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By Tettyana Jasli
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Apr. 6 2008 |
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 It is difficult enough adapting a play, but students from the University Scholars’ Club went one step further and created an original musical from scratch.
Entirely “written, produced, directed and staged” by the students of USC, “Saving Grace: A Musical for the Mind,” was performed from March 26 to 28 at the University Cultural Centre Theatre.
The musical tells the story of a young woman, Grace, saddled with bipolar disorder while trying to live a normal life amidst the stigma and complications that her condition brings.
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By Brian Higgs and Isaac Sim
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Apr. 4 2008 |
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Traditional Chinese opera, with its 700-year history, will be revolutionised come April 4 by the NUS Theatre Studies Programme at the University Cultural Centre.
 As part of the annual graduation production, this year’s staging of the chuanqi opera, “The West Wing,” will be given a modern twist as it is performed to contemporary popular music.
Audiences can expect to hear evergreen tunes such as the Broadway favourite, “Memory,” and the thumping club number, “Don’t Cha,” played “live” by a five-piece band.
The line between the production’s period and contemporary era is further blurred when the actors sing these modern hits while performing traditional operatic gestures. |
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By Ivy Lam
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Mar. 18 2008 |
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Canadian rock band Broken Social Scene performed at the Esplanade on March 09 as part of the Mosaic music festival. The Observer documents this high-octane experimental indie rock band and the energy emanated from the auditory fusion. 
An explosive start: Despite groans from the audience when only six out of the 19 members of the band showed up on stage, the energy from opening act got them out of their seats.
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