDING
Three Daughters. One Bride.
Countless Family Secrets!
ACTION Theatre proudly presents the world premiere of a sparkling new comedy by Malaysia’s hottest young playwright Mark Beau de Silva!
MAMA’S WEDDING tells a hilarious story of what happens to three sisters when their mother decide to remarry at the age of 56!
Funny! Naughty! Highly Entertaining!
Big sister Ruth, who has not spoken to her own mother in years, has to decide whether to go back to Penang to attend the wedding. The other two sisters Emily and Betty scheme and plan on how to convince Ruth to return so “Mama has one more person to attack”! In the process, secrets are spilled, relatives are hit and memories are stirred.
Funny, naughty and highly entertaining, MAMA’S WEDDING will show you how not to ‘kena’ from your mother, what to do before kissing a man’s chest and why we all need second chances in life, love and family. It’s a must-see comedy of the year!
Directed by award-winning director Samantha Scott-Blackhall and produced by ACTION Theatre’s artistic director Ekachai Uekrongtham, MAMA’S WEDDING stars Carina Hales (Artistic Director of Players Theatre), Candice de Rozario (Jack & the Beansprout!) and Elizabeth Tan (Explore Singapore!).
“(Playwright Mark Beau) has secured for himself a warm spot in everyone’s heart… with the full force of his sincere soul!” – Kakiseni.com
EXTRA: FREE SARONG PARTY BOY!
Don’t miss the Opening Act: SARONG PARTY BOY by Claude Girardi. Join an ‘Ang Moh’ on a search for the perfect woman in Singapore! Watch it for free before MAMA’S WEDDING starts. No extra charge!
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Movie ~ PERSEPOLIS (15 July 2008)
Rating: PG (some drug and sexual references)
15 Jul 2008
Tue, 8pm
Alliance Francaise Theatre
S$7.20
Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Cast (Voice): Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Gabrielle Lopes
Synopsis: Marjane Satrapi grew up wearing sneakers and beating up boys. She wanted to grow up to be a saint. When she was ten years old, her world changed overnight. Girls and boys had to use different doors to enter the school. She had to cover herself with a long dark robe. Grownups around her began to disappear. Marjane has several close encounters with the country’s morality police and her teachers at school. Iraqi bombs fall on the street where she lives. Eventually her parents send her abroad to receive a European education, but she is miserable: she loves her family and country, despite their flaws, too much to stay away for long. After a brief return and a failed marriage, Marjane leaves Iran for good.
This is a heartbreaking true story of a childhood coinciding with regime change and war in Iran. It’s a story that everyone who counts themselves as a human being should read or watch.
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Comedy ~ 2008 Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow
(23-26 July 2008)
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Music ~ happy Robin (17-20 July 2008)
17-20 Jul 2008
Thu – Fri, 8pm
Sat – Sun, 3pm & 8pm
Esplanade Theatre Studio
S$48
happy Robin is set to bring sexy swing back! With caressing tones reminiscent of the old crooners, and his boy-next-door charm, Robin Goh (Chang & Eng, Aladdin, Asian Boys Vol 3) will offer his perspective on rhythm and the blues.
Join Singapore’s answer to Sinatra, as he goes goes a be-bop-a-boppin and tip-tap-a-tappin along with his big band of musicians. He’ll take you on a musical journey – from Jazz to Blues to Swing – from the highs to the lows, and ending somewhere over the rainbow…
This little Robin with a great big, PINK heart, is coming out at a theatre near you! Come swing along!
Directed by Selena Tan
Music Direction by Elaine Chan
Starring Robin Goh & his Swinging Big Band
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Festival ~ Night Festival (18-19 July & 25-26 July 2008)
Night Festival
Photo from here.
Presented by the National Museum of Singapore
Stamford Garden & SMU Campus Green
18 Jul Friday – 26 Jul Saturday 2008
Free admission
The National Museum first ever Night Festival is set to dazzle with two weekends of spectacular theatrical performances, music, open air cinema and fun interactive activities.
Fri 18 & Sat 19 July 2008
The Night Festival opens on 18 July with internationally acclaimed Studio Festi from Italy. Known for their extraordinary staging of large-scale outdoor theatrical performances, including the recent 100-Day Countdown to the Beijing Olympics at Macau. Studio Festi will enthrall with the Dancing Sky. The Museum garden and premises will be transformed into a surreal and magical playground with its site-specific masterpiece.
IMPT!!: Pls note that the opening performance by Studio Festi is scheduled to start at 9pm on 18 JULY. I’ve been told by Natl Museum staff that nothing is going on before that so get some dinner before you catch the gorgeous act!
(Edit: Dancing Sky will be staged on both Friday & Saturday. Making use of the expansive landscape, the sky is literally the limit as Studio Festi pulls out all the stops with soaring dancers, helium-balloon ‘planets’ and flying ships and pianos.
On Both Days: First Show: 9pm – 11pm & Second Show: 11:30pm – 1:30am)
Programme Highlights
Photo from here.
The Festival opens with The Dancing Sky, aerial performances by Studio Festi. Known for staging large scale and visually spectacular performances, audiences can expect a visual spectacle at the first weekend.
Making use of the expansive landscape, the sky is literally the limit as Studio Festi pulls out all the stops with soaring dancers, helium-balloon ‘planets’ and flying ships and pianos.
Queen of the Tides
2 big transparent spheres, 6 metres of diameter, rolling around their own axis, go ahead very slowly in front of the Museum; a girl dances, suspended within the sphere.
Like the Moon
The moon floats between and flying dancers, graceful against the night sky of the Museum frontage.
Flying Piano
uspended in the air, light as melody, is the piano and the pianist as a lone performer dances atop the grand instrument.
The Progeny of Dreams
Daughters of the night, tall (3 metres above ground), mysterious and magnificent in their multi-colored costumes and mask, will loom over passers-by as they parade down Stamford Road.
The Harmony of the Spheres
Big flying spheres are lifted and with them, dancers take to the sky! They are brought higher and higher and the performance heightens as the spheres leap over and interact with the crowd.
In the Waters of the Sky
A big flying vessel with a female acrobat performs an extraordinary dance in mid-air.
Also available at SMU Green are and amazing Light Show, a Water screen & projection, an outdoor theatre Tablo Vivant, and two dances that will take your breath away with contrasting elements, the Water Dance and the Fire Dance.
Fri 25 & Sat 26 July 2008
The second weekend of the Festival features parties by Zouk, with music from international live acts and Zouk’s resident DJs. Expect an evening of great entertainment ranging from breakdancing to beatboxing, rap performances, live graffiti demos and percussion performances. Other highlights include an adventurous Night Owl programme that takes you to various museums around the vicinity, traditional games, open-air cinema, and a 100-person strong drumming act.
Programme Highlights
Zouk’s The Beatnik Picnic is a 2-day party event open to everyone above 16 years of age.
The first day will see headlining act Van She from Australia perform the latest hits from their upcoming electro-dance guitar rock album “V”. Local Zouk jockey Huang will also be spinning a special indie disco heighten to set the mood. There will also be pyrotechnics. Partygoers can also try their hand at bohemian art activities such as silk-screening and body painting, or purchase one-of-a-kind creations by artists like Maki Squarepatch, White Dog Bobby and the Proletariat Poetry Factory.
Update: Beatnik Picnic is at SMU Green
Day One 25 July, Friday. 10pm – 2am
VAN SHE Live in concert (Australia) / Bloco Singapura / Hong (Zouk) / Art for Sale!
Day 1 has a more bohemian feel, with craft & art related fringe activites to nurture one’s artistic side as well as support budding local artists. Get your hands on one-off creations by artists like Maki Squarepatch, White Dog Bobby and The Proletariat Poetry Factory or create one yourself by trying your hand at silk-screening, henna arts and drumming.
Rock out on the first night with the international merry noisemakers; Van She who’ll be showering your ears with news sounds from their upcoming album ‘V’. Local Zouk jock Hong willalso be spinning a special indie disco set to set the mood, not forgetting a 100 strong drumming act to kick off the night and fireworks
Admission Free
Fresh!, Zouk’s signature hip-hop event , takes place on the second day of the Beatnik Picnic. A regular fixture on Zouk’s event calendar for the past 8 years, this is the first time Fresh! will take place outside the club. Hosted by London-based Singaporean Masa One, the night’s programming includes turntable and beat-box performances, as well as live breakdance and graffiti art competitions. The festivities culminate at the set of special guest turntable meastro DJ Shortkut from the Unites States.
Update:Beatnik Picnic Day 2, SMU Green
Fresh! 2008 with DJ Shortkut
Day Two – Sat 26 July – 10pm-2am
Feat. Fresh! 2008! – Zouk’s annual tribute to hip hop culture with DJ Shortkut, DJ Koflow, DJ Inquisitive, Bboy, Graffiti & MC Battle Finals, Hosted by Masia One
Admission Free
Other Events
Late Night Free admission to NHB Museums, 6pm-2am
For the first time, 5 NHB museums in this precinct will team up to offer free admission by 6pm and stay open late till 2am. The National Museum will stay open on both weekends while the Singapore Art Museum, Asian Civilisations Museum, Peranakan Museum as well as Singapore Philatelic Museum will stay open from 6pm to 2am on 25 July.
*Glow in the Dark* at Peranakan Museum (25 July), 6-10pm
Enjoy a variety of fun family-friendly activities with a Glow in the Dark theme. Children will be able to make their very own mini photo frames, create an original Peranakan-inspired print and participate in a sell-guided treasure hunt at the recently opened Peranakan Museum.
Deliciously Local, 6.30pm-2am
Looking at recreating the carnival atmosphere of the Pasar Malam, the Deliciously Local features a variety food stalls and games kiosks located on the National Museum of Singapore’s Stamford Green. As the name implies, eat, shop and play at the variety of stalls offering everything from local street food, to one-of-a-kind buys to long lost games of old like tikam-tikam.
Unconference, 6.30-8pm
Some would say the best parts of an arts conference are the breaks, not necessarily the formal programme, when people can chat and network. The Substations goes straight to the fun bit as they continue their Unconference series that started during the Singapore Art Show 2007. Using the speed-dating format, participants have four minutes to have a one-on-one chat about the topic of the night – Why are so many ex-lawyers in the arts?
Admission to the Unconference is free by registration, which can be done via email, to admin@substation.org
Baby, Where Are All The Fine Things Your Promised Me?, 7-11pm
An interactive installation-cum-street performance by New Zealander Stephen Bain. Visitors will see a quaint model of an old school quarter-acre house at first, but will be amazed to discover a man living ship-in-a-bottle style within the tiny 1.5m by 1.5m house. Chat with the actor as he plays music and cooks within his home. If you’re lucky you might even get to share a cup of tea with him!
Four Mics – Jazz (25 July), 7.30-9.30pm
Unwind to the groovy beats of Four Mics – Jazz, a line up of stellar jazz performances at the Singapore Art Museum. Performances include a sulty Latin jazz set, an upbeat pop jazz set and a melancholic blues jazz set.
Celebration, 7.30-8pm
The Happy Puppetry Company has devoted itself to the preservation of traditional Chinese puppetry culture and is famous for its exquisite puppets and dramatic shows. Directed by leading Taiwanese female puppeteer, Ms Sih-mei Chiang, with her son Chia-tsai Ko and grandsons Shih-hong Ko and Shih-hua Ko, The Happy Puppetry Company will present a show entitled Celebration, backed by an ensemble of traditional musicians.
The Flight of the Night Owl (25 July), 8pm-12.30am
Under the Flight of the Night Owl programme, there are 2 specially planned activities for the public to participate.
The first are museum tours titled Memories and Secrets. Conducted in English and Mandarin at hourly intervals at the respective museums, guides in period costumes will walk participants through the buildings and share stories about the architecture, history, restoration and secrets of each museum in a fun and interactive way.
The second is a treasure hunt titled Heritage Quest-Treasures of Singapura that will begin at the National Museum. Set against the historical story of the Javanese Majapahit Empire’s conquest of Singapore, participating teams will ‘play’ soldiers on a mission to recover the hidden treasures of the fleeing Sultan Iskandar Shah. Teams will race to the five museums and various places in the arts and heritage district to solve puzzles and overcome challenges. There will be prizes for the top 3 teams.
Memories and Secrets is free for students, NSF and senior citizens; other members of the public can take part at a nominal fee of S$2 per person. Heritage Quest-Treasures of Singapura is available at S$5 for students and NSF, S$10 for other participants. Registration is required for both activities. For more information, visit www.nightowl.sg or call +65 6324 8740.
Under the Banyan Tree
Hairspray (25 July) & Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (26 July), 8-9.45pm
The National Museum’s open air cinema initiative Under the Banyan Tree will be screening 2 classics – the original 1971 film adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl story, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and the 2007 remake of the Broadway classic, Hairspray.
Reform, 8.30pm, 10.30pm, 11.30pm and 12.30am
Perth-based arts group PVI Collective hits the Night Festival with Reform, an outdoor performance work that behaves itself… to the extreme. Armed with an overzealous enthusiasm for current legislation, laws and social standards, PVI’s comic taskforce attempts to implement their own brand of patriotic conformity at the Night Festival.
The audience, turning in via portable FM radios and headsets, can join in their antics as they applaud good behaviour or offer neighbourly advice to any ‘wayward citizens’ at the festival grounds. Registration is required half an hour before each performance.
Update: Catch Reform on July 25-26, from 8.30pm, at the National Museum Stamford Green. Registration is required half an hour before each performance.’
Bloco Singapore (25 July), 9.45-10.30pm
Bloco Singapura, as the name implies, is a bloco-style street percussion act made up of 100 members selected from various schools, organisations and percussion groups. Led by the Rei Momo (the ceremonial king of the parade), a procession of high-flying performers dance to a pulsating chorus of afro-inspired beats from their bateria percussion ensemble. The percussion and band performance will culminate at the stage on Singapore Management University Campus Green where they will present a world-music inspired set of five songs sung in Yoruba, Portuguese and English.
26 July
A 20-member percussionn ensemble will perform a fresh fusion of street percussion with urban hip hop and club grooves.
Light Installation by The Electric Canvas, 9.45pm-2am
A Sydney-based lighting effects company The Electric Canvas specialises in large-scale projections on historic buildings. Especially for the Night Festival, they will be transforming the facades of the National Museum and the Singapore Art Museum into elaborate works of art. The installation will extend to 27 July to 3 August, 7.30-11pm.
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How to get there:
A: Map of SMU Green (its labelled as Campus Green in the map)
Map from here.
B: The nearest MRT stations are City Hall MRT (bottom right) or Dhoby Ghaut MRT (top left).
C: Buses that go to SMU, Stamford Road are:
7, 14, 16, 36, 111, 124, 128, 131, 147, 162, 166, 174, 175, 502
Hope this helps for those who feel lost heh. Enjoy the weekend guys!
6 responses to “Festival ~ Night Festival (18-19 July & 25-26 July 2008)
17 07 2008
Meyer & Paolini & Studio Festi « blucat’s waiting.. (13:12:49) :
[...] Btw, Night Festival starts this Friday and is on for this weekend and next. Don’t miss it! Alot of performances, open air cinema, museum tours, Zouk’s The Beatnik Picnic, and Bloco Singapore!!! Street style percussions!! Wooooot!! [...]
18 07 2008
Wrong house, wrong number, wrong maid « blucat’s waiting.. (11:44:57) :
[...] to catch Hancock and opening act for Night Festival by Studio Festi tonight. And maybe DoTA with the guys at Katong. [...]
21 07 2008
Smellycat smeLLyCat.. « blucat’s waiting.. (12:59:28) :
[...] Friday and Saturday had a good time! It’s always nice to catch open air performances. More of Night Festival this weekend, try to catch some performances and the free tours around the Museums till [...]
22 07 2008
Smack Me Hard! « The Unpredictable Journey- LIFE (14:23:57) :
[...] Bloco Singapura, as the name implies, is a bloco-style street percussion act made up of 100 members selected from various schools, organisations and percussion groups. Led by the Rei Momo (the ceremonial king of the parade), a procession of high-flying performers dance to a pulsating chorus of afro-inspired beats from their bateria percussion ensemble. The percussion and band performance will culminate at the stage on Singapore Management University Campus Green where they will present a world-music inspired set of five songs sung in Yoruba, Portuguese and English.http://blucat.wordpress.com/upcoming-gigs/festival-night-festival-18-19-july-25-26-july-2008/ [...]
23 07 2008
Filthy Gorgeous (23:32:12) :
Where is the picnic that Zouk is putting on? What are the hours and how do I get there?
24 07 2008
blucat (10:52:43) :
Hey FG, thanks for coming by!
Have updated details for Beatnik Picnic and included map of SMU Green and buses/mrt nearby. Hope it helps!
cheers, blucat
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Music ~ Jon Chan (frontman of Plainsunset) –
Ears & Eyes (25 July 2008)
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Festival ~ Singapore Garden Festival
(25 July-1 August 2008)
Suntec Convention Centre
Daily 10am to 10pm
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The Singapore Garden Festival, the first garden show in the tropics to bring together and showcase creations from the world’s top award-winning garden and floral designers under one roof, returns on 25 July to 1 August 2008!
The truly cosmopolitan Singapore Garden Festival in 2006 was a roaring success, having received accolades from overseas horticultural experts, rave reviews from more than 200,000 visitors from Singapore and around the world, and full support from the industry. This pre-eminent event has been established as a top international flower and garden show in the tropics, further enhancing Singapore’s reputation as a garden city in the tropics.
Attractions include:
Level 6
Landscape and Fantasy Gardens
Featuring creations by local designers and top award-winning garden designers from around the world including Australia, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States of America.
Floral Windows to the World
Featuring colourful and vibrant cut-flower displays and floral masterpieces with stunning set design and lighting by floral designers from Belgium, France, India, Norway, Macau and more.
Level 4
Singapore Orchid Show
Showcasing Southeast Asia’s rich and diverse heritage of orchids. A dazzling display of the most diverse botanical family and the most important plant group in the international floriculture industry.
Garden Fiesta
Offering educational, recreational and entertainment activities catering to the public, families, serious gardeners as well as hobbyists.
Vibrant MarketPlace
Offering a wide array of plants, gardening and landscape products and services, and arts & craft – all under one roof.
Here, children will get to learn through fun and games to love and respect Nature by being more aware of and making every effort to reduce their carbon footprint.
Level 2 (For trade visitors only)
Singapore Garden Festival Expo
This is the new highlight of the Festival. The three-day international trade exhibition and conference will feature internationally renowned horticulture and landscape experts who will come together to showcase and share industry best practices.
One response to “Festival ~ Singapore Garden Festival (25 July-1 August 2008)”
07 2008
Garden Festival delights « blucat’s waiting.. (11:32:16) :
[...] came across this article about the Garden Festival starting [...]
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Music ~ Spore Heritage Fest: Sound Stories 1: Heroes in Concert (26 July 2008)
26 Jul 2008
Sat, 07:30PM
Zouk
S$15 (until 25 July), At the door on event day – S$18
Ladies and Gentlemen, put on your dancing shoes because the National Heritage Board is bringing the 60s, 70s and 80s back!
It’s the Singapore HeritageFest once again and one of the exciting programmes lined up this year is the concert Sound Stories 1. In line with the festival’s heroes theme, the much anticipated one-night only concert at Zouk will showcase local music legends from the past who will be coming together after many years such as Gypsy, The Trailers and STARDUST. The reunion will be the first in 30 years for STARDUST, whose members Robert Fernando, Clement Chow, Ann Hussein and Pat Chan, will be performing. This concert will also feature veteran singer Rahimah Rahim, and contemporary bands such as Jive Talkin’ (who also performed at the 2007 Sound Stories concert).
Besides the veterans jazzing the night up, upcoming local youth band, The UnXpected, will also be adding a contemporary feel to the concert. Hosted by radio personality and DJ Brian Richmond, Sound Stories 1 will be a perfect mix of the old and the new.
Gypsy’s Mel Ferdinand promises the audience a “great time” at Sound Stories 1. He says that Gypsy is a firm believer of giving joy to people and thinks that platforms like Sound Stories are good ways of reintroducing these bands to Singaporeans who may not remember them.
The UnXpected really wants you to expect the unexpected so for now, all Shirlyn Tan (singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist) can say about the band’s upcoming performance is, “We’re all really excited and definitely going to rock it out.”
All in all, Sound Stories 1 will not only be a time to reminisce for the older generation but will also give the younger generation a first-hand opportunity to listen to these music icons who may have been their parents’ heroes – live.
So, who’s your local music hero? Start your journey of introspection this Singapore HeritageFest!
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Music ~ SINGFEST 08 (2-3 August 2008)
Latest news!!
Pussycat Dolls joining Sunday lineup!!
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Hey guys the lineup this year is much more promising than last year’s, I mean they had Pet Shop Boys and Cyndi Lauper! HAHAHAHHAAH!! This year though I’m going for Sunday, hello Jason Mraz and her Highness Alicia Keys yo. Will post more info and details but this is from Sistic -
2-3 Aug 2008
Sat & Sun, 12pm – 11pm. *Doors open at 12 noon. Last act ends at 11pm.
Approx 10 hrs
Fort Canning Park
2 Aug 2008
Pre-Sale – S$150
Doorsales – S$200
3 Aug 2008
Pre-Sale – S$200
Doorsales – S$250
Week-ender Pass
Pre-Sale – S$300
Doorsales – S$350
SINGfest 2008 is now BIGGER and BETTER than before!
Singapore’s biggest music festival will see highly acclaimed British folk rock band, Travis and eleven times Grammy award winner Alicia Keys headlining the show, over Saturday and Sunday respectively. The huge music extravaganza is expected to feature 20 acts over a two day affair.
Music fans will be delighted to know that the 2008 lineup includes alternative rockers Lostprophets, New Found Glory, One Republic, dance rock group Panic At The Disco and punk band Simple Plan to name a few.
They will be performing their top selling hits at this music party that will run over 10 hours each day, filling the festival with sheer entertainment throughout, and representing incredible value for money!
If there’s one music event of the year that you cannot afford to miss, it’s this one! So get your tickets now at all sistic outlets.
Another world class event brought to you by Midas Promotions.
Go to www.singfest.sg for more information & updates!
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Lineup: Main Stage
Sat 2 Aug
3pm – 335pm: Melanie Subono
Melanie Subono is TV personality and rock singer, She has recorded two albums in her own punk rock style. Melanie is a fighter for women rights. As she lives her own lifestyle in a country with strong traditions she frequently appears in gossip magazines and newspapers.
355pm – 430pm: Crowned King 
450pm – 525pm: Dearest 
545pm – 630pm:New Found Glory
New Found Glory is an American pop punk band that formed in 1997 in Coral Springs, Florida, and is currently based in California. New Found Glory formed in the middle of 1997 as “A New Found Glory” with Jordan Pundik on vocals, Chad Gilbert (formerly of metalcore band Shai Hulud) and Steve Klein on guitars, Ian Grushka on bass and Joe Moreno on drums. The band’s first release was 1997’s It’s All About the Girls EP, released by Fiddler Records in June. Soon after the recording of It’s All About the Girls, Moreno was replaced by current drummer Cyrus Bolooki. Their subsequent debut album Nothing Gold Can Stay was released by Eulogy Recordings; the release of this album combined with an extensive touring schedule soon earned the band a significant following.
650pm – 735pm: Melee
Influenced by the songwriting classicism of piano men Elton John, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, and neo-soul star John Legend, Mêlée present their own style of carefully crafted melodic pop on Devils & Angels, the quartet’s debut album for Warner Bros. Records, was released on April 3rd. The songs, which range from driving pop-rock anthems to uplifting power ballads, are characterized by solid hooks, lilting melodies, and frontman Chris Cron’s soaring vocals and expressive piano playing.740pm – 8.10pm: Levi’s Fashion Show
815pm – 9pm:Lostprophets
Lostprophets (IPA: /lɒstˈprɒfɪts/) are a Welsh rock band formed in 1997. They have produced several demos (none of which are still produced commercially), three studio albums and eleven singles. Their first album, Thefakesoundofprogress, was originally recorded in a week for £5,000 (GBP) and intended as a demo,[3] but the band re-recorded and re-released the album on a much wider scale through Columbia Records in the USA, although they remain with Visible Noise in the UK. They released Start Something in 2004, and Liberation Transmission in 2006, both to mixed reviews and commercial success.
920pm – 10.05pm:Simple Plan 
Simple Plan is a French Canadian pop punk band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band has released three studio albums: No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls (2002), Still Not Getting Any… (2004), and Simple Plan (2008); as well as two live albums: Live in Japan 2002 (2003) and MTV Hard Rock Live (2005).
1030pm – 1145pm:Travis 
Travis are a Scottish folk rock band from Glasgow, comprising Fran Healy (lead vocals, guitar, piano, banjo), Dougie Payne (bass guitar, backing vocals), Andy Dunlop (lead guitar, banjo, keyboards, backing vocals) and Neil Primrose (drums, percussion). Travis have twice been awarded British album of the year at the annual BRIT Awards, and are often credited with having paved the way for bands such as Coldplay, Keane and Snow Patrol. They have released five studio albums, beginning with their debut, Good Feeling, coming in 1997 and their latest The Boy with No Name in 2007. As of 2008, the band are recording their sixth studio album, expected to be released sometime this year.
Sun 3 Aug
3pm – 335pm:Stacie Orrico
Stacie Joy Orrico (born March 3, 1986) is a Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning pop singer-lyricist, and occasional actress. ‘..Since then, she has released two albums. The first was Genuine (see 2000 in music), created at the young age of fourteen. It sold over 13,000 copies in the first week, the highest debut week sales ever for a female Christian artist. The album produced the hit single “Don’t Look At Me” which topped Christian charts for ten consecutive weeks. The album had two #1 hits, as well as three more Top Ten singles. Genuine eventually sold 500,000 copies, giving the album Gold certification on word-of-mouth alone…’
355pm – 430pm:Jamie Scott & The Town
Jamie Scott (born February 12, 1982) writes and produces his music under the name “J.S. Baylin” and is the singer and writer behind the band Jamie Scott and the Town. His music is heavily influenced by 1970s artists like Cat Stevens and James Taylor, and also by neo-soul artists like D’Angelo. He has released two singles and has most recently appeared in Step Up, where he sang on a song on the soundtrack.
450pm – 535pm:OneRepublic
OneRepublic is an American rock band formed in Colorado. After a few years of moderate success, they have since drawn mainstream attention with the release of their single “Apologize,” which has sold in excess of 6 million singles worldwide. The song, according to SoundScan Data, is one of only two songs that have reached 3 million legal downloads in history. [1] A remix was featured on Timbaland’s Shock Value and the band’s debut album, Dreaming Out Loud, which was released in the United States on November 20, 2007, with international release dates staggered throughout early 2008. As of June 14, 2008, Dreaming Out Loud had sold 653,668 copies in the U.S. [2] The band’s second single, “Stop and Stare,” has also crossed the 2 million mark in terms of worldwide single sales. They are currently gearing up for the release of their 3rd single, “Say (All I Need).”
555pm – 640pm:Panic At The Disco
Panic at the Disco (previously known as Panic! at the Disco) is a band that originated in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Their sound incorporates elements of pop, punk, big beat, electronica, dance, and rock, along with many other genres like psychedelic, folk and jazz. Their 2005 debut album, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, reached #13 on the US Billboard 200, and has sold over 2.2 million copies[3] since its September 2005 release. The band’s second album, Pretty. Odd., was released on March 25, 2008. The album’s first single, “Nine in the Afternoon“, was released on January 29, 2008.
7pm – 745pm:Jason Mraz
Jason Thomas Mraz (pronounced /’dʒeɪsən ˈɱɹæz/; born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia, a suburb of Richmond.[1]. Mraz is an eclectic artist with multiple and varied stylistic influences, including pop, rock, folk, jazz, country, and hip hop.
750pm – 820pm: Levi’s Fashion Show
820pm – 9pm:Rick Astley
Richard Paul Astley (born 6 February 1966) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and internet phenomenon. His first single was the little-known “When You Gonna,” released as a collaboration with Lisa Carter, but his first solo offering was “Never Gonna Give You Up,” released in 1987. It became an immediate success, spending five weeks at the top of the British charts and becoming the year’s highest-selling single. It was the first of 13 (world-wide) Top 30 hit singles for him.Based on various music charts in the UK, US and Canada, Astley has charted a grand total of 14 (different) hit singles and 6 (different) hit albums, as of March 2006. In April of 2008, the album “The Ultimate Collection: Rick Astley” was released by Sony BMG and by early May it had reached #17 on the UK Top 40 Albums Chart. [5]
920pm – 10pm: Pussycat Dolls
The Pussycat Dolls are an American pop quintet, and dance and burlesque ensemble founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995. The group began as a dance troupe based in Los Angeles, before being “re-cast” as a music group in 2003. The group released their first single in 2004, and have gone on to international commercial success. The group is currently preparing to release their second studio album Doll Domination on September 16, 2008.
1030pm-1145pm:Alicia Keys
Alicia J. Augello-Cook (born January 25, 1981),[2][3][4] better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American R&B, soul and neo soul singer-songwriter, pianist and actress, who has sold over 25 million albums worldwide as of 2007,[citation needed] and has won numerous awards, including eleven Grammy Awards, seventeen Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, and fourteen NAACP Image Awards.Her debut album, “Songs in A Minor” was a worldwide success and received the record of five Grammy Awards in a single night in 2002.
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Lineup: Stage 2
Sat 2 Aug
2pm-245pm: A Vacant Affair
A Vacant Affair (AVA) was formed in the aftermath of Cheap Thrills, at a crucial point in the latter’s existence. Then in the July of 2004, the founding members of the group, Matt and Shen, decided to evolve the band beyond its laid back jamming days and bring its ambition to greater heights. Sacrifice and much uncertainty encompassed this grueling ambition. Beginnings are moments of loss.
3pm – 345pm: Saw Loser
Formerly known as Pug Jelly, they have released an album on Universal, torn up stages in Thailand, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia, played along side teen idols such as Avril Lavigne, Blondie, Simple Plan, Sum 41 and more, they were nominated for the MTV Asia Awards 2005, their first single “Come Home Soon” went to No.1 on radio in Singapore, Now their back with a brand new EP.
4pm – 445pm: The Fire Fight
The Fire Fight emanated from independent songwriter Joshua Tan (Vox/Guitars). Harmonising his impassioned melodies with the modest innovative tunes of Jonathan Leong (Guitars), the intricate tapestry of Chris Ong (Synth/Triggers) and the dynamic-compelling rhythm of Iain Tham (Drums) and JBarks (Bass), The Fire Fight has conceived a truly pristine experience for the music of today. Identifying inspirations from the diverse likes of The Promise Ring, Maritime, The Velvet Teen, Death Cab for Cutie, Jamiroquai and more, The Fire Fight resonates an 80s “raw” indie mood with hints of modern expression.
5pm-545pm: Bluejade
Get rocking with BlueJade. Churning out numbers by U2, My Chemical Romance, Muse, REM, Coldplay, Greenday and more, this live act is endowed with a great vocalist.
6pm-645pm: Zero Sequence
Since its inception in 1998, Zero Sequence has been a beloved progressive-rock band well-known for their spontaneous showmanship and technical proficiency. Not one to conform to the norm, the act performs epic tunes, inspired by classic rock giants and classical composers.
The Zero Sequence experience is an unforgettable one. Their live sets are always a bravado-filled opera, complete with duelling keyboard solos, high octane guitar pyrotechnics and soaring vocal harmonies that take flight and arrest the listener. For anyone who has reservations about their searing talent and passion, their highly charged and air-tight performances will eventually take away all breaths of doubt. With no order or warning, Zero Sequence will conquer you.
Zero Sequence are:
Ming – vocals
Ezal Sani – keyboards, piano, guitar, vocals
Imran Salleh – drums, percussion, vocals
Joanna Lim – keyboards, laptop, vocals
Reuel Ramos – bass, vocals
Simon Yong – guitar, vocals
7pm-745pm: Urbandub
From the very first day that this band was formed (in the year 2000), they were destined to be something more than the ordinary. Forced to be independent due to the lack of support coming from major record companies, Urbandub released their debut album called BIRTH. Off of this album, the hit tracks “Come”, “Give” and “Would You Go” launched and took their world by storm. ..INFLUENCE (Lighter Records), Urbandub took on a new form, changing their sound with a new drummer (From Jed Honrado to Jerros Dolino). The track “Soul Searching” later won the award as Song of the Year in the NU107 Rock Awards 2003. Pushing the sound further, the collection bagged the Album Of The Year Award in the NU107 Rock Awards 2004.
Today, Urbandub now offers yet a third helping of what they are capable of. With the 2005 release of the album EMBRACE. Urbandub is Gabby Alipe (Vocalist / Guitarist), Lalay Lim (Bassist), John Mendoza (Drummer) and John Dinopol (Lead Guitarist).
8pm-845pm: CC Sound Factory
Causing a stir in the contemporary electronica scene, CC actually started as a vocalist with a couple of New York indie rock bands that performed in the vibrant downtown Manhattan arts scene. Quite by chance she landed herself a deejay gig and found herself deejaying for the next year or so at exclusive parties and afterhours, a couple of New York clubs and numerous fashion and art gallery events. With a command of dance dynamics, coupled with her vivacious personality, CC has been known to create intense dance atmospheres that keep crowds RAVING on for hours!..first track, “So Shiok”, which has been described as being “STRIKING in its complexity” as well as “bizarre and unique” (Broadjam Review). This track will be featured in the upcoming French-American feature Soleil Noir (Dark Sun), a dark, haunting yet vibrantly colorful futuristic thriller. CC has been described as a cross between experimental Icelandic singer Bjork and trendsetting electronica genius Moby
9pm-10pm: Transient Vortex
We’re Sugu (a.k.a Sugs) and Samlaleo Singh..The battle plan for us is to keep on producing good electronica. Raw, edgy, melodic and serene … with breaks….Right now breaking out of Malaysia is a great deal for us. We’re pretty focussed on that and somehow we feel that would be the only way to ensure Transient Vortex’s survival in the electronic music industry. (From an interview here.)
10pm-11pm: Adrian Wee (Dj)
“Best DJ of the Years 2007 Motorola SUPER-Style Music Award” Adrian Wee became DJing with a simple plan of playing music to keep the dancefloor happy. That was what he did over the years. From successful residencies at various clubs playing house and techno, to conceptualising and promoting parties – most notably Poptart(under the guise wee.like.me), Adrian has always been keen to share the love and vibes with everyone on the dancefloor.
11pm-1am: X-Press 2 (Dj Set)
X-Press 2 is an electronic and dance music trio from England. The members are Ashley Beedle, Diesel and Rocky. X-Press2 first rose to underground prominence through Ibiza classics (although neither of these tracks feature very often in the Ibiza compilation albums) “Mukzik Express” and “London Xpress”. X-Press also gained plaudits on the club scene for regularly parading in clubs with their multi-decked (up to twelve decks with three DJs) sets.Their debut single “The Sound” went to #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1996. 2001 saw the release of their album Muzikizum which contained two more U.S. dance chart entries: “Smoke Machine” (#31) and “Lazy,” which hit #1 in 2002 and was a mainstream pop hit in the UK, peaking at #2. The lead vocals on “Lazy” are sung by David Byrne of Talking Heads, and on “I Want You Back” by Dieter Meier of Yello.Makeshift Feelgood appeared in 2006, featuring Tim DeLaughter, Kurt Wagner, Anthony Roman from Radio 4, 1980s band Kissing the Pink and Rob Harvey
Sun 3 Aug
2pm-245pm: Firebrands
Firebrands is a band based in Singapore, unique for their furious blend of heavy rock, funk, and turntable SFX. Beginning as a voice that revolted against the dominant social and political monotone, Firebrands burst out as a search for truth and freedom in an authoritarian South East Asian republic. Their music has been described to embody a sense of restless urgency that makes them stand out even more in their context. Their debut album, First The Flash Then The Pulse, was an outstanding success, filling the international airwaves with their music. They have performed across the globe, from Taiwan to Dubai, and from Australia to the US, alongside acts like Tommy Lee, Jet, and Puddle of Mudd.
Firebrands are:
eXe: vocals (Singapore)
Roman: guitars (Moscow, Russia)
ghost: bass (Singapore)
Jachin: drums (Louisiana, USA)
doctormix: turntables & SFX (Singapore)
3pm-345pm: Fishtank
In 2001 – Fishtank spoke their very first words. 2001’s Souvenir Novelties & Party Tricks hurtled towards jaded, unsuspecting music fans at warp speed. Fishtank’ unique punk-ska sensibility was fresh, immediate, weird and exquisite – a cacophony of melodic intricacy tempered by a quirky, childlike enthusiasm. It became the little album that could – and would – turn local indie-rock on its head. Fishtank had arrived. … sophomore Make Nice.. A bigger, bolder production aesthetic took everything up a notch.. Fishtank’s infectious, fast frantic style is still at the core, and tireless…a Muse-like guitar riff intro, “I want out” pairs a Biffy Clyro rhythm with The Fratellis singalong shout out choruses. Elsewhere the band toys with tweaked-out reggae rhythms (“One Shot”); frantic, arpeggiated thunderous anthems (“Conversations”); and, taking cues from the vibe of the new line-up – sweeping, fuzztoned epics (“Yahoo! Superstar”). Finally, “Young & Old”, “Candlelight” and “Walkaway” are the songs that didn’t fit in then are now reworked into exhilarating, rollicking, rock-solid songs we’ve all come to desire from Fishtank.
4pm: Giants Must Fall
With influences ranging from indie to hardcore to eletronica and disco, Giants Must Fall is a new line-up, a new sound and a new purpose that drives the songs. Distinctive vocals, extremely rhythmic riffs and a powerful message prove that Giants Must Fall isn’t any other ordinary band.Started in the aftermath of the reshuffling of elonmoreh (who under the pseudo of magdalene, entered the semis of the inaugural Straits Times band competition “school of rock) due to the drummers jungle activites, Giants Must Fall was formed after the addition of Jon Leong (not of singapore idol fame). After a little reshuffle of the band members, Kelvin Took over Jon Leong. (WE STILL LOVE YOU JON!)
5pm: West Grand Boulevard
West Grand Boulevard formed in February 2005 when founding members Erik, Dharma, and Jon (former WGB drummer) were looking to make music without boundaries. No genre fixations, no scenester intentions, just freedom to make whatever music they wanted, drawing from a vast array of musical influences and experiences ranging from classical music to metal and pop punk. Jude and Bryan quickly followed on bass and vocal duties, and Syed came onboard to take over percussion in 2006, becoming a steadfast part of the West Grand family.With the removal of limitations constantly in the forefront of West Grand Boulevard’s creative songwriting process, they have grown into a band without fear. West Grand Boulevard is bulldozing their way through crowds and critics alike with a furious determination to write honest music, and winning a loyal following in the process.
6pm: Flybar
Formed in 2006, Flybar are about to release their debut album “ Scream Without Raising Your Voice”, filled with ultra-catchy, Beatles-esque tunes and incorporatin hints of many other music elements not usually associated with rock music: harmonica, electronic beats, saxophone solos and much more. Amongst the many accolades the band has received, Flybar, consisting of Ian Toh (vocals), Deon (drums), Yado (Bass), Ben (rhythm guitars) and Jon Ong (lead guitars), won the World Battle of the Bands within 3 months of its conception, representing Singapore in Hong Kong in the World Battle of the Bands International Finals 2006 which was transmitted ‘Live’ internationally via QQ.com and also supported by Channel V. They have shared the stage with Asia rock giants Rivermaya and internationally acclaimed act Jet at Fort Canning Park.
7pm: Vertical Rush
VERTICAL RUSH do not adhere to your typical indie-band recipe. Take a good serving of gutsy guitar rock, blend it with intricate song arrangements, a large helping of catchy pop hooks and a pinch of tongue-in-cheek humour. Serve fresh with an intense live performance. Satisfaction guaranteed! Vertical Rush have come a long way from their inception in 1998. Though they have experienced 10 years of lineup and stylistic changes, Vertical Rush remains true to their core passion: To make music that moves people. Vertical Rush draw from a deep well of musical influences, ranging from classic to alternative rock, and it shows in their music. In a generation of bland imitators who scratch the surface, Vertical Rush are a much-needed voice of passion and maturity.
8pm: Allura
Allura was conceived in early 2007 from an unusual series of unfortunate events. Allura is a five-piece band infusing a different variety of influences, from Jazz to Alternative, from Experimental to Indie – portrayed in the form of Rock. With emotive passion and resilience, Allura pristinely resonates a unique quirky melodic tone with a prerogative crunch. Feel and embrace a new emotively refreshing sound, oozing into your senses.
9pm: Plain Sunset
On May 26 2008, local indie-pop-punk legends Plainsunset will release “PLAINSUNSET”, their first widely distributed studio album. PLAINSUNSET is the band’s self-titled fourth release, since reforming after their breakup in 2004. For the members of Plainsunset, – Jonathan Chan (vocals and guitars), Norsham Husaini (guitars and backing vocals), Nizam Sukri (bass) and Ronny Laily (drums) all age 33, this much anticipated fourth release documents Plainsunset’s best and most consistent music to date, and is also their most adventurous, mature, and accessible studio release. This album certainly charts the 12-year-old band’s steady progression to maturity and popularity. From their early days, playing to as little as 30 kids at local community centres, to touring Malaysia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and New Zealand, Plainsunset have had quite an impressive, if convoluted, history. After breaking up in 2004, they set the record for the greatest attendance in a single set at the Esplanade’s Baybeats Festival (Singapore’s biggest Indie-Alternative rock festival) with their spectacular comeback performance in 2006. Most recently, Plainsunset have made a stride into the world of commercial music, with 5 tracks from their upcoming album featured in Star World’s HEROES Season 2 promotional campaign aired earlier this year.
10pm: Coconut Showhand
11pm: Simon Subsonic (Dj Set)
Simon Subsonic is resident dj at: Club NME – at Koko, London. DJing in the main room, to 1800 people. Filling the dancefloor with all the latest releases, rarities and a few surprises that you would expect from the flagship club night of the indie taste bible. Simon was recruited because of his many years at the cutting edge of Indie DJing around the Capital and his passion for of guitar music. Club NME is also well known for its surprise guest bands and, recently, Simon has DJed around performances by Babyshambles, MGMT, Does it Offend You , Yeah, The Wombats, The Courteeners, Go Team!, We Are Scientists, Supergrass, the Whip, The Gossip, Glasvagas & more. Starting this summer, Simon is now a regular guest Dj at Rock the City in Wuppertal, Dusseldorf, Germany.
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Pls note this part I found at their Sistic website:
Artist line-up subjected to change.
No refunds will be made.
For regular updates, visit www.singfest.sg!
Dear Midas, I really hope you guys won’t do something like this too last minute-or at all. I know alot of ppl, especially younger ones, are saving up their money for the tickets for just a chosen one day. It would be a real bummer if the bands are changed and they can’t exchange their tix (of this I’m not sure) or get refunds. We love that you’re bringing in better and bigger acts this year (Thank You for Mraz!) but please be kind. Thanks again 
*am vibing you guys with earthy and friendly color of love and life*
Love, blucat
19 responses to “SINGFEST 08 (2-3 August 2008)”
18 06 2008
ilyana (22:53:31) :
I need information on what bands are coming on the 2nd and 3rd august 2008, SINGfest. Please & thank you (:
19 06 2008
blucat (12:41:01) :
Hey ilyana, i had wanted to ask you to go to http://www.singfest.sg to check the lineup but then again, I’m annoyed with the lack of details at the site so I decided to put everything here.
Any other details, do go to their site though.
Apologise to anyone if any facts/pics are inaccurate, I did a fast google&wiki/copy/paste for band info, pics and links. Hope it happifies ppl who prefer to just read about the lineup at one page. Enjoy!
PS Any requests for info etc, jus leave a msg. Pls note I am not in any way related to event organiser/any artistes/advertising, I am doing this cos I love music and sharing the love.
20 06 2008
SINGFest 2008 Updates « blucat’s waiting.. (10:27:41) :
[...] 2008 Updates 20 06 2008 SINGFest Lineup added! -love, [...]
23 06 2008
Gary (21:29:27) :
the line up for this year is far worst than last year if you notice,
maybe it’s just me, but there aren’t many bands or groups here worth the money we’re paying,
for me, i see the ones worth are:
jason mraz
lost prophets,
NFG,
and panic at the disco.
simple plan is pure shit so nothing much to go woooo haaa about.
24 06 2008
blucat (09:38:23) :
Hey Gary
Honestly I’m going only for Jason Mraz and Alicia Keys 
They’re enough for the day.
Though I did look through the forum at the Singfest site and alot of people seem quite happy with the lineup. Different strokes eh?
1 07 2008
hudds (16:53:48) :
hye. is there any possibility that the price will drop cause I’ve read last year singfest, the tickets will go cheap towards the day. it’s too pricey lah. and i would love to come just for mraz!
1 07 2008
blucat (17:46:42) :
Hey there hudds
I have no idea if the prices will drop cos I’m not the organiser heh. But yes, I read the forum too and that the ticket prices dropped alot last year nearer to the show. I also read that some people are planning to wait till the last few days or week to buy the tickets this yr, just in case they do become much cheaper.
H/w this yr is Mraz and Keys, I’m the anxious sort so I’m terrified the tix might be sold out if I wait till the last minute :/
I havent decided when exactly to get the tix, but I hope you get them! So cool to see Mraz live! Good Luck and see you there!
1 07 2008
blucat (17:49:18) :
PS hudds:
The reason for the tix dropping so low last yr cos not many ppl were buying them. But I think there will be a whole load of more people coming this year – last time Mraz came here, his show was sold out!- so if alot of ppl snap up the tix early, its possible they might keep to the current price 
1 07 2008
hudds (20:00:38) :
hurm.. i was thinking the same thing too. it’s Mraz, man! everyone’s dying to get the tix. but seriously, i need to get my piggy bank and crash em to collect more cash because i’m a student and i’m from Malaysia. which means, to get the bloody tix..i need almost 500bux in ringgit malaysia! gahhh!!! thats a lot. *sobs*
lets pray for the price of ticket to drop. ahahha.
2 07 2008
blucat (17:58:13) :
hudds: oh no! dont break the piggy! well i really really hope the price drops about a week before the fest cos i think the price is really too high for the fans of the acts coming, most of you guys are still students.. what a bummer. pray!
btw make sure u buy them from sistic and not at the venue cos they’re more ex at the door k!
2 07 2008
hudds (19:39:55) :
okay2. ey, u havent bought the tix yet eh?
3 07 2008
blucat (11:05:55) :
nope, but the earliest i would buy them is mid july, latest end july.
working ppl also got financial constraints :p
but i think right, prolly i get them mid july cos i’m really scared i cant get tix haha!
3 07 2008
hudds (14:53:00) :
im buying ‘em a.s.a.p.. but still hoping for a cheaper price. gahaha. so..see u there.
p/s:u have facebook right? approve me.hehe. takecare blucat. =)
7 07 2008
blucat (15:30:29) :
Approved!
9 07 2008
hudds (01:57:17) :
hey u. have u watched jason’s latest vclip? make it mine. that was hilarious! i’m laughing like hell !! hahaha..he’s so cute. and toca too (hahah .=B). i watched that vclip like thousand times! a must watch! go figure!
24 07 2008
Updates for Singfest: Timing for Sat & Sun lineups incl Stage 2 Bands « blucat’s waiting.. (18:04:34) :
[...] lineups incl Stage 2 Bands 24 07 2008 Yoz! Phew am exhausted to my bones. I just finished updating the lineups for both days of Singfest. I also found out yesterday that they’re having a Stage 2 for local bands so the lineups are [...]
2907 2008
soraya (13:05:56) :
tickets for sunday are sold out. no more selling at the door.
29 07 2008
blucat (13:42:00) :
Thanks for the update soraya!
Only tix left are the 2 day passes going for S$300 and Saturday for S$150!
29 07 2008
Singfest Sunday passes sold out!!! « blucat’s waiting.. (13:56:28) :
[...] Sunday passes sold out!!! 29 07 2008 Hey people! This weekend is Singfest woohooo!!! Have you gotten your tix [...]
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Musical ~ High School Musical – The Ice Tour (5-10 Aug 2008)
5-10 Aug 2008
Tues – Fri, 07:30PM
Sat, 04:00PM & 07:30PM
Sun, 11:30AM & 04:00PM
Act 1: Approx 45 mins
Act 2: Approx 45 mins
Singapore Expo
Standard – S$59.50, S$45.50, S$29.50
Get Ready To Rock The Ice!
Disney’s High School Musical: The Ice Tour is the one and only live celebration of High School Musical and High School Musical 2 featuring the songs and dance moves from both smash hit movies and a cast of world-class skaters. The ultimate High School Musical Mega-Mix is here – High School Musical: The Ice Tour!
Just like the original movies, High School Musical: The Ice Tour features young love, teen angst, rivalry, friendship and a whole lot of high-energy skating.
Fans of the movie’s high-energy dance moves will recognize the same choreography in the ice show. A talented cast of world class skaters will perform the adventures of Troy, Gabriella, Chad, Taylor, Ryan and of course, the diva Sharpay in two ultra high-energy, fast paced acts!
Sing to the music from the original soundtracks!
Act I: High School Musical
• “We’re All in This Together,”
• “Get’cha Head in the Game,”
• “Start of Something New,”
• “Stick to the Status Quo,”
• “Breaking Free”
Act II: High School Musical 2
• “What Time Is It”
• “Fabulous”
• “You Are The Music In Me”
• “Gotta Go My Own Way”
• “All For One”
Fans all over the world have been experiencing the global excitement surrounding Disney’s High School Musical: The Ice Tour. The tour had received tremendous positive feedback from customers in New York, London and Sydney.
After a successful global tour, the tour is finally making its debut in Singapore on August 5, 2008 at the Singapore Expo.Get ready to rock the ice!!
What time is it?
It’s time to GET’CHA tickets!
7 responses to “High School Musical – The Ice Tour (5-10 Aug 2008)”
1 06 2008
nicole (23:06:46) :
why different people
2 06 2008
blucat (11:35:24) :
nicole: the pics are not from the sistic ad, i googled them.
when i saw the ad on tv for the musical, i thought i heard ‘original cast’ of hsm but the sistic ad said ‘ talented cast of world class skaters will perform the adventures of Troy, Gabriella, Chad…’ (see above), it sounds like its not the original cast.
i havent found out from sistic yet though I would prolly check nearer the date 
15 06 2008
Sabrina (09:19:16) :
wut website can we buy the tickets for the show??
16 06 2008
blucat (00:51:25) :
Hi Sabrina, if you’re talking about the show in Singapore, the link to buy tickets is above, its the Sistic Link.
8 07 2008
nicole (17:20:09) :
hahahaha…………. but all this while i want to see the hsm cast real live
26 07 2008
katie (02:48:27) :
hey,
im very fustrated that it isnt the actual cast and i think the people who are doing hsm on the london show at the hammersmith apollo..
£95 for two tickiets on the 2nd of august!
personally i dont think it will be any good as the orignal cast but i will be listening to their voices to see if they can match the orignal cast!
29 07 2008
blucat (13:45:46) :
hey katie, yeah I know what you mean. I initially wanted to go because I thought its the original cast but I found out its the ORIGINAL soundtrack not the cast *grins* I’m giving it a miss then, but you enjoy your show!
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W!LD RICE: OCBC Singapore Theatre Festival (6-24 Aug 2008)
Officially, as part of the OCBC W!ld Rice Theatre Festival,
ENGAGE, COGITATE, ACTIVATE…
Recognising that theatre does not begin and end with the rise and fall of the curtain, a series of forums, readings and activities have been planned in and around the Festival.
- ‘The Art and Life Sessions’
What is it in real LIFE that inspires the ART on stage?
How does ART relate to, engage with, and resonate LIFE?
The Art and Life Sessions is a series of free lively forums about the urgent issues of the day. Engage with some of the most forward thinking minds of “the concerned citizenry” personalities, artists, activists and academics – to exchange views and opinions about the pressing issues of our times.
Dates:Sun 10 Aug: Regardless of Race: Uncomfortable Silences, Unfounded Fears
Sat 16 Aug We the Citizens: Unsung Heroines, Unwritten Histories
Sat 23 Aug To Build a **** Society: Untested Waters, Unchartered Territories
Time: 5.30 – 7pm
Venue: Function Room 3
- ‘Testing 1-2-3’
Is this thing on? We want your feedback!
Spot the hit plays of the future in rehearsed readings with great actors and directors – free of charge! The OCBC Singapore Theatre Festival’s new play-reading platform is a wonderful opportunity to engage with the artists and contribute to the creative process of making a play. Drama Box presents FOUR fascinating new plays slated to open in 2009 as part of its Blanc Space – The Playwright Series
Dates: 16, 17 Aug
Time: 2-5pm
Venue: Function Room 3
- Feedback Friday
Performances on Friday nights will be followed by a talk-back session in the Theatre. Talkbacks have always been key to the development of new writing, and this is an opportunity to share your experience of the play, with the playwright and director, and with other members of the audience.
Dates: 8, 15 and 22 August
Time: Immediately after each show
Venue: In the theatre
ANGEL-ISM by panggung ARTS in association with Drama Box (6-10 August 2008)
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6-10 Aug 2008
6 August 2008, 8pm
9 August 2008, 8pm
10 August 2008, 3pm & 8pm
Approx 2 hrs 30 mins
INTERVAL
Approx 15 mins
Drama Centre Black Box
Standard – S$30
Mandarin and Malay with English surtitles
Four friends sip coffee and exchange tales. One of them brushes her arched, feathered wings, while another steadily contemplates the instrument in his hands. The other two debate incessantly about human rights and wrongs and the appraisal system they try so hard to uphold.
Suddenly, the winged musician rises and declares he is taking the initiative to blow his horn, which will usher in the Day of Judgment. While the pair of moral auditors bicker, their client sinks deeper into a coma.
They share more tales and drink more coffee…the perfect recipe for a good get-together, or even Armageddon.
After their successful collaboration on Trick or Threat in 2007, directors Kok Heng Leun (Drift, A Stranger At Home) and Aidli ‘Alin’ Mosbit (Ma’ma Yong-About Nothing Much To Do, Impenjarament) expand on their engaging intercultural dialogue with a work that asks questions about faith, conscience and the afterlife—in a variety of languages.
Angel-ism presents a rare pairing of two of the most exciting Malay-language and Chinese-language theatre companies in Singapore today.
“I felt a powerful sense of something live and organic being created, something that was unpredictable and, therefore, exhilarating, almost dangerous… aiming to illustrate the complexity and insolubility…of the race situation in Singapore.” The Flying Inkpot, on ‘Trick or Threat’
Written by: Mohd Zulfadli Rashid & Danny Yeo
Directed by: Aidli ‘Alin’ Mosbit, Kok Heng Leun
Cast: Helmi Fita, Shiha Mahadi, Rei Poh, Si Ai
For more information, visit www.singaporetheatrefestival.com
THE SWORDFISH, THEN THE CONCUBINE by W!LD RICE (6-10 August 2008)
6-10 Aug 2008
06 – 08 August 2008, 8pm
09 – 10 August 2008, 3pm & 8pm
Approx 2 hrs 30 mins
INTERVAL
Approx 15 mins
Drama Centre Theatre
Wed, Thu, Sun 8pm
Sat & Sun 3pm
$55, $45, $35, $35 Restricted View
Fri & Sat 8pm
$60, $50, $40, $40 Restricted View
Swordfish attack Singapura, terrorising its citizens. A boy saves the kingdom by lining the beach with banana stems. But the Sultan, at his ministers’ advice, has the boy executed.
A generation later, the Sultan’s successor, his son, breaks the covenant between subject and ruler when he has his concubine publicly executed on trumped-up charges, bringing untold shame to her family. Sure enough, an armada of ships from the Majapahit empire soon appears on the horizon, and threatens Singapura’s supremacy.
Acclaimed Malaysian playwright Kee Thuan Chye’s (1984 Here and Now, We Could **** You Mr Birch) first play in more than a decade is a bitingly comic satire that blends ancient myth with contemporary politics. Directed by Ivan Heng (Animal Farm, Happy Endings: Asian Boys Vol 3), and accompanied with live orchestration by Gamelan Asmaradana, this theatrical epic promises to be a dazzling exploration of the senselessness of war, religious conservatism and hypocrisy, and the ruinous abuse of power.
“Kee writes from the heart; his works consistently emphasise fair play and equality. They question the state of being of both the individual and the society he lives in.” The Star
“Playwrights such as Kee are rare in this country…because at a time when others shrugged their shoulders and walked away, he stepped forward and spoke aloud his thoughts, and theirs too.” The Sunday Mail
The Swordfish, then the Concubine was shortlisted from 600 entries for reading at the 21st International Playwriting Competition at the Warehouse Theatre, UK, in 2006.
Written by: Kee Thuan Chye
Directed by: Ivan Heng
Cast: Alecia Kim Chua, Gerald Chew, Sani Hussin, Lim Yu-Beng, Timothy Nga, Judy Ngo, Rodney Oliveiro, Farahliza Ong, Najib Soiman, Darius Tan, Tony Quek, Elena Wang
For more information, visit www.singaporetheatrefestival.com
TREE/HOUSE – A Doublebill by spell#7 & Ho Tzu Nyen (7-9 August 2008)
7-9 Aug 2008
7 – 8 August 2008, 8pm
9 August 2008, 3pm
Approx 2 hrs 30 mins
INTERVAL
Approx 15 mins
Drama Centre Black Box
Standard – S$30
Where do your memories live?
Tree/House is a two-part performance about how we remember in a city of forgetting. First a tree, then a house, provide the starting points for a exercise in modern storytelling, which weaves objects, images and anecdotes together into a provocative and poignant remembrance of things present.
In Tree Duet, spell#7’s Paul Rae and Kaylene Tan explore our continuing entanglement with trees by presenting a theatrical meditation on the things they make us think and do. Tree Duet is an eco-performance minus the moralizing, which reinvents tree-lore for the 21st century.
In House of Memory, visual artist and film-maker Ho Tzu Nyen presents a PowerPoint lecture with a difference. Beginning with the destruction of his childhood home, Tzu Nyen plunders the history of twentieth century cinema in search of his memories – with increasingly explosive results.
The Press on Tree Duet:
“This is a show that eludes you, that charms you but does not seduce you, that stirs you and awakens you to a new level of consciousness while never quite binding you in the same spell, that speaks softly and is radical without being radical at all.” Flying Inkpot
“An honest performance, a realization of the dangers posed by our passivity to the decay around us, and a serenade to life itself.” Art Jam
Both parts were first presented as works in progress by The Substation in SeptFest 2007. Tree Duet was nominated for the Life! Best Original Script Award 2008.
Written by: Paul Rae (Tree Duet) & Ho Tzu Nyen (House of Memory)
Directed by: Paul Rae & Ho Tzu Nyen
Cast: Ho Tzu Nyen, Kaylene Tan, Paul Rae
For more information, visit www.singaporetheatrefestival.com
THE LAST TEMPTATION OF STAMFORD RAFFLES by W!LD RICE (13-17 Aug 2008)
13-17 Aug 2008
13 – 15 August 2008, 8pm
16 – 17 August 2008, 3pm & 8pm
Wed, Thu, Sun 8pm
Sat & Sun 3pm
$45, $40, $35, $35 Restricted View
Fri & Sat 8pm
$50, $45, $40, $40 Restricted View
1826. Sir Stamford Raffles lies on his deathbed, delirious with dreams and hallucinations, whilst his wife Sophia frantically records his biography. A giant Rafflesia blossom invades his bedroom; he meets his deceased first wife Olivia, and encounters a talking statue who bears prophecies of greatness.
As his life flashes before him, we witness his birth at sea, his early voyages, his triumphant founding of Singapore, and his eventual tragic downfall—with his children dead of tropical diseases, his research destroyed in a burning ship, and himself bankrupted and diagnosed with syphilis.
The Last Temptation of Stamford Raffles is written by multi-talented playwright and poet Ng Yi-Sheng, whose last play, 251, based on the life of Annabel Chong, played to packed houses. Directed by Christina Sergeant (Furthest North, Deepest South, The Hypochondriac), this is an unforgettable journey into the mind of a legend. Was Raffles a wily schemer or an enlightened reformer? What kind of legacy did he leave behind on an island he called the ‘child of my own’?
“251 is worth seeing not only for its success at putting Chong’s dubious “achievements” in perspective as performance art, but also for pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable subject matter for a Singapore stage production.” TODAY
The Last Temptation of Stamford Raffles was a finalist at ACTION Theatre’s ‘Theatre Idols’ festival in 2007.
Written by: Ng Yi-Sheng
Directed by: Christina Sergeant
Cast: Candice De Rozario, Claire Devine, Rehaan Engineer, Ian Tan, Jo Tan, Patricia Toh
For more information, visit www.singaporetheatrefestival.com
APOCALYPSE: LIVE! by W!LD RICE (20-24 Aug 2008)
20-24 Aug 2008
20 – 22 August 2008, 8pm
23 – 24 August 2008, 3pm & 8pm
Drama Centre Theatre
Wed, Thu, Sun 8pm
Sat & Sun 3pm
$45, $40, $35, $35 Restricted View
Fri & Sat 8pm
$50, $45, $40, $40 Restricted View
It is the year 2058. Singapore is reeling from a mysterious rain of fire. Buildings have been flattened; scores of people have been killed. In fact, nearly everything in this once pristine and technologically advanced city-state has been destroyed.
A day after the disaster, Major General Abdul Aziz has seized the reins of power in a non-effeminate military coup. A colony of intrepid survivors, led by activist Jessie Soon and spiritual leader Simon Sitoh, have pooled their resources to rebuild Singapore.
Sifting through the wasteland are news anchorman David Fong and reporter Lisa Wang, determined to cover the rebirth of the nation in unreal time. Can Singapore reclaim the future from the wreckage of her uncertain past? We bring you their minute-by-hour report-LIVE!
With ear to the ground and tongue in cheek, this debut full-length play by Ken Kwek, a former journalist with the Straits Times political desk, is an exhilarating peek into a terrifying future. Directed by Samantha Scott-Blackhall (The Physicists, Everything But The Brain), Apocalypse: LIVE! asks if it is possible to extract sound bites from an incomprehensible nightmare.
Written by: Ken Kwek
Directed by: Samantha Scott-Blackhall
Cast: Brendon Fernandez, Janice Koh, Risa Okamoto, Lee Weng Kee, Gene Sha Rudyn
For more information, visit www.singaporetheatrefestival.com
OWN TIME OWN TARGET by W!LD RICE (20-24 Aug 2008)
20-24 Aug 2008
20 – 22 August 2008, 8pm
23 – 24 August 2008, 3pm & 8pm
Approx 2 hrs 30 mins
INTERVAL
Approx 20 mins
Esplanade Theatre Studio
Standard – S$30
Just when you thought ARMY DAZE had said it all…
Own Time Own Target invites you to rediscover National Service – in all its familiarity and – with a triple dose of delicious comedy written by thrilling young talents Laremy Lee and Julian Wong, and directed by Jonathan Lim (Chestnuts, Homesick, Jack & The Beansprout, Mad Forest).
Absurd comedy, farcical road-tripping escapades and madcap song & dance go hand-in-hand in these two plays and a brand new musical all about NS – why we hate it, love it, fear it and ultimately, can’t live without it!
Starring a hilarious and hot-blooded all-male cast from theatre and TV, including Nelson Chia, Hang Qian Chou, Dwayne Lau, Jonathan Lum, Ghazali bin Muzakir, Hansel Tan, Terence Tay (Living With Lydia) and Nick Shen (En Bloc).
FULL TANK by Laremy Lee
In the midst of a desperate island-wide search for an *oops* escaped terrorist, Sergeant Leroy and his motley crew hijack a tank and go AWOL, embarking on a joyride through Singapore’s streets! Are they dangerous criminals or unlikely heroes? Or just plain gila? Join them on a hilariously bizarre and Uniquely Singaporean road-trip!
RADIO SILENCE by Laremy Lee
An overly conscientious NSF officer and his talkative driver are lost in the jungle, their mysterious mission taking them deeper and deeper into a no man’s land where rank can break down as quickly as the radio …
BOTAK BOYS book, music and lyrics by Julian Wong
BMT is every Singaporean male’s nightmare. Or is it just a necessary rite of passage? Experience the heartache, the bravery and the rude shocks as Justin and his blur buddies sing and dance their way around Pulau Tekong! Will he make new friends? Will his carefully-guarded secret be exposed? Will he survive BMT to become … even more of a man?
For more information, visit www.singaporetheatrefestival.com
BLOOD BINDS by Magdalena (Singapore) & The Substation (21-24 Aug 2008)
21-24 Aug 2008
21 – 22 August 2008, 8pm
23 – 24 August 2008, 3pm & 8pm
Drama Centre Black Box
Standard – S$35
Is blood really thicker than water? What are the ties that bind? Funny, moving and close to the heart of every parent and child, Blood Binds challenges and explodes easy assumptions about parenthood through the lenses of age, desire and myth. Blood Binds is presented by Magdalena (Singapore) and The Substation in two doublebills: Just Late & Bond-Age, directed by Adrian Tan, 21-22 Aug 8pm and 23 Aug 3pm; Sperm & The Lunar Interviews, directed by Shelly Quick, 23 Aug 8pm, 24 Aug 3pm and 8pm. Post-show feedback session on Aug 22.
SPERM by Tan Suet Lee
Margaret, 43, single and successful, wants a baby. Taking matters into her own hands she places an advert. Rose, her mother, can’t understand why she can’t do it the old fashioned way or why she would need a syringe. Fabian, strong and good-looking, responds. Can he give Margaret what she wants?
THE LUNAR INTERVIEWS by Verena Tay
Through seven monologues, The Lunar Interviews interweaves real life vignettes and moon goddess myths – Chang Er, Diana, Hina – exploring the themes of creation, nurturing, writing, men-women relationships, solitude, loneliness, exile and the Moon. Provocative and captivating, The Lunar Interviews humanises the mythic and brings the mythic into everyday reality.
BOND-AGE by Ng Swee San
Feisty and fiercely independent, May is forced by circumstances to depend on mousey Agnes to rescue her. Their little escapade forces them to confront their feelings of guilt and resentment towards their families, and to come to terms with aging and their evolving roles as mothers.
JUST LATE by Dora Tan
More than just a comedy about how an old blind man ends up celebrating his 70th birthday with robbers, Just Late is about the realities of aging. It’s about regret, tenuous family connections and the loss of control in one’s life.
For more information, visit www.singaporetheatrefestival.com
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Music ~ The Harvard Din & Tonics World Tour 2008 (8 Aug 2008)
8 Aug 2008
Fri, 7pm & 9pm
Esplanade Recital Studio
Standard – S$35
In concert for one night only at the Esplanade Recital Studio, the world’s premier collegiate jazz a cappella group returns to Singapore on their 10th biennial World Tour.
The Harvard Din & Tonics comprise 12 male Harvard undergraduates. They are internationally renown for their energetic performances pairing excellent musicianship with their trademark humour “with a twist”, celebrated by audiences that have included Ella Fitzgerald, Yo Yo Ma, Bill Clinton and Sharon Stone. The Dins sing mostly jazz, but also present a diverse repertoire of well-loved music including doo-wop, show tunes, romantic ballads and gospel. These include crowd favourites like “McDonald’s Girl”, “Lullaby of Birdland”, “Honeysuckle Rose” and “Summertime”.
With the National Din Parade 2008, the group offers an entertaining musical celebration for everyone young and old. Come and be charmed by these Harvard gentlemen performing in white tie, tailcoats, and their signature lime green socks. You’ll see why the group has an enviable reputation for their impeccable musicality, snappy choreography, and hilarious antics.
A rare, must-see event – book now!
For more information about the group, visit our website at:
www.dins.com
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Music ~ Envy – ‘Compiled Fragments’ (9 Aug 2008)
9 Aug 2008 Sat, 7:30PM
Esplanade Concert Hall
Standard – S$88, S$78, S$58, S$48, S$38
In the past 12 years, Envy has become a dominant band in the Japanese independent hard-core scene. Their music, through their own evolution, encompasses a sound where intensity and beauty coexists. Aiming for a style of their own, Envy’s music is none other than original to say the least. Envy is characterized by their ability to master screamo’s loud-soft dynamic to evoke both crushing brutality and gentle beauty, often within the same song. Thus their live shows have grown in legend over the years. The band is also noted for their deep and poetic lyrics.
Stuart from Mogwai, a British rock group from Glasgow, Scotland, described it as “An amazing live band with qualities of both a raging tornado and the calmness after a storm”.
Envy has been asked to support many artists from overseas on tour in Japan such as ISIS, Converge & Locust and has toured around the world on their own. They have gained great support touring in America and Europe after releasing split singles EP with American and European bands such as Sixpence, Endeavor & This Machine Kills.
Following the release of “A Dead Sinking Story” in 2003, they signed with Rock Action Records and have since released 3 albums with them. Envy was the opening act for Mogwai’s Japan tour in 2004 and was invited to play at the All Tomorrow’s Festival the following year before touring UK. They have played at festivals in France and Taiwan, and in 2006 played at Fuji Rock Festival in Japan.
This one night only Singapore gig marks the band’s first ever performance in South-East-Asia and promises to be a spectacular evening at the Esplanade Concert Hall on 9 August 2008 at 7.30 p.m.
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Music ~ Death Cab For Cutie (12 Aug 2008)
12 Aug 2008
Tue, 07:30PM
Esplanade Concert Hall
Standard – S$148, S$128, S$108, S$88, S$68
Box Seat – S$148
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE performs in SINGAPORE for the very first time as part of a worldwide tour in support of their groundbreaking new album Narrow Stairs, which debuted at #1 on the US Billboard Top 200 Album Chart.
When asked to describe their sixth studio album, Narrow Stairs, guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Chris Walla characterizes it as “having teeth”. While many bands in Death Cab For Cutie’s situation would try to recreate the success of hit songs like “Soul Meets Body” or “I Will Follow You Into The Dark”, Death Cab has instead crafted the most ambitious and varied album of their career by simply doing what they’ve been doing since they formed in Bellingham, Washington a decade ago – made a brilliant record that refuses to pander, while stretching the artistic boundaries of what a Death Cab For Cutie record should sound like.
After spending much of 2006 in the midst of a turbulent tour cycle surrounding their RIAA platinum, Grammy-nominated album Plans, the band took a well-deserved break during the first part of 2007. Frontman Ben Gibbard embarked on his first-ever solo tour; Chris Walla released a solo album and produced records for acts like Tegan And Sara; drummer Jason McGerr constructed his own recording studio, Two Sticks; and bassist Nick Harmer, as always seems to be the case, worked on various projects. If Plans was a collection of firsts – Death Cab’s first album for a major label; the first disc to feature songwriting contributions from someone other than Gibbard; the first Death Cab disc recorded with the same drummer as the one before – Narrow Stairs feels more like home.
Death Cab for Cutie’s rise to Grammy-nominated rock quartet is one of indie rock’s greatest success stories. This one night only Singapore gig marks the band’s first ever performance in South-East-Asia and promises to be a spectacular evening – Don’t miss it!
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The Write Stuff (12-30 Aug 2008)
12-30 Aug 2008
Mon – Fri, 11:00AM
Sat, 11:00AM
Addition 5:00PM (Sat, 30 Aug)
DBS Arts Centre – Home of SRT
S$25 (Sat)
S$20 (Mon – Fri)
What happens when an empty stage gets filled with 12 magnificent stories written by 12 amazing children?
Well here’s a little clue. Once upon a time, Goldy gets taught a very important lesson, whilst next door Andy and Annie are being looked after by their disco-dancing diva of an Aunt. And just up the road at Number 10, an unlikely pair – a Pig and a Wolf are discussing their dinner plans.
And that’s not all. Elly finds a magical book and ends up in Disneyland singing with Mulan; an Emperor falls in love with a tree fairy; aliens take over the local school; and one girl ends up in 1950. Oh, and its Halloween just to add a bit of fright to the proceedings. We also go back in time and meet William Shakespeare; witness a bank robbery; and get caught up in a murder mystery all dished up with some very big synonyms!
Performed by an energetic cast of SRT’s professional adult actors, The Write Stuff is a great opportunity for your children to be inspired!
For the last performance 30 Aug, 5pm, the 3 winning plays will be performed followed by an award ceremony presentation.
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To Kill A Mockingbird (Dramatised by Christopher Sergel) (13-23 Aug 2008)
13-23 Aug 2008
Wed-Fri, 08:00PM
Sat & Sun, 02:00PM & 08:00PM
Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” (Dramatised by Christopher Sergel)
14th – 16th and the 19th – 23rd August 2008 at 8:00pm
16th, 17th and 23rd of August 2008 at 2:00pm
Approx 2 hrs
INTERVAL
Approx 15 mins
Dress Rehearsal(Preview) – S$36
Standard Matinee – S$38
Standard Evening – S$42
Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Harper Lee, Sharon Ang presents “To Kill A Mockingbird”, a literary classic that tells the story of Scout Finch, her brother Jem and their friend Dill, who become fascinated with their very reclusive neighbour “Boo”. Imaginings run wild as the children make up their own reasons on why “Boo” remains hidden, and conceive ways of drawing him out of his house. Over the next two summers, the children find small gifts being left in a tree outside the Radley house. Although they know that it is the mysterious Boo making affectionate gestures towards them, their curiosity is never satisfied as he never appears in person.
As this goes on, a more serious matter has surfaced as the children’s father has agreed to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman. His decision leads to serious repercussions against himself and his children by members of the community. Furthermore, the father of the victim – Bob Ewell, vows revenge against not only the accused, but also against his family and those who defend him. It then becomes apparent that the issue ceases to be about the violation of a woman’s innocence, but the racial prejudices of a community and the dark side of human nature. In directing this play, Christopher Jacobs decides to focus on the psychological dynamics of confrontation between human beings. As such, the play is not set in a specific locale or to any historical period, but will present a generic communal society, which the audience can identify with on a visceral level.
Related Article Here
Pics of production here.
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Late nite @ Esplanade:
A Musical Journey with RJ Rosales (29 Aug 2008)
29 Aug 2008
Fri, 07:30PM & 09:30PM
Esplanade Recital Studio
Standard – S$35
His smooth, soulful voice has graced musicals, hit singles, television shows, and concerts. His style has been described as a unique cross between Michael Bublé and Josh Groban. He is RJ Rosales − singer, actor and all-round entertainer.
In this concert, RJ will take you on a musical journey that ranges from ballads such as Frank Sinatra’s Come Fly with Me and Josh Groban’s The Prayer to Broadway hits from musicals such as West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon.
Best known in Singapore for his portrayal as Chang in Chang and Eng the Musical, he has also appeared in major musical productions such as Forbidden City and Cabaret. A truly versatile perfomer, his other achievements include TV shows both as an actor and host.
RJ returns to the place he calls ‘Home’ (Singapore) after 14 months in Australia and a stellar run in Cameron Macintosh’s Miss Saigon, having played leadroles as both ‘Thuy’ and ‘The Engineer’ for which he received critical acclaim.
Enjoy this intimate night with the debonair artist as he holds nothing back, sharing his most intimate feelings about the places, experiences, and most importantly the people that have touched his life.
Early-Bird Special* *Limited to first 50 patron for the 7.30pm show Purchase your tickets by 15 Aug to enjoy a complimentary post-show non-alcoholic drink at Aria Bistro, #01-09 Esplanade Mall.
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Ayaschool: Junglegym (30 Aug 2008)
Event Name: AYASCHOOL: JUNGLE GYM
Venue of the event: The Substation Theatre
Date of the Event: 30th August, 8pm
Free / Reserve Seating: Free Seating
ticket : $25
Ticket available at The Substation Box Office,
Operating hours: 1pm-8pm (weekdays only),
6pm-8pm (on 30th August)
Contact number: 6337 7800 (no reservation)
“AYASCHOOL : JUNGLEGYM / August 30th, 2008
Aya Sekine is an energetic, quirky, experimental jazz pianist who will be performing with Budi & Riduan Zalani (Wicked Aura Batucada), Tan Boon Gee and Yuta Nakayama.
As Aya experiments with rhythms with Budi on Repinique (Brazilian snare drum), and Boon Gee on drum set, Riduan will trigger his handheld Brazilian percussion instruments, especially his Pandeiro (very close to tambourine but with more sizzles and depth in sound), with his electro gadgets.
Whilst Aya embraces all the beats and pushes the edge with her analogue synthesizers and gadgets, Yuta Nakayama will improvise his innovative home-made gadgets that stole the show — with Aya at the Choppa Festival held at LASALLE College of the Arts.
It’s a mad new JUNGLE, it’s a wonderful mayhem that will exist for one night only. “
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Baybeats 2008 (29-31 Aug 2008)
Baybeats is BACK!
Details of lineup @ Nokia Powerhouse
Day 1 29 Aug 2008, Friday
730-8pm: Another Epic Story
830-9pm: The Shine & Shine & Shine & Shine (Tw)
9.30-10pm: Force Vomit
10.30-11pm: Typecast (Phi)
Day 2 30 Aug 2008, Saturday
6.30-7pm: Silhouette
7.30-8pm: Cardinal Avenue
8.30-9pm: Faspitch (Phi)
9.30-10pm: Electrico
10.45-11.30pm: Joy Electric (US)
Day 3 31 Aug 2008, Sunday
6.30-7pm – Morning Utopia
7.30-8pm – Abuse The Youth (Tha)
8.30-9pm: Sourgrapes
9.45-10.30pm: Jebediah (Aus)
11-11.30pm: Caracal
Dear readers, there are a number of stages/area of performance during the 3 day Baybeats festival. The website has a complete and detailed schedule complete with band info. I recommend that you drop by there to catch the latest info, esp since I think they put in alot of creativity and work into the site so I don’t really want to steal their thunder! So go there! And come by Baybeats 2008 this weekend to catch the old, the new and friends from abroad! RAWR!!!
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Puccini’s Turandot by Singapore Lyric Opera (29 Aug-3 Sep 2008)
29 Aug – 3 Sep 2008 8pm
Approx 2 hr 30 mins,Interval: Approx 20 mins
Esplanade Theatre
Standard – S$130, S$110, S$88, S$68, S$58, S$48, S$38, S$25
VIP Box – S$130
Box B-G – S$110, S$88 Restricted View – S$68, S$58, S$25
A Singapore Lyric Opera production
Featuring
Jessica Chen (Taiwan) and Young-ae Kim (South Korea) as Turandot
Lee Jae Wook (South Korea) and Wei Long Tao (China) as Calaf
Nancy Yuen (Singapore) and Rachelle Gerodias (Philippines) as Liu
Directed by Lo King-man [Hong Kong]
With Tsung Yeh: Conductor [USA/Singapore]
The Philharmonic Orchestra
Singapore Lyric Opera Children’s Choir
Singapore Lyric Opera Chorus
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Choir
Composed by Giacomo Puccini, left unfinished at his death and eventually completed by Franco Alfano, the story of Turandot was adapted from Carlo Gozzi’s play of the same name based on an ancient Persian folk tale.
The merciless Chinese princess Turandot has made a solemn vow to never marry. Princes come from afar to seek her hand in marriage, but she demands that they answer three riddles before they can claim her as a bride; if they cannot answer them, they will be beheaded. So far, all have failed and perished, until an exiled prince appears and takes up this challenge, leading to a battle of wits that stirs up a maelstrom of passion, transformation and self-sacrifice.
Set design by Tan Ju Meng, Lighting design by Lim Yu Beng and Costume design by Mandy Tam.
Casting for 29 Aug, 1 Sep and 3 Sep performances
Jessica Chen, Turandot
Lee Jae Wook, Calaf
Nancy Yuen, Liu
Casting for 30 Aug and 2 Sep performances
Kim Young-ae, Turandot
Wei Tao Long, Calaf
Rachelle Gerodias, Liu
As @ 29 May 2008
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3 responses to “Puccini’s Turandot by Singapore Lyric Opera (29 Aug-3 Sep 2008)”
29 08 2008
O! My Ankle! « blucat’s waiting.. (13:15:47) :
[...] my dream of watching an opera again is fulfilled. I will be catching Puccini’s Turandot next Wed with K. I am just apeshit happy cos I never thought I might go and promptly forgot all [...]
30 08 2008
Eva (22:28:52) :
I caught Turandot last night (29th) & it was amazing despite the restricted view.
But amazing nonetheless!
31 08 2008
blucat (23:08:05) :
Eva: Wow, sounds great! I cant wait to catch it on Wed!
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da:ns Festival 2008: Footwork Workshop (30 Aug – 14 Sep 2008)
Learning dance is fun and so much more!
Dance, they say, feeds the body and the soul. Others say it is simply sheer enjoyment! There is always a good reason to get shaking and Footwork, a series of introductory dance classes designed for adults, youth and families, will show you the way. Learn the right skills to make an impression on the dance floor or add to your growing repertoire of dance styles or simply come get the best heart-pumping workout in town. This year’s series includes specially customised sessions for mums and dads to pair up with their kids to learn a new dance together. What can be more fun than doing belly-dancing or jive moves with the young ones? (Parent – Child workshops only available at Esplanade Box Office) Footwork offers sessions for a host of popular dances, all conducted by top dance professionals. Take your pick from classics like Rock N Roll and Broadway Jazz to fusion dances like Salsa Hip Hop and Afro-Cuban Rumba. Or try something unusual like Capoeira (Brazilian martial arts dance) and Bachata (with its origins in the Dominican Republic). It’s time for some body and soul nourishment!
Choose your favourite dance and register now!
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