March On
The Esplanade launches a new festival of family fun, which features music, theatre and dance for children aged 12 and below.
The Feelings Farm, a multi-disciplinary production written by Amanda Chong and directed by Edith Podesta, gets kids to navigate their emotions and is based on workshops with children of diverse needs and backgrounds.
From Alice's Topsy Turvy Tea Party, a colourful interactive picnic-style dance with The Kueh Tutus, to circus dance performance Chutzpah!, the festival asks - beneath all that razzle-dazzle - the serious question of how the Covid-19 pandemic is transforming childhood.
Where: Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, 1 Esplanade Drive
MRT: Esplanade; City Hall
When: Next Wednesday (March 10) to March 14, various timings
Admission: Various prices via Sistic (call 6348 5555 or go to Sistic's website)
Info: The Esplanade's website
The Maker's Project
Home-grown theatre company The Finger Players pulls the strings in this small festival, the culmination of a nine-month-long project to encourage the designing and building of puppets and objects.
In the play Little Mournings, an ageing puppeteer fixes theatre objects meant for archival.
In a two-day workshop, participants can learn how to make expressive puppet eyes using animatronics and joystick programming.
Where: NAFA Campus 3 Studio Theatre, 151 Bencoolen Street (Little Mournings); The Finger Players Workshop, 126 Cairnhill Road (The Maker's Workshop)
MRT: Bencoolen, Bugis; Newton, Orchard
When: Till March 14. Little Mournings, today (March 5) and tomorrow, 8pm and Sunday, 3pm; The Maker's Workshop, March 13 to 14
Admission: $35, $25 (concession) for Little Mournings via Sistic; $100 for The Maker's Workshop via admin@fingerplayers.com
