In Search of Lost Time
22–27 Mar
University Cultural Centre
Free Admission | By Registration
In Marcel Proust’s novel, La Recherche du Temps Perdu or “In Search of Lost Time”, the lightest of sensory experiences, such as savouring the taste and smell of madeleines with tea, have the power to evoke strong emotions. In weaving vestiges of the past with the incidents of the now, Proust reminds us that while time continues to flow on relentlessly, it is art which has the power to freeze our human experiences into a single moment.
In the company of a small group of friends, step into a kaleidoscope of 21 performances, that merge times and spaces spent in the well-trod rooms of our homes. Share with us in this once-in-a-lifetime creation of art composed of both personal and shared memories from our NUS students. Watch Davide Brugola from Italy muse about his adventures in lockdown as he kneads pizza dough; find the calm and warmth within your day with NUS Chinese Dance as they serve you a cup of tea; and journey with NUS Electronic Music Lab as they transform the sounds of everyday sonic spectra into a series of improvised electronic music performances.
All shows will be available for online screening in HD format from 5-16 April.
Tea & Biscuits
22-24 March, Live Performances
Living Room & Kitchen
22 Mar | Sold out 23 Mar | sold out 24 Mar | Sold Out
The Space Between Seconds
NUS Electronic Music Lab
6pm | Living Room, UCC VIP Lounge
The Space Between Seconds
NUS Electronic Music Lab
6pm | Living Room, UCC VIP Lounge
Join NUS Electronic Music Lab as they warp and transform the sounds of everyday sonic spectra in a series of improvised electronic music performances that will make you experience your world in a new way.
Audience Reviews
“I didn’t expect to experience the sounds I heard in the room and feel its vastness.”
BBQ Pastry
NUS Jazz Band
6:25pm | 7:15pm | Kitchen, UCC Hall Green Room
BBQ Pastry
NUS Jazz Band
6:25pm | 7:15pm | Kitchen, UCC Hall Green Room
NUS Jazz Band’s sizzling hot melodies and cool soulful tunes will be your delicious soul food as their keyboardist, guitarist, and drummer bring to you classic jazz tunes, sharing the timeless nature of jazz and the blues.
Persona
NUS Chinese Drama
6:50pm | Living Room, UCC VIP Lounge
Persona
NUS Chinese Drama
6:50pm | Living Room, UCC VIP Lounge
Behind the fame and fancy personas of 3 famous influencers; a cosmetic guru, a Mukbang host, and an IT expert, what is real? Watch as a wonderful opportunity for them as guest hosts for the annual Creator Award turns disastrous when surprising secrets are disclosed.
Audience Reviews
“The actors are so talented. The script and plot were amazing!”
A Tea Served
NUS Chinese Dance
7:40pm | Living Room, UCC VIP Lounge
A Tea Served
NUS Chinese Dance
7:40pm | Living Room, UCC VIP Lounge
A smile as warm as the tea served, a fragrance as sweet as honey. Enjoy this piece by Chinese Dance that will ‘brew’ your ego, dissipate your worries and fill your day with hope and happiness.
Audience Reviews
It was a beautiful performance, great artistry from the dancers.”
Life is a Pizza Margherita
Davide Brugola
8:05pm | 8:55pm | Kitchen, UCC Hall Green Room
Life is a Pizza Margherita
Davide Brugola
8:05pm | 8:55pm | Kitchen, UCC Hall Green Room
“Trapped” in Singapore during the first national COVID lockdown, one young Italian contemplates the value of time and how to better “taste” life regardless of your life’s circumstances in a bite of pizza.
A Time Past
NUS Chinese Dance
8:30pm | 9:20pm | Living Room, UCC VIP Lounge
A Time Past
NUS Chinese Dance
8:30pm | 9:20pm | Living Room, UCC VIP Lounge
Come along, let us bask in the nostalgia of a time past! Watch as we come alive with movement that speak of hope and the blossoming of dreams. Share this moment with us, for if this may only be a dream, let us make it a beautiful one.
Contemplations
25-27 March, Live Performances
Bedroom & Study
25 Mar | sold out 26 Mar | Sold out 27 Mar | sold out
The Space Between Seconds
NUS Electronic Music Lab
6pm | Bedroom, UCC Function Room
The Space Between Seconds
NUS Electronic Music Lab
6pm | Bedroom, UCC Function Room
Join NUS Electronic Music Lab as they warp and transform the sounds of everyday sonic spectra, in a series of improvised electronic music performances that will make you hear your world in a new way.
Audience Reviews
“I didn’t expect to experience the sounds I heard in the room and feel its vastness.”
Summer Nostalgia
NUS Guitar Ensemble
6:20pm | Study, UCC VIP Lounge
Summer Nostalgia
NUS Guitar Ensemble
6:20pm | Study, UCC VIP Lounge
Take a little trip down memory lane with NUS Guitar Ensemble as they present a programme of light music to share happy reminiscence of bygone summer days.
Be"Wildered"
NUS Chinese Dance
6:40pm | 7:20pm | Bedroom, UCC Function Room
Be"Wildered"
NUS Chinese Dance
6:40pm | 7:20pm | Bedroom, UCC Function Room
Living in our modern society, where life is packed with never-ending tasks and interactions with other people, we constantly dress to impress and “act” to fit into society. How I wish we could throw away all the doubts, let loose our hair and be wild and free.
Renungan Masa
NUS Ilsa Tari
7pm | Study, UCC VIP Lounge
Renungan Masa
NUS Ilsa Tari
7pm | Study, UCC VIP Lounge
Through their signature fusion of traditional and contemporary dance, Ilsa Tari explores one’s longing for the past as they remember simpler, pre-Covid-19 times. At the same time, they portray the challenges of preserving Malay culture through changing times.
Voyage
NUS Harmonica
7:40pm | Study, UCC VIP Lounge
Voyage
NUS Harmonica
7:40pm | Study, UCC VIP Lounge
NUS Harmonica explores how music calls nostalgia to bring back lost time, carries one’s expectation about the future, and enlightens us on what we are ignoring in the present.
Memories of Japan
NUS Guitar Ensemble
8:00pm | Bedroom, UCC Function Room
Memories of Japan
NUS Guitar Ensemble
8:00pm | Bedroom, UCC Function Room
In Memories of Japan, GENUS brings you on a musical tour through time and space that recollect the bittersweet memories of the past to offer hope for a better future.
65/20 留?... 65/20 Stay?...
NUS Chinese Drama
8:20pm | Study, UCC VIP Lounge
65/20 留?... 65/20 Stay?...
NUS Chinese Drama
8:20pm | Study, UCC VIP Lounge
Set in Singapore in 1965 and 2020 when times were trying, 65/20, presented by NUS Chinese Drama, explores the meaning of love in times of separation through two parallels. Will they tide through hardships or will they crumble in face of them?
Bedroom ennui
Scott Bradford
8:40pm | Bedroom, UCC Function Room
Bedroom ennui
Scott Bradford
8:40pm | Bedroom, UCC Function Room
French philosopher Pascal said “the sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he doesn’t know how to stay quietly in his room.” A bedroom songwriter, Scott presents a performance that reflects upon ‘lost time’ spent writing songs about loss, love and hope.
Finding a Singaporean Sound
Wen Liang
9:00pm | Study, UCC VIP Lounge
Finding a Singaporean Sound
Wen Liang
9:00pm | Study, UCC VIP Lounge
For art to belong to a culture, it must contain elements from said culture. But what is the nature of Singapore’s culture? Is there a Singaporean Music? Join Wen Liang as he explores what it means to find a Singaporean sound.
Parallel Universe
5-16 April, Online Screening
Living Room, Kitchen & Bedroom
Portrait
NUS Dance Ensemble
Living Room, Online
Portrait
NUS Dance Ensemble
Living Room, Online
Portrait is an intimate look into one family; on how they live day to day and what happens to make them this way. When one family member leaves, the rest need to find a way to move on. As they heal, the portrait evolves.
Blueberry Bacon Pie
NUS Dance Synergy
Kitchen, Online
Blueberry Bacon Pie
NUS Dance Synergy
Kitchen, Online
Presented by NUS Dance Synergy, this piece about five silly chefs preparing a dish for the opening of the restaurant is a recipe for light-hearted entertainment with comedic acting and music.
Choices
NUS Dance Blast!
Kitchen, Online
Choices
NUS Dance Blast!
Kitchen, Online
NUS Dance Blast! invites you to contemplate how choices that you make and the timeliness of the way consequences unfold. After all, we are not defined by the situations around us, but by the choices we make.
At The Table
NUS Dance Ensemble
Kitchen, Online
At The Table
NUS Dance Ensemble
Kitchen, Online
To provide and to give.
To put food on the table.
What does it take?
Come, just sit for a while, or longer.
Have a bite, or two, or more.
My Mother’s Daughter
NUS Dance Ensemble
Bedroom, Online
My Mother’s Daughter
NUS Dance Ensemble
Bedroom, Online
JK Rowling said “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark,” NUS Dance Ensemble explores the complexity of the connection between a mother and a daughter. Is the image imprinted on your consciousness by your mother a true reflection or is it a broken mirror?
Choices
NUS Dance Blast!
Bedroom, Online
Choices
NUS Dance Blast!
Bedroom, Online
NUS Dance Blast! invites you to contemplate how choices that you make and the timeliness of the way consequences unfold. After all, we are not defined by the situations around us, but by the choices we make.
The Space Between Seconds
NUS Electronic Music Lab
Living Room, Online
The Space Between Seconds
NUS Electronic Music Lab
Living Room, Online
Join NUS Electronic Music Lab as they warp and transform the sounds of everyday sonic spectra in a series of improvised electronic music performances that will make you experience your world in a new way.
Audience Reviews
“I didn’t expect to experience the sounds I heard in the room and feel its vastness.”
BBQ Pastry
NUS Jazz Band
Kitchen, Online
BBQ Pastry
NUS Jazz Band
Kitchen, Online
NUS Jazz Band’s sizzling hot melodies and cool soulful tunes will be your delicious soul food as their keyboardist, guitarist, and drummer bring to you classic jazz tunes, sharing the timeless nature of jazz and the blues.
Persona
NUS Chinese Drama
Living Room, Online
Persona
NUS Chinese Drama
Living Room, Online
Behind the fame and fancy personas of 3 famous influencers; a cosmetic guru, a Mukbang host, and an IT expert, what is real? Watch as a wonderful opportunity for them as guest hosts for the annual Creator Award turns disastrous when surprising secrets are disclosed.
Audience Reviews
“The actors are so talented. The script and plot were amazing!”
A Tea Served
NUS Chinese Dance
Living Room, Online
A Tea Served
NUS Chinese Dance
Living Room, Online
A smile as warm as the tea served, a fragrance as sweet as honey. Enjoy this piece by Chinese Dance that will ‘brew’ your ego, dissipate your worries and fill your day with hope and happiness.
Audience Reviews
It was a beautiful performance, great artistry from the dancers.”
Life is a Pizza Margherita
Davide Brugola
Kitchen, Online
Life is a Pizza Margherita
Davide Brugola
Kitchen, Online
“Trapped” in Singapore during the first national COVID lockdown, one young Italian contemplates the value of time and how to better “taste” life regardless of your life’s circumstances in a bite of pizza.
A Time Past
NUS Chinese Dance
Living Room, Online
A Time Past
NUS Chinese Dance
Living Room, Online
Come along, let us bask in the nostalgia of a time past! Watch as we come alive with movement that speak of hope and the blossoming of dreams. Share this moment with us, for if this may only be a dream, let us make it a beautiful one.
Summer Nostalgia
NUS Guitar Ensemble
Study, Online
Summer Nostalgia
NUS Guitar Ensemble
Study, Online
Take a little trip down memory lane with NUS Guitar Ensemble as they present a programme of light music to share happy reminiscence of bygone summer days.
Be"Wildered"
NUS Chinese Dance
Bedroom, Online
Be"Wildered"
NUS Chinese Dance
Bedroom, Online
Living in our modern society, where life is packed with never-ending tasks and interactions with other people, we constantly dress to impress and “act” to fit into society. How I wish we could throw away all the doubts, let loose our hair and be wild and free.
Renungan Masa
NUS Ilsa Tari
Study, Online
Renungan Masa
NUS Ilsa Tari
Study, Online
Through their signature fusion of traditional and contemporary dance, Ilsa Tari explores one’s longing for the past as they remember simpler, pre-Covid-19 times. At the same time, they portray the challenges of preserving Malay culture through changing times.
Voyage
NUS Harmonica
Study, Online
Voyage
NUS Harmonica
Study, Online
NUS Harmonica explores how music calls nostalgia to bring back lost time, carries one’s expectation about the future, and enlightens us on what we are ignoring in the present.
Memories of Japan
NUS Guitar Ensemble
Bedroom, Online
Memories of Japan
NUS Guitar Ensemble
Bedroom, Online
In Memories of Japan, GENUS brings you on a musical tour through time and space that recollect the bittersweet memories of the past to offer hope for a better future.
65/20 留?... 65/20 Stay?...
NUS Chinese Drama
Study, Online
65/20 留?... 65/20 Stay?...
NUS Chinese Drama
Study, Online
Set in Singapore in 1965 and 2020 when times were trying, 65/20, presented by NUS Chinese Drama, explores the meaning of love in times of separation through two parallels. Will they tide through hardships or will they crumble in face of them?
Bedroom ennui
Scott Bradford
Bedroom, Online
Bedroom ennui
Scott Bradford
Bedroom, Online
French philosopher Pascal said “the sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he doesn’t know how to stay quietly in his room.” A bedroom songwriter, Scott presents a performance that reflects upon ‘lost time’ spent writing songs about loss, love and hope.
Finding a Singaporean Sound
Wen Liang
Study, Online
Finding a Singaporean Sound
Wen Liang
Study, Online
For art to belong to a culture, it must contain elements from said culture. But what is the nature of Singapore’s culture? Is there a Singaporean Music? Join Wen Liang as he explores what it means to find a Singaporean sound.
The Space Between Seconds
NUS Electronic Music Lab
Bedroom, Online
The Space Between Seconds
NUS Electronic Music Lab
Bedroom, Online
Join NUS Electronic Music Lab as they warp and transform the sounds of everyday sonic spectra in a series of improvised electronic music performances that will make you experience your world in a new way.
Audience Reviews
“I didn’t expect to experience the sounds I heard in the room and feel its vastness.”