THEATER
ART
Feast your eyes on paintings and sculptures that are inspired by iconic celebrities who are now dead at Dead Celebrities. Apr 2-30.
FILM
Grab your picnic mats and head for the hills (well, Dempsey Hill to be exact) for Movies Under The Stars. There’ll be live music by local band The Lost Box and an outdoor film screening featuring local short films like Perfect Girl and Ying & Summer. Plus, there’s free popcorn and kacang puteh. Apr 2.
WORKSHOP
The Silkscreen Printing Workshop will take you through the basics of designing, creating and printing. Plus, try your hand at designing your own tote bag and take it home, too. Apr 4.
TV
It’s the end of an era—get your fix of the final few episodes of Mad Men, which starts today on FX Asia, StarHub TV Ch 507. Apr 5.
EAT
The star-studded foodie festival World Gourmet Summit is back with more dinners, guest chefs and workshops. Big names include the Roca brothers from three Michelin-starred El Celler de can Roca as well as Christophe Muller of L’Aubgerge Du Pont de Collonges. Apr 6-May 3.
COMEDY
Love Canadian funnyman Russell Peters? Get a taste of his witty jabs at culture and family backgrounds first hand. Hurry though, there are only three shows and tickets are selling out fast. Apr 6-8.
The Faulty Towers Dining Experience
THEATER
Eat, drink and laugh-out-loud at this two-hour Faulty Towers The Dining Experience. With only a small portion scripted, you know there’ll be plenty of knee-smacking laughter involved. Apr 9-12.
DRINK
Celebrate Manhattan’s first anniversary with a double bill of bartenders. Though dear Ricky Paiva has moved on, there’s Alex Kratena from the world’s best bar Artesian, as well as Becherovka’s brand ambassador, George Nemec. Apr 10.
SPORT
The Music Run finally makes its way to Singapore with a 5km un-timed and non-competitive run. With five 1km music zones, each zone blasts out a different genre of music. Apr 10.
FILM
The Singapore Art Museum’s Southeast Asian Film Festival is back for its fifth edition—don’t miss opportunities to catch rare documentaries and indie films from around the region at this almost month-long affair. Some screenings have already sold out, so hurry. Apr 10-May 3.
FASHION
Rub shoulders with the trendy crowd and soak up the latest fashion trends as Orchard Road gets transformed into a massive catwalk that will see some 150 models strutting their stuff at Samsung Fashion Steps Out @ Orchard Road. Apr 11.
NIGHTLIFE
Belgian DJ Kolombo plays a set of house and disco beats at Smack My Beach Up, the pre-party of Tanjong Beach Club’s famed Full Steam Ahead parties. Apr 12.
TV
There’s no better time to binge watch when Season 4 of Game of Thrones premieres on HBO StarHub TV Ch 601 on April 13 at 9pm. That’s followed by the Season 3 premier of Veep at 10:30pm. Apr 13.
A Tapestry of Sacred Music
FESTIVALS
Esplanade’s annual music festival A Tapestry of Sacred Music showcases traditional sacred music from countries like Syria, South Africa and Japan. There’s even a classical opera that incorporates Indian instruments. Apr 16-19.
DESIGN
Check out 14 beautiful photographs of colored lights printed onto fabric at The Sew-Out Show. It’s a joint effort between well-known photographer Kevin Ou and local design firm The General Co., who will create tote bags and bow-ties out of sections of the fabrics chosen by you. Apr 16-Jun 8.
FILM
We didn’t exactly love it, but were still enormously entertained by local badboy director Ken Kwek’s first feature film Unlucky Plaza, the opening film of last year’s Singapore International Film Festival. You’ll remember that his last film was banned by the MDA, so it’s especially exciting that this hostage thriller set in Singapore gets a general release at Shaw cinemas islandwide. Read our review here. Apr 16.
ART
The spring edition of the Affordable Art Fair is back with more artworks below $10,000. This time, there are also activities like live art demonstrations and workshops including sculpture-making, watercolor and photography. Apr 17-19.
NIGHTLIFE
Italian techno maestro Joseph Capriati has established himself as a mainstay in the DJ world with hits like “Fratello” and “Solar System”. It’s no wonder he’s been crowned the best DJ for techno music, too. Apr 17.
SHOPPING
The second edition of The Big Ohm Theory, a health- and sustainability-centric market centers around the theme of sanctuary in a busy city. There are lots of local vendors, as well as workshops on floral arrangement, art and even Reiki. Apr 18-19.
Take Two
MUSIC
Local indie pop-rock quintet Take Two launch their EP, PAIRS with a concert playing singles like “In Your Arms” and their hit song “Always Been Right Here”, which shot to #5 on the Singapore iTunes chart. Apr 18.
COMEDY
One of our favorite and most established comedians, Kumar, pokes fun at Singapore’s history as a swampy island in Kumar Stands Up For Singapore. Apr 22-26.
FILM
Frank Pavich directs Jodorowsky’s Dune, a 90-minute documentary about Jodorowsky’s high-budget failure, Dune and how it inspired tons of other films like Star Wars. Apr 23.
CONCERT
Chart-topping singer Meghan Trainor comes to Singapore where she’ll be singing hits like “All About That Bass” and “Lips are Moving”. Apr 23.
SHOPPING
The F1 Pit building hosts another edition of Boutiques at the Pit Building with over 120 labels spanning jewelry, lifestyle products and home decor. There’s also a lounge with food from Violet Oon’s Kitchen. Apr 25.
EAT
Here’s one for all the Game of Thrones (GoT) fans. The Requiem for Red Viper lets you mingle with fellow die-hard fans for a final farewell to Oberyn Martell aka The Red Viper over a six-course GoT-inspired dinner. Apr 25.
National Theatre Live
THEATER
There’s no need to travel to London with National Theatre Live‘s pre-recorded screenings of stage productions like King Lear, A Streetcar Named Desire and War Horse. Starts Apr 30.
ART
Local artist Allison M. Low debuts solo exhibition Oddlings with 20 haunting drawings revolving around emotional trauma and loneliness. Starts Apr 30.
FILM
Singapore’s first-ever sex comedy (allegedly), Rubbers, hits the theaters today. It’s a laugh-out-loud raunchy Mandarin-language film revolving around an aging couple trying to rekindle the spark, a sexy plumber, a sad sexless beauty and a talking condom. Read our review here.
