Goodman Arts Centre Open House Day
Goodman Arts Centre is an arts hive nestled along Mountbatten Road. It is the home of the National Arts Council as well as several artists and arts groups. Together with Rena, we had an arty day out as I had registered for some free performances online.
Being the first time there, I was initially lost as the place was really huge. I've registered for 3 Black Box Performance but was late for the first one and too early for the second one. So we went to The Artground and spent our free time having fun there.
Happy Homebodies at The Artground till 15 September 2019
Happy Homebodies is an interactive play space featuring common objects that can be found at home and how they are creatively transformed into a fun experience for the kids. Crawl through a washing machine, slide down a bed and jump into a laundry basket.
The magic of this exploration is to allow the children to make new discoveries of the ordinary objects around us. It's really quite fun for the little curious minds. The simple black and white colour scheme is easy to the eyes and after exploring all corners of the play space, my girl's favourite is still the slide.
There's also an enclosed area with safety gates suitable for babies till 36 months. It's a place for sensory fun as the babies can get to touch and feel different materials and a mini slide too.
Free Outdoor Activities at the Open Field
There were several outdoor activities and we happened to catch the Dicapella Dizi Ensemble performing to some familiar Chinese and English pop tunes. After that, it started to rain very heavily and I'm not so sure if the rest of the performances did carry on as per schedule.
Free admission to the Black Box Performances
I was really looking forward to the time for us to enter the Black Box Performances like I've mentioned I've already registered for the tickets online.
The first one we attended was "Hug The Tree" by Paper Monkey Theatre. It was a Puppet Theatre Performance. The performance is about a girl named Amrita who loved the trees in the forest and protected the trees from being cut down just like how the trees had protected her home from the desert sandstorm. This story was inspired by an old Indian folktale. Rena had fun playing peek-ka-boo with one of the older girl there after that she got restless so we left without finish watching the whole performance.
The next performance was "Sita's Magical Forest" by Apsaras Arts. Readapted from the celebrated Ramayana epic, Sita's Magical Forest is a dance-drama which tells the trails and triumphs of Rama and Sita. This is a more interactive performance and kids were allowed to go up and mingled with the performers and also helped out in some segments. As such, I think Rena enjoyed this better as she is one who couldn't sit still.
All day activities for the whole families
Meanwhile, there's also Giant Games by Mural Lingo and Caricature Drawing by Kamal Arts and Upbeat! by Musical Playhouse happening throughout from 11am to 5pm.
Dinner at Cafe Melba
We stayed at The Artground till it was about closing time before hubby came to meet us. We settled our dinner at Cafe Melba which is just located inside Goodman Arts Centre. Only the Mac & Cheese was nice. Rena dozed off in her chair as it was so windy and cooling. She also missed her usual afternoon nap.
@GoodmanArtsCenter
#GoodmanOpenHouse
XOXO
Happy Homebodies is an interactive play space featuring common objects that can be found at home and how they are creatively transformed into a fun experience for the kids. Crawl through a washing machine, slide down a bed and jump into a laundry basket.
The magic of this exploration is to allow the children to make new discoveries of the ordinary objects around us. It's really quite fun for the little curious minds. The simple black and white colour scheme is easy to the eyes and after exploring all corners of the play space, my girl's favourite is still the slide.
There's also an enclosed area with safety gates suitable for babies till 36 months. It's a place for sensory fun as the babies can get to touch and feel different materials and a mini slide too.
Free Outdoor Activities at the Open Field
There were several outdoor activities and we happened to catch the Dicapella Dizi Ensemble performing to some familiar Chinese and English pop tunes. After that, it started to rain very heavily and I'm not so sure if the rest of the performances did carry on as per schedule.
Free admission to the Black Box Performances
I was really looking forward to the time for us to enter the Black Box Performances like I've mentioned I've already registered for the tickets online.
The first one we attended was "Hug The Tree" by Paper Monkey Theatre. It was a Puppet Theatre Performance. The performance is about a girl named Amrita who loved the trees in the forest and protected the trees from being cut down just like how the trees had protected her home from the desert sandstorm. This story was inspired by an old Indian folktale. Rena had fun playing peek-ka-boo with one of the older girl there after that she got restless so we left without finish watching the whole performance.
The next performance was "Sita's Magical Forest" by Apsaras Arts. Readapted from the celebrated Ramayana epic, Sita's Magical Forest is a dance-drama which tells the trails and triumphs of Rama and Sita. This is a more interactive performance and kids were allowed to go up and mingled with the performers and also helped out in some segments. As such, I think Rena enjoyed this better as she is one who couldn't sit still.
All day activities for the whole families
Meanwhile, there's also Giant Games by Mural Lingo and Caricature Drawing by Kamal Arts and Upbeat! by Musical Playhouse happening throughout from 11am to 5pm.
Dinner at Cafe Melba
We stayed at The Artground till it was about closing time before hubby came to meet us. We settled our dinner at Cafe Melba which is just located inside Goodman Arts Centre. Only the Mac & Cheese was nice. Rena dozed off in her chair as it was so windy and cooling. She also missed her usual afternoon nap.
@GoodmanArtsCenter
#GoodmanOpenHouse
XOXO
