singapore
M1 Singapore ringe Festival
January 7 to 18 If you’re looking for a unique experience in the Lion City, the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival may have just the thing. Organized and curated by The Necessary Stage, this year’s Fringe features 21 exciting and provocative works from 12 countries, spanning a wide variety of art forms: dance, visual art, music, and performance art. Tickets start at SG$19 (PHP617.54) and are available from www.sistic.com.sg. Catch the Fringe at these venues: Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, the National Museum of Singapore, The Substation and Old School.
For more information, log on to www.singaporefringe.com
cebu
Boyz II Men… live In Cebu
January 30 - Dubbed as the most successful R’n’B group of all time, with over 60 million albums sold, Boyz II Men comes to the island of Cebu to perform their hits. Their emotion-stirring songs like I’ll Make Love to You, On Bended Knee and One Sweet Day have captured the hearts of Filipinos. Watch them perform live in concert at the Oval Grounds, Cebu
City Sports Center. Tickets start at
PHP350. To order, call the ticket hotline, tel: +63 (32) 412 4512
manila
A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino
January 16 —February 8 Repertory Philippines stages one of the most important Filipino plays in English at Onstage Greenbelt 1. Penned by National Artist of the Philippines for Literature, Nick Joaquin, the play is set in Manila circa 1942 and tells the tale of Don Lorenzo Marasigan’s painting and its owners, his unmarried daughters Paula and Candida. When their father refuses to sell or donate this much-coveted piece of art, the two women are at a loss as to how to pay their household bills. Watch the plot unfold as people interested in the painting come into their lives. This engaging, well-plotted metaphor for the passing of Old Manila is worth watching. Tickets start at PHP250.
Call Repertory Philippines at tel: +63 (2) 887 0710 for more information.
Hong Kong
A Vienesse Odyssey with David Zinman
January 23 and 24
At the turn of the 20th Century, Vienna was the undisputed musical capital of Europe producing such great sons as Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler and the radical composer Anton Webern. Catch the Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra (HKPO) with David Zinman, the very talented chief conductor of the Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich and artistic director of the famed Aspen Music Festival, as they pay tribute to three of Vienna’s musical greats with a programme that will feature Webern’s Passacaglia, Mahler’s Symphony No. 10-Adagio, and Richard Strauss’ Thus Spake Zarathustra. Classical music enthusiasts have two nights to catch this amazing show at the Hong Kong Cultural Center Concert Hall. Tickets start at HK$150 (PHP953.61) from www.hkpo.comkpo.com.
manila
Inspiration to Illusion: The Scenographic Works of Eduardo Sicangco
Through January 14 For over 30 years, Eduardo Sicangco’s costume and scenery designs for theater, ballet and opera dressed the stages of the Lincoln Center, Radio City Hall, and even the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. See how his works evolved from concept to finish! At the Ground Floor Gallery, Ayala Museum, Makati
singapore
The First Singapore Tattoo Show
January 9—11 This first-of-its-kind show in Singapore will draw thousands of tattoo enthusiasts. Chris Garver of the famed Discovery Channel TV show Miami Ink will be there while 60 tattoo artists from around the world compete using different styles and techniques. Be amazed and entertained. You can even line up and get a permanent souvenir!
Tickets are at SG$16.20 (PHP518.40) for single-day entry and SG$45 (PHP1,440) for a three-day pass. Singapore Expo, 1 Expo Drive, www.tattoo.com.sg
macau
Chamber Music Series: A Romantic Journey through Germany and Austria
January 10 Give your ears a rest from all that rock ‘n’ roll, and enjoy a romantic concerto in Macau. Seventy-five minutes of chamber music at the grand 18th century Dom Pedro V Theatre in St Augustine’s Square are certain to enthrall. Make it an event and go formal in a gown or a tux! The show starts at 8pm, and tickets are MOP30 (PHP185.11).
Call the Kong Seng Ticketing Network, tel: +853 2855 5555 (booking) and tel:+853 8399 6699 (inquiries). Book online at www.macauticket.com
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