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JANUARY/FEBRUARY THEATREM1 FRINGE FESTIVAL 2008 The annual M1 Fringe Festival is back again! This year, their theme focuses on Art & History. Here are some of featuring events to look out for: ECLIPSE The Necessary Theatre and 7:84 Theatre Company presents the Asian Premiere of Eclipse. A young Singaporean man is making a journey to his father's birthdplace in Hyderabad, Pakistan. With him are his father's ashes.A play that looks at three generations of men struggling with their dreams and their journeys. Written by Haresh Sharma and directed by Jo Ronan. 18 - 20 Jan 2008, 3pm & 16 - 19 Jan 2008, 8pm. $28 & $19. National Museum Gallery Theatre. THE WORKERS FROM SAMSUI Before the foreign workers at the construction site, there were Samsui women who came to Singapore in the 20th century in search of work, security and money to support their families. Taken in 2003 by local photographer Sim Chi Yin, these photographs, which will be displayed at various bus stops, documented the daily lives of three samsui women. 19 Dec 2007- 29 Jan 2008. Various bus stops islandwide. Free. RELATIONS Inspired by the Portuguese expansion through voyage in the 15th and 16th centuries, Relations presents two works that parallels the discovery of new continents, peoples and cultures with the encounters amongst dancers and choreographers of different distinct artistic backgrounds, experiences and personalities. 21 Jan - 22 Jan 2008, 8pm. $28 & $19. Esplanade Theatre Studio. Enquiry: www.quorumballet.com SONIC FRINGE Presenting 3 international artists as a triple in an exclusive one-night performance which you will enthrall. Collen's (France) music deals with history in oblique way that fuses the sounds of 'period' instruments in a form redolent of minimalism. Sylvain Chauveau (France), who has toured with Icelandic band Sigur Ros, charts a trajectory through early 20th century chamber music composers to electro-acoustic school. Hauschka's (Germany) music reflects his own personal history as a musician playing in pop and rock bands. 19 Jan 2008, 7.30pm. $15. Esplanade Recital Studio. FROZEN IN TIME Natalie Daoust from Canada creates a series of medium format photographic. These works investigate the role of photography as a documentary and art form that allows for the conscious construction of memory by a single capture frame in time. 10 - 27 January 2008, Esplanade Tunnel. Free For more information about the M1 Fringe Festival, log on to www.singaporefringe.com EXHIBITION BLISS Sculptor Lim Soo Ngee, with his huge, abstract wood sculptures taking their forms from those of nature, invites you to come discover your inner paradise. In conjunction with Singapore Fringe Festival 2008, Soo Ngee presents two installations that reflect and explore the fragments of bliss in everyday life. 12 Jan - 24 Feb 08, Sat - Sun, Esplanade Concourse. Free Enquiry: www.esplanade.com THE THING IT SAW - PAINTINGS BY IAN WOO  Painting with an immediate desire to locate matter, yet doubting its necessity to take its form. At some point, these mediations create multiple punctuations of spatial discontinuities. The painting is in this manner made up of multiple slips and recoveries in locating structure. This act is built to a point where ideas about suspensions in time are achieved. 18 Jan - 6 Feb 2008. Plastique Kinetic Worms, 61 Kerbau Road. Free. Enquiry: info@pkworms.org.sg TRACE - AN INSTALLATION ART PROJECT BY SUSIE WONG Co-organised by The Substation and Susie Wong, the installation, comprising portraits, indicts the images of children, generally thought to be free from wounding or loss, with the apprehension of an impending absence. 9 - 19 Jan 2008, 11am to 8pm daily, closed on public holidays. The Substation Gallery. Free. Enquiry: www.substation.org for more information ALWAYS HERE BUT NOT ALWAYS PRESENT - ART IN SENSELESS WORLD As part of 'nonsense - SMU arts festival 2008', LASALLE staff and alumni demonstrate how art can bring us back in touch with our senses in a media-saturated world where we have become anesthetised, due to our experience of the ever-changing myriad of images each day. And as the title suggests, the site-specific works in the exhibition will also highlight how we do not have to look too far to experience art in our daily lives. That it can always be found around us, if only we take a moment to stop and take notice. Feature works by Donna Ong, Ian Woo and Hazel Lim. 19 Jan - 29 Feb 2008, 10am - 8pm. Singapore Management of University. Free Enquiry: contact 6828 018/ 6828 0321 or email shermeenling@smu.edu.sg EVENT THE WRITE STUFF The Little Company has created The Write Stuff, a nationwide playwriting competition which give children in Primary Five and Six an opportunity to express their thoughts, develop their creativity, improve their writing skills, and an opportunity to see their work being staged. Original 15-minute plays will have to be submitted to SRT by 31 March 2008. Nine top plays will be selected and staged from 12 August - 30 August 2008 with top three winners announced on 30 August 2008 at an Awards Presentation Ceremony. Entry Guidelines and more information on how to go about writing a play can be obtained from the SRT. Please email all enquiries to marketing@srt.com.sg or call us at 6733 8166 168 HOUR FILM PROJECT USA The 168 Hour Film Project is a competition, in which films are based on a Bible verse and created in one week to premiere at the 168 Film Festival. Each film gives needed professional opportunities for cast and crew. The competition is in February and the 6th Annual 168 Film Festival on 12 April 2008 at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA. For more information, email info@168project.com WHAT'S ON ONLINE SONGCRAFT SONGWRITING CIRCLE This group of aspiring songwriters has a motto which is celebrating the art of songwriting in Singapore. Hear their thoughts and views on songwriting and you might get inspired! http://songcraft.wordpress.com/
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