Not one of Wild Rice's best
BY now, going to the Wild Rice's year-end pantomime has become an annual ritual not just among theatre lovers but also many families. Typically, Wild Rice takes a well-loved fairy tale and rewrites it with a local setting, politically incorrect jokes and gender-bending characters.
Unfortunately, not all pantomimes are created equal. And this year's Jack & the Bean-Sprout suffers from a somewhat draggy script and some half-baked jokes.
If not for the presence of a few strong comic actors, who miraculously turn passable jokes into good ones, the eye-popping production design and Ivan Heng's directorial embellishments, this Jack could have been a humdrum affair.
BT is now on Telegram!
For daily updates on weekdays and specially selected content for the weekend. Subscribe to t.me/BizTimes
Lifestyle
Former Zouk morphs into mod-Asian Jiak Kim House, serving laksa pasta and mushroom bak kut teh
Massimo Bottura lends star power to pizza and pasta at Torno Subito
Victor Liong pairs Aussie and Asian food with mixed results at Artyzen’s Quenino restaurant
If Jay Chou likes Ju Xing’s zi char, you might too
Mod-Sin cooking izakaya style at Focal
What the fish? Diving for flavour at Fysh – Aussie chef Josh Niland’s Singapore debut