What does a residency in Singapore Repertory Theatre look like? Terrance answers this by sharing his reasons for joining SRT, his experience as a directing resident and the journey ever since completing it.

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A filmmaker, theatre director and writer, Terrance Tan graduated from Lasalle College of the Arts with a degree in Musical Theatre and is an alumnus of the Directing Residency at Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT).

Terrance is the co-founder of Bitesize Theatre Collective which aims to bring theatre to underprivileged communities in Singapore. His passion lies in exposing the socio-political power structures of society, questioning the nature of information and knowledge, and understanding mental health on stage.

What should you do if you've had an unsuccessful audition with one of Singapore's leading theatre companies?

We look to Gaurav Kripalani, Artistic Director of Singapore Repertory Theatre for answers.

Tune in and discoverer more about Gaurav's start with SRT, his current role and thoughts regarding his personal legacy with Singapore's theatre industry.

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Gaurav Kripalani

Gaurav is the artistic director of Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) and has produced over 100 plays during his 23-year history with the company. Under Gaurav’s artistic direction, SRT was the first Singaporean theatre company on Broadway in 1998. This was for Golden Child, which went on to earn three Tony Award nominations.

SRT has presented work by several renowned international artistes including Ninagawa, Complicite, Peter Brook, Yael Farber and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Gaurav also recognises the importance of education with SRT being one of the biggest commissioners and producers of children’s theatre in Southeast Asia.

Learn about Julie Wee’s experience with acting in Singapore. Julie shares with us her start as a tv child actor, achieving her goal of attending an acting school and advice to younger actors in the industry now.

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Julie Wee

Julie Wee trained as an actor at The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Drama School in Melbourne.

Julie has played Cassius in Julius Caesar, Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Miranda in The Tempest, Hero in Much Ado About Nothing and Bianca in Othello. Her other stage credits include W!LD RICE’s Hotel and Romeo and Juliet (Juliet); Checkpoint Theatre’s Normal, The Good The Bad and The Sholay and The Way We Go; Toy Factory’s To Kill A Mockingbird (Scout) and The Crucible (Elizabeth Proctor), Skinned Knee Productions’ The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband, Our Company’s The Car and Take Off Productions’ Mosaic.

Her TV credits include series roles in Moulmein High, Light Years and the internationally distributed production A Gurl’s Wurld. She also appeared in an episode of the Australian soap, Neighbours and was a scriptwriter for the Neptuno Films animation series Megaminimals.

Julie works as a host and as a professional voiceover artist who runs her own home studio. Companies that use her voice include Visa, SK-II, L’Oréal, Neutrogena and McDonald’s. Julie has worked as a part time DJ on Class95. You can check out Julie’s showreels on her YouTube Channel: JulieWeeVO.

Discover the contrasting starts these two actors had in the Arts Industry and their journey with SRT so far. Tia Guttensohn and Shane Mardjuki share the various ways they have sustained themselves whilst navigating this career path. Learn about their approach to Shakespearean text and the rehearsal process for their show — The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged).

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Shane Mardjuki

Shane is ecstatic to once again be treading the boards at KC Arts Centre, the home of SRT.

Some of his previous works with the company include The Office Party, The Pillowman and The Snow Queen. He has also been fortunate enough to appear in a number of SRT’s productions of Shakespeare in the Park. These include Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, The Tempest and Othello.

Tia Andrea Guttensohn

Tia is a multicultural actor, teacher, host, and co-founder of theatre collective, The Assembly Point. Being Singaporean and Austrian, and having grown up in Singapore, Switzerland and Hong Kong, everywhere and nowhere are home all at once.

Dr Geraldine Teo-Zuzarte: Director, English Curriculum & Policy, Early Childhood Development Department, NTUC First Campus & Centre Director, The Caterpillar's Cove Child Development and Study Centre.

Dr Lee Song Choon | Science Centre Singapore: Director (Life Sciences Group). Song Choon is a scientist by training and joined Science Centre Singapore in 2011 as Head of Life Sciences. Since 2017, he also oversees the management and operations of KidsSTOP™.

Grace Lee Khoo is the Founder of Access Path Productions, a disability-led arts company in Singapore. She obtained her MA in Applied Theatre from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (UK), BA in Theatre Studies from the National University of Singapore and Postgraduate Diploma in Education. She works internationally as a director, performer, dramaturg, researcher, educator and producer.

Wheelsmith is an award winning Singapore based Music Producer, Rapper, Beat maker and Storyteller. He is particularly drawn to rapping as “music allows me to be fearless and brazen”.

Gabriel Chan is a painter of light and sculptor of shadows. Recipient of the NAC Overseas Bursary, he graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with First Class Honours in Lighting Design.

Gabriel was awarded the Strand Lighting Scholarship, funding his training at the Metropolitan Opera (New York '09 Winter Opera Season). In 2019, he was conferred the Young Artist Award by NAC for his excellence and contribution to the performing arts.

Samuel Wilde is an emerging set, costume and puppetry designer, he was the 2016/17 Laboratory Set and Costume Designer at Nuffield Theatres, Southampton and trained in Theatre Design at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School graduating with an MA in 2015.

Samuel is an associate Lecturer at Derby University and studied Drama Studies at Winchester University.

Daniel Slater has worked for the last two decades as a freelance international opera and theatre director. Theatre productions with SRT include The Life Span of a Fact and Romeo & Juliet for Shakespeare in the Park.

During the podcast we talk about growing up surrounded by theatre, career decisions, RNLI life boating duties (true story) and how Daniel was influenced by family and industry peers. Plus, he shares some fantastic insights into his rehearsal room and directing processes for A Life Span of a Fact and beyond.

Jemma Gross is a theatre and film director and co-founder, with Rachel Barnett-Jones, of the children’s theatre company — Fly High Stories.

Fly High Stories creates accessible theatre to captivate children and their grown-ups. Their first show, Fly High, will be touring the UK from September 2020.