All Entries in the "Reviews" Category
Theatre Review: Model citizens (by Zafar Anjum)
I’ve not seen all the plays that Director Alvin Tan and Playwright Haresh Sharma have done together in the last 20 years but amongst the ones that I have seen, “Model Citizens” is one of their best—honest, direct and biting.
Theatre Review: Jiwo Jiro (Reviewed by Zafar Anjum)
Jiwo Jiro, which means zero soul in Malay, was staged on January 15-16 2010 at the Esplanade Recital Studio as part of the Singapore Fringe Festival ’10.
Theatre Review: — Can Change by Zafar Anjum (S’pore)
Watching The Necessary Stage’s “– Can Change”, the opening play of M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2010, this reviewer was not sure if the play was to be taken at its face value or one was expected to interpret the whole thing as a lampooning exercise.
Film review: Avatar by Zafar Anjum (S’pore)
In Avatar, Cameron has turned the focus of this terror inwards: he shows us a mirror in which we, the humans, are the terror for the lives of other planets.
Poetry: A Filipino Metamorphosis, review by Chris Mooney-Singh (Spore)
Poetry Review: The Long Lost Startle
Joel M. Toledo
The University of the Philippines Press
Quezon City. (2009)
Php 150.00
US $3.85
Once upon a time there was a poet who woke up and found himself turned into ‘’some kind of animal’’. It was dog-like with sharp teeth, whiskers, a hand becoming a paw, a voice with a ‘’keening sound’’; it [...]
Dance Theatre: Swan Lake by Zafar Anjum (Singapore)
It was a treat for the eyes, ears and soul.
Theatre review: Beauty & the Beast by Zafar Anjum (S’pore)
Coming from Sa’at, I was a bit disappointed with the adaptation.
Poetry: Sudden in Youth (Felix Cheong) reviewed by Richard Lord
Sudden in Youth by Felix Cheong
Ethos Books, Singapore (2009); 94 pp
Review by Richard Lord
Usually, the appearance of a “New and Selected Poems” would signal a thickish volume with works spread over decades. But this is Singapore, where you could count the number of poets who’ve been turning out good poetry consistently for decades on the [...]
Theatre review: Sofaman by Zafar Anjum (Singapore)
In a way, the play recognizes the ills of life under capitalism.
Theatre Review: Hailing a Cabaret – Richard Lord
Despite all those mammoth speed bumps over the past year, globalisation continues to leap barriers. For instance, in mid-October, Broadway made its way to the more sedate side of Boat Quay, served up in a neat sampler of 18 tasty and easy-to-digest favourites from the Broadway back catalogue. This all took place at The Hall, [...]
