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The virtuoso haute couture designer Christian Lacroix, who is known for defining the look of the 1980s with its bright colours and extravagant embellishments, presents his splendid costume design work of 20 years for the ballet, theatre and opera in this exclusive exhibition.
In Asia for the very first time, 80 spectacular costumes and 60 sketches from the collection of the Centre National du Costume de Scène (National Costume Centre, Moulins, France) and from Lacroix himself, will take stage at the National Museum of Singapore from March to June 2009.
Lacroix's inspiration for productions such as Carmen, Gaîte Parisienne, Othello, Cosi Fan Tutte and Phedre are eclectic, drawing from a wide variety of sources, and are at once historical and yet modern. A knowledgeable and mischievous storyteller, the splendid costumes tells of tales of love and hate, and the dramas of comedy and tragedies.
www.nationalmuseum.sg
Venue: National Museum of Singapore, 93 Stamford Road
Time: 10.30 a.m. - 7.30 p.m. daily
Ticket Prices: $8.00, Free admission for students with a valid student pass
Ticket Bookings : Purchase tickets with National Museum of Singapore, Stamford Services Counter or www.nationalmuseum.sg. General Enquiries: 6332 3659 / 6332 5642.
Presenter: National Museum of Singapore, French Embassy |
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Inspired by exceptional men and women, by the world’s great iconic figures, and
the imagery of poets and dreamers, Jean Pierre Blanchard combines this greatness
with a seemingly random spot of colour, with the indescribable IT that is everywhere,
in nature, in the street, and in the smallest of stones. His sources of inspiration are
not just the well known and extraordinaire but the not famous too.
His art is continuous poetic research. “For the artist”, he says, “All thoughts, all
matter, all techniques are a pretext for this creative research.The truth is in the
passion that one puts there.”
Twenty-five paintings of Jean-Pierre Blanchard will be exhibited at the newly
renovated tcc 51 Circular Road “The Gallery” from May to August 2009. This will
be his first exhibition in Asia.
www.thecoffeeconnoisseur.com
Venue: tcc – the coffee connoisseur “The Gallery” 51 Circular Road
Time: 11a.m. – midnight (Sunday – Thursday & Public Holidays), 11a.m. – 2 a.m. (Friday, Saturday & Eve of Public Holidays)
Ticket Prices: Free Admission
Ticket Bookings : info@art-management.com (+65) 6479 2445
Presenter: tcc – the coffee connoisseur |
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Dive into the heart of Van Gogh’s paintings. For the first time, discover in IMAX the fantastic colors and passionate brushwork of a great genius as they take on a new life before our eyes.
Relive Vincent’s life journey through his letters, see the places that inspired him, and the paintings.
We will meet Vincent. During this journey he will join us, reacting to the pictures, telling us what his is opinion today. He will be looking at Peter Knapp, a man who is working today on a documentary about Van Gogh’s techniques, and at Ellen, a researcher in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. She is studying his notebooks and letters. They give evidence of the fire and passion of a man who painted as he loved, who loved as he painted. And Vincent, as if he were seated next to us, will tell us the truth about his works and life. This is a chance to discover a Van Gogh we’ve never seen before: serene and radiating with love of life.
This passionate voyage, this new closeness to Van Gogh – the masterpieces and the man – open up a world of unexpected, intense emotions on the giant screen. The film offers us the unique joy of seeing and getting to know, with ever increasing admiration, the man whose energy and freedom are intrinsically bound to the great beauty of his work.
www.omnitheatre.com.sg
Venue: Omni Theatre, 21 Jurong Town Hall Road
Time: Log on to www.omnitheatre.com.sg for show time
Ticket Prices: $8 (adult), $5 (child 3-12) Info line: 6425 2500
Presenter: Omni-Theatre |
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“…if the line between audience and performer seems blurred, Etiquette…erases it entirely.” - The International Herald Tribune
'A hyper reality... By creating an entirely private space in the public setting of a cafe, something extraordinary happens.' - The Guardian
Be the stars of the performance! This is a play where you and another are the only actors and audience. Guided by headphones, two participants perform a half-hour drama at a table in a public café amidst patrons oblivious to the performance taking place!
Venue: Dôme Marina Square #02-100
Time: Mon to Thu: 12 p.m – 2 p.m, 6 p.m – 9 p.m/ Fri to Sat: 11 a.m – 10 p.m/ Sun: 11 a.m – 8 p.m
Ticket Prices: $20
Ticket Bookings : www.sisitic.com.sg hotline: 6358 5555
Presenter: Singapore Arts Festival |
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Direct from Italy, this world acclaimed exhibition produced by Grande Exhibitions, the Il Genio de Leonardo da Vinci Museo and Pascal Cotte brings to life Leonardo's genius as an inventor, artist, scientist, anatomist, engineer and architect. Displaying interactive and life-size machines crafted by Italian Artisans from his codices; studies of his most famous renaissance art; anatomical sketches as well as 3D animations of The Last Supper, Vitruvian Man, and Mona Lisa, this last of which now includes new and revealing secrets behind the famous painting. Da Vinci - The Genius is the most comprehensive exhibition ever assembled on the greatest mind that ever lived - an amazing experience and inspiration for the whole family.
For more information visit the website at www.davincithegenius.com
Venue: Science Centre Singapore, The Annexe 15 Science Centre Rd Singapore 609081
Time: Operating hours 10 am to 6pm ( closed on Mondays except school and public holidays)
Ticket Prices: $10 child( 3-16 yrs old ), $15 adult
Ticket Bookings : Infoline: 6425 2500
Presenter: Science Centre, Max Entertainment & Mediacorp VizPro. Supported by the Italian Cultural Institute |
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ACE! Festival presents The Gingerbread Man - This classic folktale about a mischievous and cheeky cookie has been carefully crafted, and cooked to perfection! Succulently served with a selection of wonderfully catchy songs, and a colourful collection of crazy characters, and seasoned with some valuable lessons to learn, this tasty tale – the one you know so well – is dramatized especially for the younger audience with loads of interaction and fun.
Run; Run, as fast as you can! Can ANYONE catch the Gingerbread Man?
Will it be the Little Old Lady and her husband? Will it be the Chicken? Or maybe the Fox? Or any of the other crazy creatures?
You’ll just have to wait and see!
Venue: Alliance Francaise Theatre, 1 Sarkies Road
Time: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. (Mon to Fri), 10 a.m. & 12 p.m. (Sat & Sun)
Ticket Prices: $17.50 (Early bird price), $20 (Regular price)
Ticket Bookings : www.sistic.com.sg hotline: 6348 5555
Presenter: I Theatre Singapore |
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Script by Philip Ridley (UK, England)
With Permission from The Rod Hall Agency
ACE! Festival presents Fairytaleheart – Two lonely teenagers find refuge from their stressed and unhappy family lives in a deserted community centre in the East End of London. Neither realizes they share the same refuge, until one fateful evening… From their first tentative and defensive meeting, a friendship begins to bloom. Through the paintings of Gideon, and out of their imagination, a magical kingdom is created, and both begin to develop a new and precious friendship. A breathtaking production with a lot to say to young people, teens, and adults – about looking for beauty and thinking beyond the five C’s – about breaking out of the mould and finding out what is truly valuable.
Venue: Alliance Francaise Theatre, 1 Sarkies Road
Time: 3 p.m. & 7.30 p.m. (Tues to Sat), 5 p.m. (Sun)
Ticket Prices: $17.50 (Early bird price), $20 (Regular price)
Ticket Bookings : www.sistic.com.sg hotline: 6348 5555
Presenter: I Theatre Singapore |
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The photographer’s intention is to create a series of photography books called “Up Close”. Many of us get caught up in the ‘busy-ness’ of life and seldom have time to stop, look and appreciate what is right in front of us. In “Up Close – The Venice Carnival”, the first book of the series, Fey is using the Venice Carnival with all of its vitality, its expressions of brilliance, as a medium to remind us of the beauty of life up close. In this book and exhibition, she invites us to take a walk with her and see the Venice Carnival up close. As a photographer Fey has viewed, and appreciated, the Carnival and its true beauty with her heart and soul. Through this book and exhibition, she hopes that we now do the same with ours. www.fey.sg
Venue: BISTRO Senso @ Singapore Flyer, 30 Raffles Avenue, #01-03
Time: 10.30 a.m. – 10.30 p.m. (Monday – Sunday)
Ticket Prices: Free Admission
Presenter: Carpediem Consultants |
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ACE! Festival presents How the Giraffe Got Its Neck by Tall Stories (UK) - An evolutionary entertainment inspired by the stories of Rudyard Kipling and the discoveries of Charles Darwin
Have you ever wondered how the giraffe got its long neck, how the leopard got its spots or how the elephant got its trunk? Find out in this brand new show from TALL STORIES, the company who brought you THE GRUFFALO, THE SNOW DRAGON and MONSTER HITS. Join two intrepid explorers on a fantastic ADVENTURE across the open seas and DISCOVER how the elephant, leopards and other animals came to be... Imagine the creatures that might have existed if
things had been just a little bit different…And finally, find out the SECRET behind the giraffe’s neck…
Stories, science and a splash of silliness combine in this exciting new show for everyone!
How the Giraffe got its Neck is part of Darwin200, a national programme celebrating Charles Darwin's life, his ideas and their impact around his two hundredth anniversary.
www.darwin200.org
Venue: Drama Centre Black Box
Time: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. (Tues to Fri), 10.30 a.m. & 2 p.m. (Sat & Sun), 2.30 p.m. (on 29 May & 2 June)
Ticket Prices: $17.50 (Early bird price), $20 (Regular price)
Ticket Bookings : www.sistic.com.sg hotline: 6348 5555
Presenter: I Theatre Singapore |
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"Inventively conceived and flawlessly produced show” - The New York Times
Seven giant boards effortlessly manipulated by Chinese acrobats and performers in a stunning production full of visual surprises. A work of incredible ingenuity inspired by the traditional Chinese puzzle game of tangram, created by one of France’s leading proponents of new circus dance theatre.
Co-produced by Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, Direction de la Culture – Ville de Dalian, Equinoxe – Scène nationale de Châteauroux. Residence: Scène nationale de Sénart
With the support of : Ministère de la culture/Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles Midi-Pyrénées, Région Midi-Pyrénées, Ville de Toulouse, Conseil Général de la Haute-Garonne, CulturesFrance
Venue: Victoria Theatre
Time: 8 p.m
Ticket Prices: $50, $35, $25, $16
Ticket Bookings : www.sisitic.com.sg hotline: 6358 5555
Presenter: Singapore Arts Festival |
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An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf (1915 - 1963). Her mother is an alchoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood, she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's soon murdered , coached by a musician who brings her to concert hall, then quickly becomes famous. Her constant companions soon prove to be alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, "Non, je ne regrette rien". The back and forth nature of the narrative suggest the patterns of memory and association.
www.alliancefrancaise.org.sg
Venue: Alliance Française Theatre, Level 1, Alliance Française, 1 Sarkies Road
Time: 8 p.m.
Ticket Prices: $5.10 (members) & $7.20 (non-members) inclusive of GST but excluding SISTIC fee per ticket
Presenter: Alliance Française de Singapour in association with Festive Films |
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Baby Charli's pram is Zorro's horse, Cinderella's pumpkin, and a real circus all rolled into one! This one-year-old super baby is unlike any other – for one, he's a hefty 20 times heavier, and if he cries, it's just for a laugh! Just be sure to watch out for that wee-wee fountain when he passes!
www.singaporeartsfest.com
Venue: Orchard Road
Time: 3 p.m. & 6 p.m.
Ticket Prices: Free
Presenter: Singapore Arts Festival |
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The Italian Film Festival comes back this year to showcase a selection of the movies by internationally acclaimed directors as well as emerging talents produced in the recent years. Humour, drama and passion of these films have toured numerous international film festivals all around the world.
The line up this year includes the following films:- The Girl by the Lake (La ragazza del lago) by Andrea Molaioli (2007)
- The Wind Blows Round (Il vento fa il suo giro) by Giorgio Diritti (2005)
- Skylark Farm (La masseria delle allodole) by Paolo e Vittorio Taviani (2007)
- A Whole Life Ahead (Tutta la vita davanti) by Paolo Virzì (2008)
- Billo, Le Grand Dakhaar by Laura Muscardin (2007)
- Days and Clouds (Giorni e nuvole) by Silvio Soldini (2006)
- Good Morning Heartache (Riprendimi) by Anna Negri (2008)
- Piano Solo by Riccardo Milani (2007)
Fringe Programmes:
“Gialli”/Thriller series @ The Arts House:
Quo vadis, baby? by Gabriele Salvatores (2005);
Almost blue by Alex Infascelli (2000);
What have you done to Solange (Cosa avete fatto a Solange) by Massimo Dallamano (1972); Plan 17 (Piano 17) by Antonio & Marco Manetti (2005)
Animation films by Bruno Bozzetto @ National Library:
- West and Soda; VIP My Brother Superman ; Allegro non troppo; Short Films
www.iicsingapore.esteri.it
Venue: The Picturehouse at The Cathay Cineplex 2 Handy Road & The Arts House 1 Old Parliament Lane
Time: Log on to www.theartshouse.com.sh/tickets for more information
Ticket Prices: $10, Admission is free for Fringe programmes
Ticket Bookings : The Picturehouse Box Office or www.theartshouse.com.sg/tickets
Presenter: The Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Singapore Film Society, The Picturehouse, The Arts House and National Library |
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A frustrated soprano dreams about becoming a pop star; her friend, the rock singer, wishes to try out some operatic tunes, while the blues girl would love to jazz around.... Embark on a music journey and see what happens when opera notes clash and match with pop, rock, jazz and blues!
Performances: 3, 4 & 11 June
Venue: The Esplanade Concourse
Time: 7.15-7.45pm & 8.15-8.45pm
Ticket Prices: Free
Presenter: The Esplanade Co Ltd |
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Asian Premiere
The technical virtuosity and lyrical brilliance set the Cullberg Ballet in a class en par with the likes of Netherlands Dans Theater. The Ballet presents the Asian Premiere double-bill of As If and Aluminium, two well-loved works created by the fame choreographers, Johan Inger and Mats Ek respectively.
Cullberg Ballet was found by Birgit Cullberg in 1967 and belongs to Riksteatern, Sweden's National Touring Theatre. With the reputation comparable with Nederlands Dans Theater and Compania Nacional de Danza, the company is now a leading company of modern dance. Over the past ten years Cullberg Ballet has scored successes performing in more than 40 countries. The composition of the company's dancers, with their technical proficiency and strong stage personalities, has always been international since the start.
Mats Ek, the youngest son of Birgit Cullberg, took over as artistic director in 1985. His ballet productions include over 20 works for the Cullberg Ballet, among the, rewrites of Giselle, Swan Lake and Carmen. After leaving the Cullberg Ballet, Ek created Sleeping Beauty for the Hamburg Ballet, A Sort of for the Nederlands Dans Theater, and Apartment for the Paris Opera.
Johan Inger joined Nederlands Dans Theater in 1990 and took over as Cullberg Ballet's artistic director from 2003 to summer 2008. Inger's first work for NDT II-Mellantid was crowned with the 1996 Philip Morris Finest Selection Award for Contemporary Dance. In 2001 he received the Lucas Hoving Production Award for his works Dream Play and Walking Mad.
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"The Cullberg Ballet is world class"
Venue: Esplanade Theatre
Time: 8 p.m.
Ticket Prices: $100, $80, $60, $40, $30, $20
Ticket Bookings : www.sistic.com.sg hotline: 6358 5555
Presenter: Singapore Arts Festival |
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A tender love duet for a dancer and a mechanical digger created by French choreographer Dominique Boivin, accompanied by the dramatic voice of Maria Callas, Transports Exceptionnels is a witty interpretation of the pas de deux dance tradition. A modern romance between iron and flesh evoking a playful and rugged poetic industrialism, Transports Exceptionnels offers a glimpse into an unexpected moment of emotion and grace between man and machine.
www.singaporeartsfest.com
Venue: Tampines Open Field (next to Tampines mrt station)
Time: 4.30 p.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Ticket Prices: Free
Presenter: Singapore Arts Festival |
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Festival commission
Forward Moves alumni Joavien Ng and daniel k question perception and reception between two entities and realities. In Body Swap, Joavien house-swaps with a Berlin-based choreographer to re-live and re-imagine the experience of the other; and in Q and A, Daniel k constructs a performance based on the experience and expectations of his audience.
Body Swap is co-commissioned and co-produced by the Singapore Arts Festival, Goethe
Institut Singapore and Kampnagel (Hamburg).
Venue: Esplanade Theatre Studio
Time: 6 June, 8 p.m & 7 June, 3 p.m
Ticket Prices: $36
Ticket Bookings : www.sisitic.com.sg hotline: 6358 5555
Presenter: Singapore Arts Festival |
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To all guitar aficionados – A memorable concert experience awaits you with a special collaboration with the award winning JMSPGE from Germany. See you there!
www.guitar-ensemble-nus.com / www.jugendmusikschule-pforzheim.de
Venue: University Cultural Centre Hall, NUS Centre for the Arts, National University of Singapore
Time: 8 p.m.
Ticket Prices: $15
Ticket Bookings : Goldi (98379468), Pan Yue (91285703), Zhao Jin (97414789) or email nusguitarensemble@gmail.com
Presenter: NUS Centre for the Arts in collaboration with Guitar Ensemble of the Jugendmusikschule Pforzheim E.V |
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Festival Commission
An ambulant audio-performance: Dream-Work/Dream-Home is a two-part walking performance about who we are at work and play. Following performer-commuters during the a.m. and p.m. rush hours, audience members use headphones to listen in on the sounds, speech and songs that make up a life in the morning; and this cycle is repeated as the night closes in.
Co-commissioned by the Singapore Arts Festival and Inbetween Time Festival of Live Art and Intrigue.
Venue: Dream-Work: Chinatown MRT, Exit A (Street Level) / Dream-Home: Raffles Place MRT, Exit A (Street Level)
Time: Dream-Work: 8 – 12 June, 7.30 a.m, 8.30 a.m & 9.30 a.m / Dream-Home: 8 – 12 June, 4.30 p.m, 5.30 p.m, 6.30 p.m & 7.30 p.m
Ticket Prices: $20
Ticket Bookings : www.sisitic.com.sg hotline: 6358 5555
Presenter: Singapore Arts Festival |
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Rating: R21 – sexual content
In French with English Subtitles
France, 2005, Colour, 95 minsDirector: Bertrand Blier
Cast: Monica Bellucci, Bernard Campan, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
In Paris, after winning the lottery, the clerk François goes to a bar in Pigalle and offers one hundred thousand Euros per month to the prostitute Daniela to live with him until the end of his money. François is a lonely man, with heart problems and Daniela stays with him for eight days. Then, she decides to come back to her man, the mobster Charly, but she misses François and returns to his place. But once a whore, always a whore.
www.alliancefrancaise.org.sg
Venue: Alliance Française Theatre, Level 1, Alliance Française, 1 Sarkies Road
Time: 8 p.m.
Ticket Prices: $5.10 (members) & $7.20 (non-members) inclusive of GST but excluding SISTIC fee per ticket
Presenter: Alliance Française de Singapour in association with Festive Films |
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"One continuum of invention and imagination” - Times
“Classless category of aural excitement” - Time Out
Joanna MacGregor's legendary eclecticism and musical explorations on the piano excite audiences around the world. A demanding programme of Preludes and Fugues by Bach and Shostakovich attest to her virtuosity and innovative spirit.
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
Time: 7.30 p.m
Ticket Prices: $70, $50, $40, $30, $20
Ticket Bookings : www.sisitic.com.sg hotline: 6358 5555
Presenter: Singapore Arts Festival |
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Singapore's 1st Flute Festival.
4 day event presenting renowned flutist's from Sweden, Bulgaria, USA and Singapore's very own Goh Tiong Eng.
Included in the Festival are;
1) Flute Competition, 1st in Singapore
2) Concerts, recitals for flute and harp, flute and piano, flute quartet
3) Masterclasses on flute technique and interpretation
4) Workshops on band sectional and foundation
5) Exhibitions of Altus, Azumi and Evida flute.
Venue: Young Musicians' Society Auditorium, 54 Waterloo Street
Time: 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. (11-13 June), 2 p.m. - 10 p.m. (14 June)
Ticket Prices: From $10 - $150
Ticket Bookings : www.flute.com.sg , hotline: 8383 4268
Presenter: The Flute Studio |
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Grand PRIX, International Theatre Festival BITEF, 2005
A multiple award-winning production about ageing, this wordless tender and life-affirming play performed by young virtuoso actors follows one day in the lives of five retired elderly people sharing a communal flat in Riga. In their world, they communicate with each other through the objects and material things seemingly endowed with a life and soul of their own.
“A stunning achievement that brings poignancy, humour and humanity to the humdrum lives it portrays” - Variety
Venue: Esplanade Theatre Studio
Time: 8 p.m
Ticket Prices: $36
Ticket Bookings : www.sisitic.com.sg hotline: 6358 5555
Presenter: Singapore Arts Festival |
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An invitation to be brave...
The world is full of risks to be avoided. The economy is collapsing, the climate is changing and fireworks are too loud. YET, life is to be lived, and revealing its beauty requires a risk and venturing into the unkown.
Crackers? is a celebration of the explosive and dangerous beauty of fire and fireworks and an exploration of our attitudes to Risk.
Not for the fainthearted, Crackers? combines fireworks, projection, performance and music. Performed 'in the round', with the audience surrounded by fire & smoke, spinning wheels and fireworks. A symphony of pyrotechnic sounds fills the air. It's loud, disorientating and cacophonous, but there are moments of delicate and profound beauty...dancing flames, giant Catherine Wheels and the 'human sparkler'...
Shall we take a risk?
Suitable for 10 years and above.
Standing room only.www.singaporeartsfest.com
Venue: Yishun Open Field (behind Yishun bus interchange) Avenue 1
Time: 8 p.m.
Ticket Prices: Free
Presenter: Singapore Arts Festival |
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Rating : M18 – some sexual content
In French with English Subtitles
France, 2003, Colour, 95 mins
Director : André Téchiné
Cast : Emmanuelle Béart, Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Clémence Meyer
June 1940…. the Germans are at the gates of Paris. Odile gives into the general panic and embarks on the road to exodus with her two children, Philippe and Cathy. Like everybody else, they head for the South. They drive night and day but the road is packed. On the second day of their trip, the Germans open fire and their car bursts into flames. The family have now lost everything. Yvan, a strange young man dressed like a clown helps them hide and all four find themselves in an abandoned house. Cut off from the rest of the world, they are far away from war and maybe from time.
Venue: Alliance Française Theatre, Level 1, Alliance Française, 1 Sarkies Road
Time: 8 p.m.
Ticket Prices: $5.10 (members) & $7.20 (non-members) inclusive of GST but excluding SISTIC fee per ticket
Presenter: Alliance Française de Singapour in association with the French Embassy |
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Francoise Huguier is one of the great reportage photographers, winning the World Press Photo Prize in 1993. She travels the globe documenting the everyday rituals of the peoples of the world. In March/April 2009, Huguier did a residency in Singapore to develop her latest series. She has raised the question of whether a uniquely Singapore modernity exists. She has found expressions of a modern Singaporean identity in the form of the HDB dwellings in which the large majority of Singaporeans live.
www.phish-comms.com
www.lasalle.edu.sg
Venue: Brother Joseph McNally Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Art, Lasalle College of the Arts, 1 McNally Street
Time: 12 p.m. – 7 p.m. (Tuesday to Sunday), Closed on Monday
Ticket Prices: Free Admission
Presenter: PHISH COMMUNICATIONS for MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY ASIA |
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Bertrand Meunier has done an inspired montage of his black and white pictures taken in China in the mid-2000s. Perfectly paced, the 9'35” video unveils Meunier's pictures, in a very carefully chosen order, making the pictures echo one another and reveal underlying themes and correlations which would otherwise remain unnoticed. The montage is accompanied by an atmospheric soundtrack comprising compositions by Bjork, DJ Krush, etc.
www.phish-comms.com
www.alliancefrancaise.org.sg
Venue: SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Française de Singapour, 1 Sarkies Road
Time: 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. (Monday to Friday), 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Saturday), Closed on Sunday
Ticket Prices: Free Admission
Presenter: PHISH COMMUNICATIONS for MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY ASIA |
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This exhibition of 26 photographs by eight French and Chinese photographers from the collection of the Fonds national d’art contemporain (FNAC) showcases works by Bertrand Meunier, Jiang Jian, Xing Danwen, Johann Rousselot, Samuel Bollendorf, Johann Rousselot, Thierry Girard and Muchen & Shao Yinong. Coming from diverse backgrounds, these photographers have documented the changing social and geographical landscape of China and India and provided their own insights into questions of identity, society and community, as well as the role of traditions and cultural practices in our contemporary environment.
www.phish-comms.com
www.alliancefrancaise.org.sg
Venue: SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Française de Singapour, 1 Sarkies Road
Time: 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. (Monday to Friday), 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Saturday), Closed on Sunday
Ticket Prices: Free Admission
Presenter: PHISH COMMUNICATIONS for MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY ASIA |
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The Fête begins with a production of Cabaret, directed by French playwright, actor and specialist in teaching French through theatre, Jean-Jacques Bellot. Cabaret is a compilation of texts by Karl Valentin, Roland Dubilard and Jean Anouilh. It is not to be confused with Cabaret, the musical by Joe Masteroff. Cabaret by Mr Bellot is a pedagogical project designed for intermediate and advanced French students of the Alliance Française to perfect their French through a theatre workshop. Mr Bellot’s theatrical career began at the Comedie de Bourges and at the Théâtre de Bourgogne by performing a notably classical repertoire (Goldoni, Shakespeare, Molière, Gogol…). He founded his own company with Jean Menaud, the Théâtre du Capricorne which presented a diverse range of works by various authors (from Alfred de Musset to Tennessee Williams, from Eschyle to Cocteau). A number of his productions have been chosen to tour various countries in Africa, Latin America and the Pacific. In Paris and at the Festival off d’Avignon, he performed in adapted as well as traditional plays (Jacques le Fataliste by Diderot, Bérénice by Racine…).
The Party
Saturday 20 June, beginning at 7.30pm, a series of concerts will take place at Pot-Pourri Restaurant and Lounge. To date, the program includes Aziz & Co featuring the best of rock and blues, Alma Latina in an explosive salsa performance and Le Groupe crooning French favourites. Breaking away from the usual concerts at AF Theatre, this year’s performances will take place outdoors within the premises of Pot-Pourri, giving the Fête de la musique a real festival atmosphere. The Alliance is still finalising the program for the party - more details will be available in the June issue of the Lien.
The party at Pot-Pourri Restaurant and Lounge is open to students and public. Admission is free, but entrance tickets and food and drinks coupon will be available for collection early June at the AF Bookshop. Please visit our website for regular updates.
AF’s Fête de la musique Party
Pot-Pourri Restaurant and Lounge
42 Waterloo Street Singapore 187951
7.30pm – 11.00pm
www.alliancefrancaise.org.sg
Venue: Alliance Francaise de Singapour, AF Theatre, 1 Sarkies Road
Time: 8 p.m. (Friday 19 June), 4 p.m. (Saturday 20 June)
Ticket Prices: Free Admission
Presenter: Alliance Francaise de Singapour |
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Marc Riboud, best known for his extensive reports on the East, has seen the atrocities of war (photographing from both the Vietnam and the American sides of the Vietnam War), and the apparent degradation of a culture repressed from within (China during the years of Chairman Mao). One of the few Europeans to photograph in China in 1957, Riboud has witnessed the many changes that the country has undergone over the last five decades, from the Cultural Revolution to its contemporary economic revolution. This exhibition of 28 photographs from the prestigious collection of France’s Fonds national d’art contemporain (FNAC) traces a small part of Riboud’s journeys into China between 1957 and 2002 and portrays its changing geographical, social and economic landscape.
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Venue: The Cathay Gallery, The Cathay Building, 2 Handy Road
Time: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Ticket Prices: Free Admission
Presenter: PHISH COMMUNICATIONS for MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY ASIA |
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Rating : TBA
In French with English Subtitles
France, 2001, Colour, 127 mins
Director: Pascal Thomas
Cast: Vincent Lindon, Alessandra Martines, Victoria Lafaurie, Olivier Gourmet
Day Off, through its children, likes to think of itself as a bitter-sweet portrait of our time, as was in its own way, François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows forty years ago. From Tuesday night till Thursday morning, school pupils live the story of their lives, which is the story of our world. They go home to their ‘families’: traditional, broken up, single-parented, restructured – in a word, the families of today. It’s into this crazy, crazy, crazy world that the school administrator entrusts his flock. It comes as no surprise that it would have been better if he’d left the parents in the children’s care.
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Venue: Alliance Française Theatre, Level 1, Alliance Française, 1 Sarkies Road
Time: 8 p.m.
Ticket Prices: $5.10 (members) & $7.20 (non-members) inclusive of GST but excluding SISTIC fee per ticket
Presenter: Alliance Française de Singapour in association with the French Embassy |
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Kick off your weekend with the best that Singapore has to offer – musically! Soundwaves 2009 returns with the first solo concert by Singapore Pop Orchestra under the baton of Cultural Medallion recipient Iskandar Ismail. With performances by local jazz maestro Jeremy Monteiro as well as some of the biggest names in Singapore’s club scene like Claressa Monteiro, Vernon Cornelius, John Molina, Steven Francis, Vanessa Fernandez among other iconic performers. Expect an exciting programme that seamlessly blends Western and Asian pop, rock and jazz styles with creative arrangements to popular crowd pleasing songs. Don’t miss this one of a kind, feel-good concert that is sure to leave you with a song in your heart!
The concert is directed by Dick Lee, and will be hosted by Brian Richmond, Eunice Olsen, Hamish Brown and Andrea D’Cruz.
For more details, log on to www.pa.gov.sg/lifeskillslifestyle
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Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall, 1 Esplanade Drive Singapore 038981, Tel: 68288222
Time: 7.30pm to 9.00pm
Ticket Prices: Cat 1 $50, Cat 2 $35, Cat 3 $20, 20% off for PAssion Card members, subject to maximum of 4 tickets per card
Ticket Bookings : Tickets available through SISTIC website: www.sistic.com.sg,
SISTIC Hotline: 63485555 and at all
SISTIC authorised agents islandwide. SISTIC charges apply.
Presenter: People’s Association & Eurasian Association |
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Lorraine Ayensu trio delivers tender ballads to up-tempo and Latin-influenced tunes, a seamless blend of folk, acoustic soul, world beat and urban jazz. Audiences are often amazed by the fullness of the sound with just Lorraine on guitar and vocals, British composer Norma Daykin on alto and electronic saxophones and Ghanaian maestro Nii Tagoe on percussions. It is the best of British and American song-writing sensibilities fused with other rhythms from around the world.
Lorraine’s performance is followed by renowned Cuban pianist Nachito Herrera’s exclusive concert here in Singapore. Milestones Double Bill is an event highlight of Singapore River Festival 2009.
Photo credit - Monica Connell
Venue: River Promenade in fromt of Timbre @ The Arts House, 1 Old Parliment Lane, #01-04 Singapore
Time: 8pm
Ticket Prices: $40 (INCLUSIVE OF ONE DRINK)
Ticket Bookings : Bytes hotline: 6332 6919 / www.bytes.sg
Presenter: Timbre Music |
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Rating : M18 – sexual content
In French with English Subtitles
France, 2002, Colour, 105 mins
Director: Gérard Bitton & Michel Munz
Cast: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Valerie Bruni Tedeschi, Richard Berry, François Morel
The day he wins 10 million euros at Lotto, Aldo, a travelling salesman on the brink of divorce, discovers that his wife is cheating on him with his new boss. He decides to keep quiet about his win until after the divorce, and although massively rich, he endeavors to keep living as though he were poor ….
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Venue: Alliance Française Theatre, Level 1, Alliance Française, 1 Sarkies Road
Time: 8 p.m.
Ticket Prices: $5.10 (members) & $7.20 (non-members) inclusive of GST but excluding SISTIC fee per ticket
Presenter: Alliance Française de Singapour in association with the French Embassy |
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