My improv needed to be rock solid as well, because you can prepare only so much.” “It proved to be a tremendous undertaking because the character is larger than life, eccentric yet biting all at once. Instagram personality Hafidz said Teater Ekamatra wanted him to tap his social media personality for his character. The nominees for the best acting chops go to.įour actors will vie for Best Actor in this year’s ST Life Theatre Awards, with two nominations – Oliver Chong in Every Brilliant Thing and Neo Hai Bin in Being – going to actors who impressed in their one-man plays. The category of Best Digital Presentation, introduced during the pandemic, has been stopped as productions return to the stage. The awards recognise the best productions in 10 categories: Production of the Year, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Costume, Best Lighting, Best Sound, Best Set, Best Ensemble and Best Original Script. The ST Life Theatre Awards is organised by Life, the lifestyle, arts and entertainment section of ST. Ubin, Drama Box’s four-hour theatre experience on Pulau Ubin, will contest in two categories, as will The Finger Players’ Every Brilliant Thing, Oliver Chong’s Chinese translation of Duncan Macmillan’s 2015 Edinburgh Festival hit and Wei Collective & Collaborators’ escapist one-man show, Being. Other plays which earned four nominations are Nine Years Theatre’s family dramedy Between You And Me, staged during the Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts Wild Rice’s climate play Pulau Ujong, written by Alfian Sa’at and Pangdemonium’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. “It demonstrates the importance of theatre and the responsibility we have as theatre-makers to tackle the tough subjects, to bring an audience together to participate in a shared, unrepeatable event.” Jenkins said he has received more personal messages from audience members thanking him for telling this story than any other play he has been involved in. “It is such an important story to tell and so relevant in our post-Covid-19 existence when the need for mental health awareness and self-care has become so important.” Jenkins, who is an acting veteran but a relatively new director, said: “I am incredibly proud of our production and all the hard work that went into creating it, and to have that recognised is an absolute joy. Then it was a matter of weaving all these stories together and creating authentic characters to give voice to them.” “I embarked on a two-year research process of talking to parents, individuals in parenting groups, infant-feeding support groups, fertility support groups and healthcare professionals. The Fourth Trimester’s playwright Ng, who has been nominated twice before, said: “The heart of the play resonated with audiences – that it’s okay not to have all the answers, and what it means to make the right choices for yourself despite societal expectations.
SRT’s The Almighty Sometimes, a staging of Australian playwright Kendall Feaver’s impressive script on how the relationship between a daughter and mother is affected by bipolar disorder, earned nominations for Production Of The Year, Best Director for Daniel Jenkins and Best Set for Eucien Chia.Īrielle Jasmine Van Zuijlen, 20, in her first major role as Anna the daughter, is also a strong front runner in the Best Actress category, leaving a lasting impression on judges with her range and emotional stamina. Hot on the heels of Bangsawan Gemala Malam and Tartuffe in the nomination stakes are two domestic dramas that were less fantastical but no less well-staged.Ĭheckpoint Theatre’s portrait of parenthood and marriage, The Fourth Trimester, and Singapore Repertory Theatre’s (SRT) exploration of mental health, The Almighty Sometimes, each received nominations in four categories. Other than Life’s Ms Ong and Ms Ho, it comprised former arts correspondent Toh Wen Li as well as current Life writers Benson Ang, Clement Yong, Charmaine Lim and Shawn Hoo. “It was a thrill I’ll never forget – experiencing a packed house howling with laughter in one moment, and gasping in shock the next.”Īfter nearly three years of disruptions due to Covid-19, 2022 was the year of revenge arts programming and there was much for the Life judging panel to chew on. “It was meaningful that our French community loved the adaptation and said it was very much in keeping with the spirit of Moliere’s original masterpiece,” he added.
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