Organized by MediaCorp Publishing's Mother & Baby magazine, Baby Care Festival 2009 brings more goodies and baby contest to proud parents of 0-4 year olds. Do you have a charming little tyke at home? Then take action now and share your bundle of joy.
Get set to be taken on an enchanted ride when you join in the magic that awaits you at BabyCare Festival 2009. At BCF 2009, your whole family will be dazzled by exhilarating entertainment, fun activities and fantastic buys, all happening under one roof!
The biggest Mother and Baby Fair is back for the fourth year! 27 Feb to 1 March 2009 | Hall 6B, Singapore Expo Friday & Saturday, 11am to 9pm | Sunday, 1 2009 1am to 8pm FREE ADMISSION
Festival Highlights
Is your little one Cover Baby material? Sign your sweetie up for the Mother & Baby Cover Baby Contest and she might just be featured on the April 2009 cover of Mother & Baby magazine! Log on to www.family.sg for details on how to enter.
Let your little action hero take part in our Toddler Telematch (12 to 18 months) and BabyCrawling Contest (6 to 12 months), then cheer on your little sprinter as he races to the finishing line.
Snap pictures of your chubby bubbies at our photo booth!
Head for our unforgettable enchanted themed play area — we’ll have plenty of fun rides, bouncy castles, storytelling sessions and engaging performances to amuse both young and old!
Fantastic Gifts Worth $20,000!Take part in this enchanted journey and you might just be one of the lucky ones to go home with a princely reward — we have over $20,000 worth of fabulous prizes and goodie bags to give away!
Exclusive subscription offerswhen you subscribe to Mother & Baby — only at BabyCare Festival 2009.
Star buyCheck out unbeatable deals and great promotions at our showcase of maternity and babycare products and services. You will find everything you need at BCF 2009!
The TVC is out! Catch a sneak of what to expect in the real thing right here:
"What the Butler Saw doesn't disappoint. Here at last are the two hours of nonstop laughter that theatergoers have been pursuing all season." The New York Times
Considered the late British satirist Joe Ortons finest play, What the Butler Saw is an award-winning comedy that knits together dysfunctional family relationships, laws of attraction, notions of sanity, identity and authority in an exceedingly comic fashion. Set in 1960s Singapore, it is a must-see comedy for all! Mischief. Madness. Mayhem. Compliments of the House.
Starring Gerald Chew, Vernetta Lopez, Elizabeth Tan, Shane Mardjuki, Vadi PVSS and Timothy Nga. Produced by Zebra Crossing Productions and directed by Loretta Chen, What the Butler Saw will come charging down Drama Centre Theatre 7 to 22 February 2009. For details, log on to www.zebracrossing.com.sg
I don't typically put these in my blogs but as a Property and Home & Interior writer, I get blasted by so many promos from Furnishing and ID firms that I'm beginning to think, WHY NOT?
Additional avenues of publicity for these people and no harm to me. So here goes the first of more to come:
German Furniture and Concept Store, Haus is having a Clearance Sale of up to 50% off. So if you're looking to update your furnishing for the Chinese New Year, you can go check it out.
Promotion has begun and is on the basis of WHILE STOCKS LASTS so hurry down and grab the good deals.
I truly applaud SRT in their 'workaholism'. Just within the first quarter of 2009, they are presenting 3 shows!
And thanks to SRT, it appears that hunk-a-dory Ethan Hawke will be visiting our sunny shores soon!
Singapore Repertory Theatre proudly presents The Bridge Project – The Winter’s Tale
The Bridge Project is a major new trans-Atlantic venture for director Sam Mendes (Academy Award winner for American Beauty), BrooklynAcademy of Music (BAM) and The Old Vic in London, which is run by Kevin Spacey (Academy Award winner for The Usual Suspects and American Beauty).
Sam Mendes will direct The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare in 2009 starring Simon Russell Beale, Sinead Cusack and Rebecca Hall from the UK; and Richard Easton, Josh Hamilton and Ethan Hawke from the US.
Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) is proud to be one of the five co-commissioners of The Bridge Project, which involved investing seed money in the creation of what will arguably be the most prestigious global theatrical event in 2009.
Singapore will be the first – and only Asian stop – on the world-tour in March 2009. SRT will present the Singapore leg in collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay.
Over the past 15 years, SRT has produced high quality theatre in Singapore with a very international edge, benchmarking itself against the best. A testament to its investment in and commitment to quality is a very loyal and rapidly growing audience-base in Singapore. SRT’s strategy of working with the best stage talent from around the world fuels its mission of created a name for itself, and for Singapore, as a leading arts capital. The end-goal is to build a relationship with international producers who will then help tour original Singaporean plays and musicals.
SRT entered a very successful partnership in 2007’s with the Royal Shakespeare Company by presenting their productions of King Lear and The Seagull, directed by Sir Trevor Nunn and starring Sir Ian McKellen which. Singapore’s involvement in The Bridge Project is a direct result of the success of the RSC project.
“It is a major coup for Singapore to be the first stop (and only Asian destination) on this international tour of what is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This will be the most important theatrical event anywhere in the world in 2009. To have Singapore Repertory Theatre listed as one of the co-commissioners on every poster and newspaper ad around the world is incredible,” says Singapore Repertory Theatre’s Artistic Director Gaurav Kripalani.
Commented JP Nathan, Director of Programming, The Esplanade Co Ltd: “We are very pleased to be working in collaboration with SRT again. Last year’s collaboration on the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of King Lear gave SRT valuable exposure in managing productions of such a scale. Working together allows Esplanade to help local companies like SRT shoulder the risks of presenting large productions while deepening their expertise in managing such works to place them more firmly as credible and trustworthy players in the international arts market. Just as we did for the Asian leg of the RSC production, Esplanade will also be lending its technical expertise to the project by overseeing the construction of the sets which will be used for the Singapore and New Zealand productions of The Winter’s Tale. Having the sets built in the region will not only make economic sense but will also help train up local expertise in the area. We look forward to more of such collaborations and knowledge sharing in the future.’
Ticket information DATES: 26th to 31st March 2009 Thursday to Tuesday 8pm/ 3pm matinee Sat, Sun and Tuesday PRICES: From $40 to $325 VENUE: Esplanade Theatre TICKETING: SISTIC at 6348 5555 or www.sistic.com.sg WEBSITE: www.srt.com.sg
My dear friend (aka my son's godma) treated us to Bedtime Stories at GV, Vivo on Saturday.
The movie had to stand the test of 2 full grown adults and a restless 4 year old and that in itself, is no mean feat.
A quick run down of the cast is as follows:
Adam Sandler: (plays Skeeter) The underdog. Courtney Cox: (Wendy) Skeeter's sourpuss older sis. Keri Russell: (Jill) Wendy's friend/colleague and Skeeter's arc 'lover'. Green-lover and Miss Perfect. Russell Brand: (Mickey) Skeeter's bohemian buddy who waits at the hotel and suffers from sleep panic attacks. Guy Pearce: (Kendall) The ass-kissing hotel mogul wannabe. Richard Griffiths: (Barry Nottingham) The hotel mogul with a very Trump-like style ;) Teresa Palmer: (Violet Nottingham) The hotel heiress who totally channels Paris Hilton lol.. Jonathan Morgan Heit: (Patrick) Skeeter's nephew and son to Wendy. Laura Ann Kesling: (Bobbi) Skeeter's niece and daughter to Wendy.
Sandler leads the show as the underdog of a not too successful, chronically cynical Mr Handyman in the hotel that his old man had sold to a hotel mogul decades ago, in the hope that he could one day take over the reins of running the hotel again (as promised by the hotel mogul to his Skeeter's dad).
While Cox does a great job channeling her Monica Gellar into Wendy with the control freak style and OCD dispositions, I can't help but feel that her casting was rather pigeon-holed.
Keri Russell's character was too nice to be real and bordered on boring for me.
The characters that stole the show, at least for me, were Mickey and the guinea pig, Bugsy. Both generated lotsa laughs to the otherwise overly sarcasm-laced movie. Not the best of themes to allow your little ones to watch (if they even understand the sarcasm in the first place).
Overall though, I'd still say go watch it. If nothing else, then for the fantasy playbacks while the bedtime stories goes on..
Another production by SRT that is set to show in March. A little teaser to decide if you wanna go for it.
DBS Arts Centre – Home of SRT and 3SAGAS proudly present
Defending the Caveman, the longest running solo play in Broadway history, is now a worldwide, rock-solid tour-de-force.This blockbuster has won the hearts of millions in more than 15 different languages.
Defending the Caveman, a hilariously insightful play about the ways men and women relate, is an international hit with productions in 30 countries including the United States, Canada, South Africa, Iceland, Sweden and Germany.
Comedian Rob Becker wrote Defendingthe Caveman over a three-year period during which he made an informal study of anthropology, prehistory, psychology, sociology and mythology.
This prehistoric look at the battle of the sexes played for two years on Broadway and is full of hilarious scenarios that celebrate the differences between the sexes.
Starring Daniel Jenkins (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Pillowman) Directed by Tracie Pang (The Pillowman, Boom)
What the Press said about Defending the Caveman
“An outrageously funny and surprisingly sweet exploration of the gender gap…" - Chicago Sun Times
“Hysterically Funny! Couples who were seen arguing before the show, stroll out into the night holding hands.” - Variety
“A comic phenomenon!” - The New York Times
With hilarious insights on contemporary feminism, masculine sensitivity and the erogenous zone, Defending the Caveman addresses the common themes in relationships that go straight to the funny bone.
Ticketing Information DATES: 11 – 15 March 2009, Wednesday – Sunday 8pm PRICES: $40 - Group discounts available VENUE: DBS Arts Centre – Home of SRT TICKETING: SISTIC at 6348 5555 or www.sistic.com.sg WEBSITE: www.srt.com.sg & www.defendingthecaveman.com
Woohoo, another play by The Little Company I'm looking forward to taking my son to. This will be sometime in March so while waiting, here's a teaser:
Singapore Repertory Theatre’s The Little Company proudly presents
Bear and Chicken Go Camping
A new play about the sun, moon and shooting stars
Written by Katerina Tiapula Directed by Michael Corbidge
SRT’s The Little Company will stage a new production called Bear and Chicken Go Camping in March 2009. Written by Katerina Tiapula, the play is the second part of a highly successful original series that began with When I Grow Up.
Synopsis Best friends Chicken and Bear go on a camping adventure in the Great Outdoors.Throughout the night, they make lots of amazing discoveries about the world such as shooting stars, what happens to the Sun at night and how come crickets can make such loud noises.
Written for children from 2 to 6 years old, Bear and Chicken Go Camping is a delightful and educational tale that stresses the importance of friendship even under difficult circumstances. It features a professional cast of actors who will perform catchy songs and dance routines against a colourful set.
“We have wonderful position in the market as the leading producer of children’s theatre in Singapore. We are proud of this investment in future audiences for the entire industry and are also very focused on creating new original Singaporean works for children with touring potential like the Bear and Chicken series”, says Artistic Director Gaurav Kripalani.
DATES: 5 March to 11 April 2009 – please see SISTIC for performance schedule PRICES: Mon-Fri $22 – Weekends $28 excluding SISTIC fee (Group discounts/Family Packages available) VENUE: DBS Arts Centre – Home of SRT TICKETING:SISTIC at 6348 5555 or www.sistic.com.sg WEBSITE:www.srt.com.sg
