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Krish Natarajan
Divising | Directing | Playwriting
Krish Natarajan is a theatre practitioner, actor and the artistic director of theatre collective Patch and Punnet and theatrical agency Strawberries Inc. Upon graduating from LASALLE College of the Arts in 2019 with first-class honours in BA Acting, he performed in SRT’s The Sound Inside (2021), Wild Rice’s Pulau Ujong (2022) and National Day Charade (2024), Checkpoint’s Brown Boys Don’t Tell Jokes (2023) and Secondary: The Musical (2024) and Shakespeare in the Park: A Midsummer Nights Dreams (2023). He also directed and co-wrote Patch and Punnet’s Stupid Cupid (2018), The Adventures of Abhijeet (2019) and, Fika and Fishy (2020).
He also works with multiple partners and venues to produce, write and direct immersive theatrical experiences with Strawberries Inc, such as Fever Originals’ Murder Mystery: A Novel Homicide(2023), Sis Where’s My Car (2023) for The Peranakan Museum, The Streets Alive Tour (2020) with Changi Recommends, The Secret Life of Haw Par Villa (2022) a sold-out theatrical walking tour set in Haw Par Villa, Crack The Case: Mind Hunter (2023) and and most recently, Crack The Case: Backstage Betrayal (2024) produced by Sightlines Co.
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Lian Sutton
Stage Combat | Movement
Tan Guo Lian Sutton is a graduate of the BA (Hons) Acting program at LASALLE College of the Arts. He was a recipient of Best Supporting Actor for his role in ‘Electra’ at the 2017 Life! Theatre Awards, and is currently a core member of theatre collective; Dark Matter Theatrics and Co-Artistic Director of Nusantara Theatrics. In 2019, Lian completed his Masters in Arts Pedagogy and Practice where he researched the pre-performance rituals of professional actors in Singapore. As a trained martial artist from an early age, Lian constantly seeks to merge his talents to tell stories in varied and engaging ways. Selected theatre credits include ‘Temple’, and ‘Electra’ directed by Natalie Hennedige, ‘2 Houses’ by Lim Yu Beng, ‘Acting Mad’ directed by Haresh and Sharma, and ‘Those who can’t, teach’ directed by Alvin Tan.
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Rachel Nip
Movement
Rachel is a performer, choreographer and teaching artist in dance and theatre. She co-founded “Hello, How Do You Move?” an artist collective with Ameezy, a Deaf artist, creating projects inspired by Deaf culture including “Tell-Tale Signs” (ART:DIS), "KINetic", a VR dance with The Doodle People and currently developing two new Theatre For Young Audiences works “Watch Me, Watch You” (The Artground) and “What Was That?!” (Esplanade's PLAYlab) in Singapore Sign Language and English. She is a teaching artist at Singapore Theatre Company (STC) in the Wolf Trap programme and the Accelerate Access programme. As an educator, she believes in the power of the arts to give joy, transform perspectives and build communities.
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John Cancio
Stage Improvisation | Devising
Jon has over a decade of experience in the performing arts, as an actor, director, writer, and improvisor. He believes that with a li:le bit of crea;vity, a sense of play, and good teamwork anything is possible. It is a philosophy he has passed on to thousands of students, who have learned to be more spontaneous, be:er listeners, and more suppor;ve partners. Jon has conducted workshops for clients including Grab, Singtel, Singapore Theatre Company, and Health Promotion Board Singapore. Selected theatre credits: TwelGh Night (Singapore Repertory Theatre), Watching (Toy Factory), Understanding Shakespeare: the Merchant of Venice (Sightlines), and Trouble Came (Brango). Selected screen credits: Girl Band Called Girl Band, The Benzi Project, and Uncanny Valley. He's been featured in ads for companies such as: Pizza Hut, Chope, and Guinness.
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Auderia Tan
Puppetry
Auderia is a bilingual theatre practitioner who performs, writes, and facilitates drama programmes for various communities. She is passionate about puppetry, applied theatre, and physical theatre, and believes that theatre is the ideal medium for creating socially engaged art. She is a maker and puppeteer under the guidance of The Finger Players and Paper Monkey Theatre.
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