Family & Life Magazine Issue 6 | Page 29

EVENTS WH? T’S ULTIMATE PLAY Reckon your family has what it takes to rule the roost? Prove it at Ultimate Play, a family challenge organised by NTUC’s Family Development Unit! An event involving the whole family, Ultimate Play is an obstacle course of sorts consisting of seven ultimate family stations. The top three families will then advance to the final level, where they will compete for attractive prizes worth over S$1,000! HAPPENING PETER PAN Fly away to Neverland with Peter Pan this March and discover a world filled with adventure, danger and…flying! The eponymous character is played by the talented Cathie Rigby, a former Olympic gymnast and Tony Award nominee, and her performance as the Boy Who Never Grows Old has been lauded the world over. A critic from the Chicago Sun Times even describes Cathie’s performance as “sensational…, flying high in green tights and tunic”. Discover the magic and spectacle of this Emmy award winning production for the first time in Singapore and bring the whole family along for a magical journey that we are sure will both confound and astound in equal measures. We’re sure you and your children will leave the theatre with your jaws dragging along the floor and your imaginations, rekindled and fired up! When: From 19 March 2014 Where: MasterCard Theatre, Marina Bay Sands Price: From S$55 excluding S$3 booking fee per ticket. Performances times differ each day. To purchase tickets or find out more information about the production, head on over to www.marinabaysands.com. So, put on your running shoes, stretch those muscles and compete with other families to emerge as the Ultimate Champion. If dodging obstacles and sprinting your way to the finish line is not your thing, there are still a host of fun activities such as challenge booths and even a mass Zumba workout for the whole family. When: 22 March 2014 Where: Angsana Green @ East Coast Park Price: Team registration costs S$20 for NTUC members and S$40 for the public. Each team must have between three and five participants. Registration for the Ultimate Play challenge ends on 8 March 2014. Visit www.ufamily.org.sg/ ultimate for more information. ACE! FESTIVAL 2014 Conceived in 2009 with the aim of celebrating, promoting, inspiring and stimulating creativity and artistry in children, the ACE! Festival is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year with a colourful collection of productions, workshops and activities for the young and the young at heart. This year, the theme of ACE! Festival 2014 is “Long Ago and Far Away”, and in line with this, the folks at I Theatre have arranged five productions – Puss in Boots, Spot the Difference, Starbird, Under the Dragon Moon and Dotty the Dragon – as well as a host of workshops and fringe events. We are personally excited about the story-telling sessions conducted by renowned international storyteller, Sheila Wee, in collaboration with the National Library Board! It’s always great to hear timeless stories come to life with the magical voice of Sheila. With so many plays and activities lined up, we highly recommend that you purchase the ACE! Magic Passport, which gives you massive discounts if you decide to attend more than just one production. When: 21 May 2014 to 8 June 2014 Where: Drama Centre Theatre and Black Box Theatre Price: From S$27 for an early bird single ticket to S$120 for a family package of 5. The early bird promotion is ongoing from now until 8 April 2014. For more information about ticket prices, schedules and further discounts, head on over to www.sistic.com.sg. UNEARTH/ED Introduce your children to a slice of nature rarely seen in the urban landscape of Singapore city in UNEARTH/ED, a new exhibition by the Singapore Art Museum. Drawing on works from the Museum’s permanent collection and a few private collections, the exhibition offers an insight on how artists in Singapore view and respond to the natural world, especially seeing how almost all of us have been brought up in such a built-up environment. Dispense with your notions of Singapore being a carefully cultivated Garden City and be