Born in Malaysia, raised in the United States and Singapore, and now based in Australia, funnyman Ronny Chieng is back in town to perform at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow 2012. He tells Chin Hui Wen how his diverse background has influenced his act, his backstage routines and his advice to budding standup comics.

Award-winning script writer Jean Tay explores Singaporeans’ experience of the property market in her play, BOOM. She tells Chin Hui Wen about her inspiration for the show, the use of Singlish and why a corpse is a meaningful character.

Having played at over a thousand international gigs, Cosmic Gate—Nic Chagall and Stefan Bossems—are veterans in the electro dance music scene, renowned for hit singles “Not Enough Time” and “Body of Conflict”. Mandy Lynn has a quick chat with the dynamic duo.

From underage mobile DJ to EDM DJ, the artist-producer behind the seminal ‘90s dance tune “Higher State of Consciousness” takes five with Mandy Lynn.

As one of the apprentices of local art collective :phunk Studio (who took home the title Artist of the Year at this year’s I-S Readers’ Choice Awards), young artist Lin Yushan’s kaleidoscopic works are informed by the transcendental nature that is the universe. Terry Ong has a quick chat with Lin at her recent group show TRANSMISSION: Kaleidoscope, held at :phunk Studio’s new art gallery.

Gearing up to perform at the Singapore Lyric Opera’s annual outdoor show, tenor Melvin Tan talks to Chin Hui Wen about interpreting songs, secret musical pleasures and using his voice to score.

Donna Tang is the founder of TinyFry’s, a line of kitschy gadget stores stocking hard-to-get stuff like the Apple TV and Clarisonic products.

The brains and beauty behind brand management agency Agent Grace talks to Hidayah Salamat about taking a break from PR to work on creative startups, her idol and which city has the best food in the world.

This famed dog behavior specialist—who has worked with celebs like Oprah Winfrey, Scarlett Johansson and Will Smith—is in town for his show Cesar Millan Live: Unleash Your Packpower. He tells Chin Hui Wen why he was destined for this career, his best tips and how important it is to challenge your pet.

Chin Hui Wen talks to Markus Pabst, one of the directors of this off-beat performance, which blends music, circus acrobatics and comedy in a tale of bathtubs and eccentric characters.