Dramafeste 2017
By Abigail Ang (18S06B), Asfar Alim (18S03J), Deborah Lee (17A01D), Sabariesh Ilankathir (17A13A), Zhu Xiuhua (18S06A) After a one-year hiatus, Dramafeste made a spectacular comeback this year with...
View ArticleRaffles Got Talent 2017
By Asfar Alim (18S03J), Bill Puah (17S06B), and Liu Enqi (18S03C) Photos by Leong Kay Mei (17S07C) and Teh Wenqi (17S06P), Raffles Photography Society “Hide not your talents. They for use were made....
View ArticleJambodia 2017: What Is Your Vision for the World?
By Calista Chong (18A01A), Ashley Tan (18A13A) and Grace Lau (18S03I) World Vision Music Advocates: Will you advocate for change? (Source) Have you ever caught yourself lamenting the lacklustre...
View ArticleLet My Love Be Heard: RI and SJI Choir Concert 2017
By Joan Ang (17A01B), Soh Gek Shuen (18S03B) and Lim Tian Jiao (18S03B) Photos by Cheng Wentuo, Raffles Photography and Arts Club (Y1-4) The Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) is the highlight of the...
View ArticleSugar, Yes Please: Raffles RockIn: Space Jam 2017
By Gan Chin Lin (17A01B), Abdul Qayyum (17A01B), Calista Chong (18A01A), and Grace Lau (18S03I) With a social media campaign involving an intricate formation of Smuckers strawberry jam packets, as well...
View ArticleUnearthed Treasure: Poetry Through the Eyes of Cyril Wong
By Lim Jing Rong (18A03A) and Ashley Tan (18A13A) Additional Reporting by Joan Ang (17A01B) You might have spotted his name lodged between headlines in The Straits Times. Or perhaps you, or someone you...
View ArticleOmbré 2017: A Burst Of Color
By Nerissa Loe (17A13A), Tapasya Singh (17S03C), Sabariesh Ilankathir (17A13A), and Lakshminarayanan Kaushik Rangaraj (17S06P) Photos by Christabelle Farand Effendy (18S06M) and Ang Jo Li Jolie...
View ArticleThe Centre Is Not The Centre – Writer’s Guild Anthology Launch 2017
By Angus Yip (18A01A), Elizabeth Leong (18S06G), Zhu Xiuhua (18S06A) Last Friday, Writer’s Guild held an escape room to mark the launch of the CCA’s latest anthology, The Centre Is Not The Centre....
View ArticleSYF 2017: Passing Time – Modern Dance
By Calista Chong (18A01A), Lynn Hong (18A13A) and Yeo Kee Hwan (18S03Q) The dancers gathered in a circle, their eyes drawn in intent concentration toward their captain as they rallied for what would be...
View ArticleThose Days: A Celebration of the Elderly Around Us
By Ernest Lee (17A01A), Angus Yip (18A01A), Jonah Tan (18A01A), Photographs by The Humanz Initiative (THI). Take a look at most concerts and plays put together by the different CCAs and student groups...
View ArticleSYF 2017: Chorale’s Voices Soar As One
By Clarine See (18S03G) and Yeo Kee Hwan (18S03Q) The Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) is a biennial event for performing arts CCAs to showcase their talents, and entails hundreds of hours of hard work...
View ArticleSYF 2017: Guitar, Don’t Fret
By Carman Chew (17A01D) and Nadiya Nesseer (17S03B) Upon the signal to begin the gruelling 10-minute tuning session, the cold, bare tuning room lit up with tuners flashing orange and green as...
View ArticleThose Days: A Preview
By Angus Yip (18A01A) Those Days– what better name for a concert dedicated to the elderly in our lives? Implicit in those two words is a bittersweet sense of returning to simpler times and moments, and...
View ArticleRJCO: SYF Distinction
By Lim Jing Rong (18A03A), Lynn Hong (18A13A) and Sheryl Gwee (18A01D) NUS Cultural Center music hall, before the performances began For most of us, the phrase “chinese orchestra” brings back echoes of...
View ArticleProof: What the Players Have to Say
By Catherine Zou (17A01B) Photos by Erika Poh (17S03P) I am a Player. This has meant many things: fact-checking reviews of Players productions, being informed that I have a “theatrical quality”, and...
View ArticleVoyage D’espoir 2017: Around The World In Eighteen Songs
By Clarine See (18S03G) and Yeo Kee Hwan (18S03Q) Photo credits to Raffles Photographic Society If one had to sum up Piano Ensemble’s recent concert, ‘journey’ would be a most apt description. And a...
View ArticleFeel The Heat: Summer Of Love ’17
By Nadiya Nesseer (17S03B), Nicki Chan (18S03C), and Asfar Alim (18S03J) On a bright afternoon in 1967, one hundred thousand young people convened in San Francisco to celebrate the culture of hippies,...
View ArticleTheatre and …Maths? “Proof”: a Raffles Players’ Production
By Nerissa Loe (17A13A), Deborah Lee (17A01D) and Chung Sohyun (18A13A) Photos courtesy of the Raffles Photographic Society and Raffles Players (Warning: Spoilers Ahead) As the curtains parted and the...
View ArticleOne Minute To Teatime: Chamber Ensemble Concert
By Jeanne Tan (17A01B), Lee Yun Ning (17A01E), and Nicki Chan (18S03C) Pictures by Raffles Photographic Society Storyline adapted from script by Chamber Ensemble The day before Mother’s Day, at one...
View ArticleRPROJECT: Origin 2017
By Asfar Alim (18S03J) and Joan Ang (17A01B) Photos by Abdul Qayyum (17A01B) and Raffles Photographic Society Runway is one of the less conventional CCAs offered at RI — instead of sports competitions...
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