Music & Dance

1 Sep to 2 Sep, Seminar Prices, $100 for 1 day, $190 for 2 days and Partcipants
are entitled to further 20% discount of concert tickets, available at all
SISTIC outlets and Tomas Music Consultants Pte Ltd Singapore International
Guitar Festival 2000 (Seminars/workshops, masterclasses)
- Thomas Music Consultants Pte Ltd The
seminar for the Singapore International Guitar Festival 2000 is conducted by
artistes of the Singapore International Guitar Festival 2000. Copthorne Orchid,
Dunearn Road
1 to 3 Sep, Tickets at $15 to $60 from SISTIC. WOMAD Singapore 2000 For the third
time in Singapore, this world renowned music festival is back again to wow its
audience with an exciting showcase of international performances from 17
different countries. Highlights of this year's event include a first-ever
pre-opening Launch Party at Zouk on 31 August, and Healing Arts enclave, a new
element that features everything to do with the link between music and healing
- massage, reflexology, organic food, dance therapy, etc. Experience the sheer
embodiment of mental, physical and psychic
relaxation.
Fort Canning Park
5,6,8,9 Sep, Tickets from $10 (Student Concessions) to $110 from SISTIC outlets.
Cavalleria Rusticana / II Pagliacci (an operatic double
bill)
- The Singapore Lyric Opera Ltd As
two outstanding examples of versimo operas, this double bill will have its
audiences pinned to their seats. The lurid tales of powerful uninhibited
musical styles of these works provide a truly engaging background to famous
excerpts such as The Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana) and the tear-jerking
Vest la Guibba (II Pagliacci). Victoria Theatre.
14 to 17 Sep, 8pm, Tickets from SISTIC. A Season of Contemporary European
Choreographers
- Singapore Dance Theatre Included in the
programme are mesmerising works by 3 renowned and award winning choreographers
- Richard Wherlock(Stetl), artistic director and chief choreographer of Berlin
Ballet, Jiri Kylian (Stamping Ground), former artistic director of the
Nederlands Dance Theatre and Thierry Malandain (Sextet), founder of Ballet
Biarrits. Victoria Theatre.
17 Sep,1 Oct, 7.30 pm, tickets from $8 to $20 from SISTIC Propitious Omen,
Romantic Affairs
- Performances by Singapore Chinese
Orchestra Propitious Omen is a woodwind recital by Zeng Zhao Bin and Feng Xiao
Quan. In Romantic Affairs, renowned conductor cum composer Kuan Nai-Chung
performs several of his compositions, such as "Scenic Taiwan", "The Butterfly
Dream" and "Lingering Memories - A Chinese Instrumental Guide". Victoria Concert
Hall, Singapore Chinese Orchestra
25 to 27 Sep 2000 Tickets from $40 to $140 available from SISTIC American Ballet
Theatre (ABT) - Arts
Management Associates The long-awaited visit of the world's most celebrated
dance company, the AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE (ABT) will finally take place in
Singapore in September at the Kallang Theatre. Accompanied by the Singapore
Symphony Orchestra and conducted by ABT's resident conductor Charles Baker, the
programme is a mixed bill featuring George Balanchine's Theme and Variations,
Le Corsaire's Pas de Deux, Lar Lubovitch's Meadows and the 3 Act of Marius
Petipa's Don Quixote. Principal dancers in the tour will include the top ballet
primas of today: Susan Jaffe, Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent, Angel Corella, Irina
Dvorovenko, Victor Barbee, Jose Manuel Carrerio, Guillaume Graffin, Ethan
Stiefel and Maxim Belotscrkovsky. Kallang Theatre
26 to 28 Oct, 8pm. Tickets at $15 (public), $12 (Fanatix Members), Available at
3325813 GE TAI
- The Young Musicians Society Ge
Tai will be the initiation of a cappella festival to promote Asian a cappella
music from 50s to the 70s. The audience will be treated to the experience of a
street hawker fare at the entrance of the building after which they will
proceed to watch the concert in the auditorium, which will also be decked out
with lanterns and props. The groups performing are encouraged to come dressed
in anything from sarong, kebayas, qi paos to glittering gowns and beehive hair
dos. It will be a night of comic magic and great music. SPH Auditorium, YMS Arts
Centre
30 Sep 2000 Tickets from $20 - $35 available from SISTIC Amati Quartet

- Arts Management Associates Part of
Swiss Connections 2000. In addition to their classical and romantic repertoire,
the four artists cherished a special dedication to music of 20th century.They
take upon themselves to perform some of the rarely played pieces, which they
combine in exciting contrast with standard works of quartet literature. Their
interest in contemporary music has often resulted in world premiere
performances. DBS Auditorium
5 Oct at 8pm, Tickets from $20 to $30 available from SISTIC Guitarra Espanola -
The Groningen Guitar Duo
- Arts Management Associates Guitar
playing with a distinctive style, sophistication and unequal techinical
brilliance. Remco de Haan and Erik Westerhof who formed the Groningen Guitar
Duo in 1980 during their studies at the Groningen University received great
acclaim from all over the world. The duo grew in popularity, receiving
encouragement throughout The Netherlands in major halls like the Concertgebouw
in Amsterdam and Vredenburg in Utrecht. DBS Auditorium
5 to 6 Oct 2000 Tickets from $20 to $80 available from SISTIC Swan Lake - Moscow
City Ballet
- Arts Management Associates One of
Russia's most distinguished and acclaimed ballet companies, the MOSCOW CITY
BALLET presents the full-length version of SWAN LAKE, one of the world's most
famous and well-loved classical ballet. Under the direction of
Smirnov-Golovanov, the ballet has developed intenational reputation and tours
extensively throughout the world. Their production of Swan Lake features some
of the most beautiful sets and costumes created by artists of the Bolshoi
Theatre. A stunning spectacle that will delight ballet lovers. Kallang Theatre
2 to 12 Nov 2000 Tickets from $55 to $120 available from SISTIC Riverdance - The
Show Make a date with Riverdance when it stomps into the Singapore Indoor
Stadium. Billed as the Original Irish Dance Company, this production
kickstarts a worldwide craze for Irish dancing. Featuring a total company of
100, this company includes the remarkable Riverdance Irish Dance Troupe, the
cream of Irish musicians in the Riverdance Orchestra and an impressive array of
talents from Spain, Russia and America. Riverdance won the Grammy Award for
"Best Mmusical Show Album" in 1997. Singapore Indoor Stadium,

Theatre

15 to 24 Sep, tickets at $12 Invisibility
- Drama Box Invisibility, one of
Singapore's most memorable Mandarin play, was first staged in 1997 and
subsequently invited to perform in Taipei in 1998. It is about a man searching
for the art of invisibility that led him to strange encounters with an
assortment of characters - a restless young girl, a Mandarin-speaking Indian
man, a warrior and a recluse from ancient China. A thought-provoking and
sensual fable of a man's search to fulfil a simple wish. Drama Box, 14-C Studio,
Trengganu Street
15 to 27 Sep, tickets fr TicketCharge 296-2929 or
www.ticketcharge.net Wit

- Action Theatre The 1999 Pulitzer
Prize-winning play that has taken New York and London by storm, will have its
Asian Premiere in Singapore. A heartbreakingly funny play about Dr Vivian
Bearing, a renowned English professor who learns that intellectual brilliance
is not as important as courage to face the disintegration of her body.
Featuring a 9-member cast, the Singapore production of Wit will be directed by
Action Theatre's artistic director Ekachai Uekrongtham. Jubilee Hall, Raffles
Hotel
Oct 2000, For enquires contact Dramabox 3245434 Newspaper Theatre
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Drama Box An unique interpretation of news headlines and articles as reported in
the papers! Anything that is newsworthy and of human interest -- from world
events, regional news, business acqusitions and mergers, entertainment gossip
to local happenings -- will all be presented with a refreshing blend of humour
and sobriety. Drama Box, 14-C Studio, Trengganu Street
5 Oct to 28 Oct The Theory Of Everything
- Singapore Repertory Theatre The play,
The Theory of Everything,by Prince Gomolvilas, is about seven Asian Americans
who meet their destiny during an unusual weekend on the roof of a Las Vegas
wedding chapel. In a city where keno lounges and UFOs are everywhere,
anything's possible. An engaging, witty and well-constructed work intermingling
comic and intimate exploration of race, identity, race and faith. Jubilee Hall,
Raffles Hotel
9 to 14 Oct, 7.30pm Tickets from $10 to $100 available from SISTIC
Singapore International Cantonese Opera Festival
2000 -
Chinese Theatre Circle Ltd 200 Cantonese Opera artists from Europe, China, USA,
Canada, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore will present a series of exciting
performances and activities including full length opera performances, a seminar
on 8 Oct and a forum on 15 Oct. Kreta Ayer People's Theatre
12 Oct to 31 Oct, Tickets fr TicketCharge @ 296-2929 or www.ticketcharge.net
Autumn TomYam - Action
Theatre A powerful and moving play about freedom and prejudices written by
award-winning playwright, Desmond Sim and directed by ACTION Theatre's artistic
director Ekachai Uekrongtham, Autumn TomYam reveals a touching piece of an
elderly American man who brought a Thai teenager back to the US only to find
objections from his diplomat ex-wife. Drama Centre, Fort Canning
1 Nov to 10 Dec, Tickets from TicketCharge @ 296-2929 or www.ticketcharge.net
The Second 42 Theatre Festival
- Action Theatre Don't miss Singapore's
biggest Festival of new pays and musicals at the country's most exciting
"resort" for contemporary theatre. During the Festival, 42 new works and
talents will be presented over 42 days at 42 Waterloo Street, a pre-war
bungalow that's been lovingly restored into a home of very intimate performance
spaces. Catch live theatre performances, standup comedy acts, dramatised
readings of new plays and unusual drama pieces around the house - in The Room
Upstairs, on The Stage Under the Tree and in the Backyard. Programme changes
fortnightly and will include Sneak Previews, Night of the Unknown, One Night
Stand, Next Wave, Maiden Efforts, First Drafts and the popular Late night
Series. 42 Waterloo Street
8 to 22 Nov, weekdays: 9.30am, 11.30am and 2pm; Sat 11.30am and 3pm; Sun 3pm.
Tickets at $10 available from Act 3 or website: www.act3.org. The Toy
Soldier - Act
3 Theatrics Pte Ltd A fairy tale that has warmed the hearts of many children
before, it is now told with a touch of candour and humour to delight the young.
See the prima ballerina doll, whom the toy soldier has set his heart for, dance
to save him ... or will she? Will they survive the tyranny of love and hate in
the toy world? A magical theatre with songs and dance to enchant the young.
ACT 3 Theatre, 126 Cairnhill Arts Centre, 126 Cairnhill Road