Performing arts

Theatre review

Sofie Buligis addresses Malay identity in one-woman show Celup

Sofie Buligis asks what it means to be Malay.

Campus Superstar 20 years later: Season 1 winner Cheeyang Ng lives in NYC, works in musical theatre

Campus Superstar's first winner Cheeyang Ng has degrees in music and fine arts.

Campus Superstar 20 years later: Season 3 champ Jarod Lee, now assistant manager, did not want fame

Campus Superstar 3 winner Jarod Lee now works at a resource-based manufacturing company.

Interactive

The evocative dance of sport

‘Funny is funny’: Indonesian comedians keep calm and carry on amid police report against Netflix show

ktcomedy - Indonesian comedian Ben Dhanio performs at a stand-up comedy show.

CREDIT: COURTESY OF BEN DHANIO

New NAC study divides people into 12 kinds of arts consumers, some more willing to pay than others

Each persona is dependent on their age, whether they have children, and their existing interest in and attendance of arts events.

Arts Picks

Sotheby’s to host Singapore auction of Raden Saleh, Walter Spies, David Hockney and more

Indonesian artist Raden Saleh's The Eruption Of Mount Merapi, By Day (1865) is expected to go for between $700,000 and $1.3 million at Sotheby's Modern And Contemporary Art Auction on Jan 25.

School for Humans

Now that we have AI, what are the arts for?

You cannot hope to be a thoughtful developer of code if you lose the very creative instincts and critical thinking that excessive Gen AI use can slowly wear down, says the writer.

Singapore actor Faizal Abdullah plays The Tempest’s Caliban at London’s Shakespeare’s Globe

Faizal Abdullah (right) with castmate Sophie Steer during rehearsals for The Tempest.

My Perfect Weekend with actress Adele Wong

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