April 2, 2024
Interactions with the world of theatre in Singapore.
Signed up for a course of study, at National University of Singapore. “GEK1055: The Theatre Experience”. (2014). Conducted by Paul Alexander Rae.
watched a play. “The House of Bernarda Alba.” (Produced by Wild Rice). 2014 . Location: Drama Centre, National Library Board Building.
Acted in a short film, with Wong Souk Yee , and Jason Soo . 2014.
Experienced Recess Time , by The Theatre Practice. 2019. Location: 58 Waterloo Street, Singapore.
Watched a recording of an opera. “Faust”. (Produced by Royal Opera House in the United Kingdom). 2019
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March 28, 2024
This list is not exhaustive.
Kitchen Staff
Qian Ling, full-time
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March 28, 2024
the practice script was “Come in, Nielsen.”
the actors were L and H.
Darren observed their performance once, and then told them to perform again, but with a game in mind – an actor's game. L's goal is to get H to look at her for more than three seconds. H's goal is to give L as little eye-contact as possible.
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March 27, 2024
“It is better to be a glorious failure than a mediocre success.”
Mediocre success hinders you from tasting glorious success. (Editor's note: Darren attributes this quote to the late playwright, Kuo Pao Kun)
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March 27, 2024
terminology from Darren
“invisible body”: What an actor does off-stage, which helps in his performance on-stage. Eg. Tai-chi, amateur boxing, basketball, soccer, marathon-running, stamina-training.
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March 26, 2024
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March 21, 2024
Acted with Ariel using a practice-script, titled “Come in, Nielsen”.
As things turned out, our scene became a confrontation between two hostile criminals.
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March 19, 2024
A new classmate made his entrance today: Joao (pronounced somewhat like Jo-el), a youthful-looking man from Portugal.
He had missed the previous two classes due to a business trip – or so he claims – but he seemed to catch up quite quickly.
Today's exercise: intercostal diaphrammatic breathing.
Lie down and breathe in. Notice how your belly rises.
Now sit up and breathe in. Notice how your shoulders hunch up.
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March 14, 2024
Two new classmates: Kester and Karis.
Kester brought his young son to class because there was nobody else to take care of his son.
Karis has a day-time job that involves sitting at a computer,
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March 12, 2024
New game: Zip, Zap, Zoom. New rules. Everybody knew nothing about the game except our coach/teacher. But we managed to get a nice rhythm going, eventually. I feel proud of myself. I realised that I'm not incompetent, I just need some guidance and practice.
Exercise for the diaphragm:
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