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JAKARTA
Weezer
January 8
Rivers, Patrick, Brian and Scott
bring their brand of alternative rock
and power pop to Indonesia with
old-school songs “Buddy Holly”,
“
Say It Ain’t So” and “Island In The
Sun”.
Lapangan D Senayan;
rajakarcis.com,
SEOUL
1
st Salon du Chocolat
Seoul 2013
January 17–20
Chocolatiers, ice-cream makers,
cocoa manufacturers and the like
will gather in Seoul to celebrate
and promote everything chocolate.
There will be chef demonstrations,
children’s workshops, cocoa-themed
fashion and cultural shows, and a
gift shop.
Halls D1 and D2, COEX;
SINGAPORE
Big Night Out
Singapore 2013
January 30
It’s a great night for indie rock, as
American bands Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
Vampire Weekend and Band of
Horses make up this year’s line-up.
Fort Canning Park;
sg
MANILA
Dream KPop Fantasy
Concert
January 19
It’s both a dream and a fantasy come true
for Pinoy K-pop fans, who’ll finally get to
see acts such as Girls’ Generation, U-KISS,
EXO, Infinite and Tahiti perform live on one
stage for one night. Be there early — the
show starts at 6:30pm, but the gates open
at 3pm.
SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds;
OSAKA
January Kabuki
Program
January 1–26
Fun fact: kabuki actors’ names
can be inherited or passed on to
succeeding generations. To help
commemorate their own
shumei
“
name taking”, three distinguished
kabuki actors — who are now
known as Ichikawa En-o II, Ichikawa
Ennosuke IV and Ichikawa Chusa IX
—
will star in matinee and evening
programs at the Osaka Shochiku-za
Theater. The classic and modern
kabuki plays, dance routines and
ceremonies will also feature their
other kabuki colleagues.
kabuki-bito.jp, www1.ticket-web-
shochiku.com/en
SINGAPORE
M1 Singapore Fringe
Festival 2013
January 16–27
Now on its ninth run, this year’s festival
explores the connection between
art and entertainment through 15
local and international works from 10
countries. In
Haru & Mina,
Osaka-based
photographer Hideaki Hamada reveals
the personalities and potential of two
precious subjects — his kids — on film.
Artist Fong Qi Wei’s
Brush Strokes of
Nature
,
presents her digital and post-
processed experiments with flowers
to illustrate the beauty of their parts.
Japanese playwright Shiro Maeda’s
Going on the Way to Get Lost
focuses
on a troubled woman seeking life’s
answers from an unlikely source: her
unborn sister. And in
Xtra Large,
three
extra-large teenagers use dance —
and apples — to express joy, love,
temptation and sin.
Various locations;
Watch U-KISS
perform their
hits
MANILA
Katy
January 17–27
The
,
80
s hit musical is back.
Directed by Nestor Torre,
Katy
chronicles the life of Katy dela
Cruz — the Philippines’ queen of
jazz and
bodabil —
with tunes like
“
Ang Mundo Ay Entablado”, “Ababa
Boogie”, “Sari Saring Babae” and,
of course, “Balut”
.
Theater veteran
Isay Alvarez plays the lead role.
CCP;
PHOTO
HIDEAKI HAMADA
