1 MAY – 6 JULY 2008
MOZART – A CHILD PRODIGY

This delightful one-of-a-kind exhibition is guaranteed to enthrall all children!
Conceived by the world-renowned Da Ponte Institute and ZOOM Children’s Museum, this award-winning exhibition invites children to playfully explore 11 themed rooms to discover the differences and similarities...

6 May – 17 May
18th European Union Film Festival

This year the 18th European Union Film Festival line-up features 21 acclaimed new films, award-winners, national hits and international successes from 17 countries. Showcasing the diversity, dynamism and...

6 MAY – 31 MAY 2008
EPSON ART PHOTO AWARD 2006 EXHIBITION

More than 100 photo classes from 19 countries competed for first place in the Epson Art Photo Award 2006. An authoritative jury of professionals (Andreas Gursky, Rupert Pfab, Ingrid Rollema, Tim Sommer and Thomas Weski) evaluated the several thousand submissions


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7 May
Jacques Brel is Alive & Well & Living in Paris

Jacques Brel is Alive & Well & Lliving in Paris is based on the songs of the late Belgian songwriter and poet Jacques Brel, translated into English by Mort Shuman and the poet Eric Blau. The original revue opened in 1968 in New York and played for 4 years with nearly 2000 performances! ...

7 MAY – 21 MAY 2008
THE SEA OF SALGARI : OCEANS, HARBOURS, SHIPS AND HEROES

This exhibition which opens on 7 May at 6.30 p.m. showcases the prints of Emilio Salgari’s book covers and illustrations. Emilio Salgari, the 19th-century writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction...

9 MAY – 16 AUGUST 2008
Henri Matisse the Master: Works from 1917 – 1952

WingTai Holdings proudly presents together with STPI the first ever exhibition of French modern master Henri Matisse (b. France, 1869-1954). Supported by the French Embassy, this exhibition comprises 52 prints, three drawings and one painting dated 1917.  This rare collection which is valued at €2.5 million...

10 MAY & 11 MAY 2008
JEAN-PHILIPPE TOUSSAINT SPEAKS

In conjunction with the 18th European Union Film Festival, come meet writer and filmmaker Jean-Philippe Toussaint in this exclusive session at Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store, Crossroads, as he speaks about his works and inspirations...

10 MAY 2008
SANDOKAN (1974) EPISODES 1-3
BY SERGIO SOLLIMA

This Italian television mini-series, famous in the 1970s not only in Italy but also abroad, captures the scope and flavour of the first and best books of the Sandokan saga written by Emilio Salgari...

14 May 2008
Paris – Berlin 1928, Eighty years later!

1928, as Paris was enjoying “Les Années Folles” and welcoming many Argentinian Tango Orchestras from Buenos Aires, Berlin was exploding with creativity with numerous dance-orchestras. At that time, in both cities, any dance-café had its own band, and fun was a must! ...

17 MAY 2008
SANDOKAN (1974) EPISODES 4 - 6
BY SERGIO SOLLIMA

Continuing with the adventures of Sandokan written by Emilio Salgari, these episodes from the Italian television mini-series captures the drama, romance and intrigues of the famous pirate, Sandokan, who opposed the British regime during the Victorian era...

17 MAY 2008
GIOBBE GIOBBE

Giobbe Giobbe is a puppet show performed by Massimo Godoli with three comic characters: Sandrone, Fagiolino and Arlecchino.  Sandrone is not very clever and worried about having no customers at his restaurant. Arlecchino decides to take advantage of the situation...

21 MAY – 27 MAY 2008
MONSTER HITS

Everyone knows there are monsters hiding in your walls and cupboards, including poor little William.  As he hides out in his spooky little bedroom attic in Grandpa’s old house, he’s got to convince Grandpa that...

21 MAY – 27 MAY 2008
TACOMITAC

Little cobbler and prankster Tallina thinks life is all about playing tricks and laughing at others’ misfortunes – until she provokes an unexpected response from one of her victims: There is another way to have fun, after all! ...

22 May - 24 May 2008
The Reluctant Dragon & The Wind in the Willows

The Reluctant Dragon is a story about friendship with people different from ourselves. Be ready for a stirring tale of friendship between a shepherd’s son and a gentle and poetic dragon, who is reluctant to fight ...

23 MAY – 25 MAY 2008
WATER FOOLS

Can one walk on the sea? Drive on the river? Acclaimed French street theatre company IIotopie brings Water Fools to Boat Quay.  In a mystical and magical journal, a man travels to Singapore’s popular waterfront...

23 MAY – 15 JUNE 2008
GIRAFFES

The savannah comes to Singapore, courtesy of Xirriquiteulateatre Spain, when life-size giraffes start frolicking among the crowds in this choreography of wonder through public space. The gentle puppet-creatures meander through side streets...

24 MAY 2008
THE SEAGULL AND THE CAT (La gabbianella ed il gatto)
BY ENZO D’ALÒ (1998)

This animated film, based on the bestselling Chilean children’s book of the same title by Luis Sepulveda, was the most expensive Italian cartoon ever made at the time of its release...

24 MAY 2008
THE POSTMAN (Il Postino)
By michael radford (1995)

Acclaimed by critics and audiences everywhere, The Postman – Il Postino is the record-breaking, Academy Award-winning romantic comedy that delivers heartfelt laughs! Through a relationship between a simple...

29 – 31 MAY 2008
THE ARCHITECTURE OF SILENCE

In The Architecture of Silence, choreographer Edward Clug bridges the 200 year gap between seemingly two incompatible music – Mozart’s Requiem KV626, and Requiem For My Friend, by contemporary Polish composer Zbigniew Preisner...

30 MAY– 1 JUNE 2008
FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS

For All The Wrong Reasons asks what it means to be stupid. How stupid can one be? How big and sad can be the consequences of stupid behaviour? Can stupidity be seen as a form of intelligence? Six talented performers challenge one another...

31 MAY 2008
SALVATORE – QUESTA E’LA VITA
by gian paolo cugno (2006)

This is the tender story of a young orphan Salvatore who, after losing his father in a tragic way, quits school and starts working as a fisherman and a farmer in order to support his little sister and grandmother. A young, idealistic teacher is moved by...

31 MAY 2008
ED REC FAR EAST DUTY FREE TOUR 2008
FEATURING THE WHOLE ED BANGER CRUE, BUSY P, DJ MEHDI, FEADZ, KRAZY BALDHEAD (LIVE), SEBASTIAN, SO ME AND UFFIE (LIVE)

Responsible for giving dance music a good kick between the legs, Pedro Winter’s (in)famous label was synonymous with the sweet new-rave-indie-disco rock sound before punters even coined the term...