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LIVE PREVIEW
Here’s what’s happening on the Singapore
stage this month.
STAGE
INTERNATIONAL INVASION
St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival Singapore
returns to
The Meadow at Gardens By The Bay for the fifth year
running, featuring a mix of Singaporean and international
acts from Australia, Malaysia, the UK, Sweden, the US
and Canada. The 2015 line-up includes artists such as
Angus and Julia Stone, Banks, Chet Faker, Courtney
Barnett, Eagulls, Enterprise, FKA Twigs, Future Islands,
.Gif, Hanging Up the Moon, Jungle, Little Dragon, Lykke
Li, Mac Demarco, Royal Blood, Rustie and St. Vincent.
24 January. Tickets from Sistic and eventclique.com.
singapore.lanewayfestival.com
JOYOUS TUNES
The Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra
(BHSO), Singapore’s oldest community orchestra,
will perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D
minor – best known for the theme “Ode to Joy”
– in celebration of the New Year and Singapore’s
50th year of independence. Aptly named
“Joy!”
– Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
, the concert
will feature over 200 participants including an
80-piece orchestra comprised primarily of amateur
musicians, plus soloists and members of The Joy
Chorale, formed by the Singapore community and
led by Chorus Mistress, Khor Ai Ming. 25 January,
5pm, Esplanade Concert Hall. Tickets from Sistic.
bhso.org
INDIE-POP
PRIDE
B r i t i s h b a n d
Bastille
hits our
shores this month
for the first time,
bringing its unique
brand of indie-pop
to the Singapore
stage. Fans can
expect to hear
the group’s chart-
topping anthem
“Pompeii”, and
singles like “Flaws” and “Things We Lost in the Fire” among other
tunes from the Brit Award-winners’ debut number-one album,
Bad
Blood
. Catch them on 9 January at The Coliseum at Hard Rock
Hotel Singapore, Resorts World Sentosa. Tickets from Sistic.
ART WITHOUT
BORDERS
Returning for its 11th
year, the
M1 Singapore
Fringe Festival
will
feature a total of 18
arts events from eight
countries, all centred
on the theme of Art
and Loss. Highlights
include
The Duchamp
Syndrome
by Por Piedad
Teatra (Mexico/USA),
which uses stand-up
routines, marionettes
and an iRobot Roomba
vacuum cleaner to
explore an immigrant’s
version of the American
Dream and our innate
desire to make our
mothers proud, as well as performances
With/Out
by Loo Zihan
(Singapore) and
How Loneliness Goes
by Nguan (Singapore).
Look out for a master-class and talks with members of The
Necessary Stage’s creative team, plus a selection of exhibitions
and durational performance pieces. See it from14 to 25 January
at multiple venues including Esplanade Theatres on the Bay,
National Museum of Singapore and ION Art, among others.
Tickets from Sistic.
singaporefringe.com