Front Row

Stuck at home with nothing to do because of the Movement Control Order? Worry not, because we're here to keep the boredom at bay. Every day, we present our special curated list of arts, culture, and entertainment that you can experience right from your own home. Today, we discuss the play Wonderland which tells the story of the 1984 miners’ strike in the UK. Then, we look at local spoken word event “If Walls Could Talk”, which is going online with its “Fever Dream Edition”.

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Stuck at home with nothing to do because of the Movement Control Order? Worry not, because we're here to keep the boredom at bay. Every day, we present our special curated list of arts, culture, and entertainment that you can experience right from your own home. Today, we dive into the wizarding world of Harry Potter as the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is made available for all in audiobook form. Then, find out how you can watch The Nutcracker performed by Bolshoi Ballet for free, online.

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Stuck at home with nothing to do because of the Movement Control Order? Worry not, because we're here to keep the boredom at bay. Every day, we present our special curated list of arts, culture, and entertainment that you can experience right from your own home. Today, we give props to “Classical Kids Storytime”, a podcast series for parents to sneakily introduce classical music to their kids, as they listen to fairy tales. Then, we take a look at Art4HutanKita, an online art gallery for works that raise awareness on the impact of human actions on nature. 

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Stuck at home with nothing to do because of the Movement Control Order? Worry not, because we're here to keep the boredom at bay. Every day, we present our special curated list of arts, culture, and entertainment that you can experience right from your own home. Today, we talk about National Theatre’s streaming of the play “One Man Two Guvnors” starring James Corden. Then, we talk about the Movie Trivia Schmoedown, a YouTube show that blends movie trivia with the theatrics and drama of pro-wrestling. 

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 In our final show in a series covering the Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2020 (TPAM 2020), we highlight a Belgium-based performance company called fieldworks, which presented three shows at the event. We speak with founders Heine Avdal and Yukiko Shinozaki about their view of contemporary performance, and how they create works that are both site-specific yet are able to travel. 

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In our fourth show in a series covering the Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2020 (TPAM 2020), we spotlight the Malaysian performer who was featured at the event, dancer/choreographer Lee Ren Xin. We speak with her about how she transposed her project, which involved becoming part of a community through a ritual of daily walking and dancing in Section 19 (Petaling Jaya) for 18 months, into a Japanese context, and what she learnt in the process.

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In our third show in a series covering the Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2020 (TPAM 2020), we feature two Southeast Asian artsmakers whose works headlined the event: Eko Supriyanto from Indonesia, and Thanapol Virulhakul from Thailand. We speak to them about their approach to performance, and what contemporary performance means within the context of this region.

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Sometimes, the lines between art, storytelling and history can be blurred to produce interesting results. This is the case with art historian Simon Soon’s first solo exhibition, called The Tyger and the Navigator, or “Sha’er Datok Keramat dengan Sang Mualim”. The show is described as using found digital objects to stage a historian epic of the 18th century Malay world - we speak with Soon to find out what this means. 

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Inspired by the 1965 P. Ramlee movie “Masam-Masam Manis”, Teater Normcore’s latest stage production “Masam Manis” takes the idea of two bickering neighbours who unknowingly fall in love and adds in a healthy dose of modernity and virtual reality. The result is an examination of public and private spaces, as well as the many personas we each inhabit. We speak with the play’s writer/director Ridhwan Saidi, and two of its actors, Sadiq M. Jamil and Lew Shu Ni. 

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In our second show in a series covering the Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2020 (TPAM 2020), we speak with the meet’s director Hiromi Maruoka about the beginnings of the event, how it has evolved, and what this year’s shows say about the performing arts field in Asia. 

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