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Rowell Reading Group, Post-Museum presents Shake Hands with the Devil | Film Study

By Richard Chua • Apr 26th, 2010 • Category: Editor's Picks, Previews, The Theatrex Blog

In late 1993, when Lt. General Romeo Dallaire received the call to serve as force commander of the UN mission to Rwanda, he thought he was heading off to Africa to help two warring parties achieve a peace both sides wanted. Instead, he and members of his small international force were caught up in a vortex of civil war and genocide. Dallaire left Rwanda a broken man, disillusioned, suicidal, and determined to tell his story. This is his story.


Esplanade presents Velocity, by Horse (Taiwan)

By Richard Chua • Apr 1st, 2010 • Category: Editor's Picks, Previews, The Theatrex Blog

The basics to dance choreography revolve around understanding the form. For a young dance company like Taiwan’s all-male dance company Horse, it is apt that experimentation should start from there. They have been successful, having won the 2008 Taishin Arts Award Taiwan’s Grand Arts Prize.


The Emerging Choreographers II | T.H.E. Dance Company

By Richard Chua • Mar 18th, 2010 • Category: Editor's Picks, Previews, The Theatrex Blog

It seems that the notion of being Asian is a highly problematic label. For there isn’t one Asia, but many Asias. Unfortunately, in the western stereotypical gaze, there is one. For Asians living in this highly contentious continent called Asia, there are infinite forms of Asia. As many Asians are grappling with cultural preservation, not to mention getting involved in the politics of waging cultural hegemony on each other, how does Singapore stand in this sea of conflicts. Singapore dance company T.H.E. Dance Company, founded by Artistic Director Kuik Swee Boon, seems to be interested in finding an answer to this question.


Ah Kua Show, 6 – 8 August 2009, The Substation Theatre

By Richard Chua • Aug 6th, 2009 • Category: Editor's Picks, The Theatrex Blog

The word “Ah Kua” – a derogatory term describing effeminate guys in Singapore – has its opportunity to tell its tale in the theatre, through Leona Lo’s, formerly known as Leonard, journey to womanhood from 6 August on, at The Substation It is a monologue presented by Leona herself.