Raffles Players Presents: Mrs Warren’s Profession
by Valerie Yap (15S07D) Photos courtesy of Rachel Koh (15A01A) and Clarissa Ng (RGS Y4-03) As a hectic Term 2 came to a close, many students gathered at the Performing Arts Centre to catch Raffles...
View ArticleRewind II: Life in Technicolor
by Jovi Tan (15A01B) Images courtesy of Raffles Film Society I am going to borrow from the closing remarks of Gong Haoran, Chairperson of Raffles Film Society, to begin talking about Film’s recent...
View ArticleCouch Theatre Presents: The Pillowman
by Rachel Koh (15A01A) and Jovi Tan (15A01B) Photos from Couch Theatre facebook page – taken by Geoffrey Lim Couch Theatre is a self-described ‘upbeat and offbeat theatre company made up of young...
View ArticleIn the SpotLi(gh)t: Literature Week 2014
by Joyce Er (15A01A), Valerie Yap (15S07D) Additional reporting by Katrina Jacinto (15A13A), Joshua Tee (15A01D), Michelle Zhu (15A01B) Photos by Joyce Er (15A01A), Michelle Zhu (15A01B) All and sundry...
View ArticleRaffles Players Presents: The Chopping Board Plays
by Joyce Er and Wahid Al Mamun (15A01A) In keeping with tradition, this year’s J1s staged their annual batch production, The Chopping Board Plays at the TSD Black Box, which made for an immersive and...
View ArticleGrad Night 2014: Alegria
by Joyce Er (15A01A) Photos courtesy of Gabrielle Jeyaseelan (15S06A) and Vivian Ngiam (15S06O) To any outsider, Grad Night 2014 may have appeared to be any other school formal, with glamorous girls...
View ArticleVocal Delights 2014: Home for Christmas
by Lorraine Fong and Wilson Chan (15A01C) Photos by Hee Xin Wei (15S03I) “The best way to spread Christmas cheer singing loud for all to hear.” And sing loud for all Raffles Chorale did in their annual...
View ArticlePassion, Spirit and Fun: Dancefeste 2015
by Choo Shuen Ming (16A01E) and Tan Su (15S07A) Photos by Hethav Sivakumar (15AO1E) BW’s tightly synchronised dancing in this routine was just one of the many things that made Dancefest 2015 one to...
View ArticleRock On!: Musicfest 2015
by Chew Cheng Yu (16S06L), Michelle Choy (15S05A) and Tan Su (15S07A) Photos by Deng Yimin (15S03M) Musicfest; the product of three weeks of practices late into the night and unyielding perseverance by...
View ArticleOn Strawberries and Death: Dramafeste 2015
by Karen Cuison (16A01D), Ching Ann Hui (15S03A), Michelle Zhu (15A01B) Photos by Vanessa Gan (15S06C) and Nigel Gomes (15S06R) Dramafeste 2015 was, for many, two weeks of rehearsals and set painting...
View ArticleIridescence Illuminates and Impresses
by Naomi Koh (16A13A), Justin Lim (16A01B), Tasha Palani (16S03P) and Sean Lim (16A13A) Photos by Carla Mosqueda (16A03A) and Li-Ann Hoong (16A03A) The queue forming outside the PAC on the 10th was the...
View ArticleModern Dance SYF 2015: Undercurrent
by Liew Ai Xin (16A01A) and Collin Teo Jun Kai (16S06Q) It all starts with a whisper. In the spotlight, a single dancer wearing red stretches her hands heavenwards. The rest of the dancers – clad in...
View ArticleReview: For Sale: One Chair Plays
by Celine Ng (16A01A) Cast with friends. For Sale: One Chair Only was a collection of one chair plays (with one dialogue segment) put up under The Humanities Initiative (THI) as part of its efforts to...
View ArticleRaffles Street Dance: The Showcase 2015
By: Samuel Loh (16A01A) Photos by: Gabrielle Jeyaseelan (15S06A) and Hee Xin Wei (15S03I) Raffles Street Dance’ s annual show never fails to draw big crowds. The first arrivals had started to stream in...
View ArticlePiano is Their Forte: Around the World on 88 Keys
by Alex Tan (16S03B), Huang Jiawen (16S06G) and Stella Soon (16A01C) Photographs by Tuen Young Ji (16S03A) of Raffles Photographic Society Emcees Yi Fen and Cayson “I wish I could go travelling around...
View ArticleIndian Dance SYF 2015: Hunger. An expression
By Huang Jiawen (16S06G) A sombre tune floods the theatre and there is a sense of foreboding in the air. For a while, there is no movement on stage. Then, four dancers stepped out from the shadows of...
View ArticleAll That Jazz: Coffee for Your Blues
By Chew Cheng Yu (16S06L) Photos by Nicholas Chang (16S03K) and Nadya Ang (15S03I) The one thing that rouses Raffles Jazz like no other is a soulful song. Performers were peppy indeed as they played...
View ArticleReflections on re:collections
by Heather I’anson-Holton (16A01E), Alex Tan (16S03B) and Karen Cuison (16A01D) Photos by Li-Ann Hoong (16A03A) of Raffles Photographic Society Snaking ticket booth queues stood testament to the high...
View ArticleCLDCS Annual Production —翠谷回响: 雾中人
by Stella Soon (16A01C) Photographs by Yany Chan (15S06E) and Sharmaine Toh (15S07C) Raffles Institution’s Chinese Language Drama and Cultural Society (CLDCS)’ annual production, 翠谷回响: 雾中人 (meaning...
View ArticleOn Fifty
by Adelyn Tan (16A01E) “With this special season of The Studios, we honour and celebrate all practitioners, past and present, for making what is Singapore English Theatre today. We would also like to...
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