Singapore Arts Festival
Globalisation of art festivals is not a new phenomenon. Names appearing in this year's Singapore Arts Festival (from 26 May), especially in the theatre programmes, just affirm the trend.
Robert Lepage has staged three different pieces at Hong Kong Arts Festival in the last few years. I called him as "one of the most sophisticated theatre directors" after I watched "The Other Side of the Moon" (2003, HK) that still fascinated me with stunning presentational ideas and visuals, after two other preceding successes. (Image from the SAF's website)
"Al-Hamlet Summit" by Sulayman Al-Bassam (Kuwait) is a provocative adaptation of the classic in a politicized outfit. A clean and affective contemporary presentation. I watched the video recording only when I met the director in Tokyo Arts Festival back in 2002. It will be my second must-see if I were in Singapore... (image from Zaoum)Also, "Amber" by Meng Jing Hui (Beijing), with whom I had a few acquaintances and inspiring chats, finds its way towards internationalization after the show's premier in Hong Kong earlier. If I had watched the show, I might be able to elaborate some footnotes upon International Herald's saying:
"Where even a few years ago it would have been difficult to imagine one of Meng's experimental plays being staged overseas, it is now increasingly easy to imagine his work in the vanguard as theater becomes one of China's next important exports."Homework: Compare this amber with another and tell me what "globalisation of creativity" means.
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