Foreign outshines local at Arts Fest

HOURS BEFORE THE Esplanade Theatre doors were opened, hardcore fans of music legend Ryuichi Sakamoto had started queuing for the best seats in the house. An unidentified woman in a face mask held up a sign pleading to buy a ticket from anyone willing to part with one - to no avail, of course. The S$150 tickets had been snapped up within hours of going on sale in February.

Inside the theatre, the audience was seated not in the auditorium, but on the stage itself, …