Featuring: Michelle Quah, Nick Choo (piano), Llew Marsh, Christina Yap
The Actors Studio and Michelle Quah present STAGE! featuring the art of actor songs. Character, comedy, drama and ballad pieces to herald Michelle’s re-entry into public performance after a two-year absence.
Accompanied by award-winning pianist Nick Choo, and duetting with Cameronian Award adjudicator and winner Llew Marsh, Michelle returns, cooler, keener, sassier, than ever before.
Season kicks off 20 and 21 March 2009, 8.30pm at Actors Studio Greenhall, Penang.
Contact:
The Actors Studio Box Office, Greenhall, Penang.
Tel: 04-2635 400 / 012-4519 304 / 012-4040 139
Email:
greenhall@theactorsstudio.com.my
shebatdesilva@yahoo.co.uk
michellequahcl@yahoo.com
Entry by donation: RM15
Box Office opens from 3 March 2009
Tuesday–Friday: 11am–5pm;
Saturday: 11am – 3pm
More info on ‘Stage!’
http://michellequah.wordpress.com
The Performers:
Nick Choo
Nick is a journalist with a passion for composition and musical theatre, and has written and performed in numerous productions in Australia and Malaysia. Among them are original music and arrangements for A Christmas Carol at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (Dec 2008) for which he has been nominated for Best Music; two Shakespeare sonnets set to original music in Love & Beauty (K L Pac, Sept 2008); and a series of workshop performances fromThe Edge (K L Pac, July 2008), Nick’s original work. Michelle sings Now That You’re Here, from the Edge. Nick is also writer/composer of Follow the Light, an award-winning musical (Perth, Nov 2005). His songs have also been featured in 8TV’s 5Jingga. Visit Nick’s website at www.nick-choo.com.
Llew Marsh
Llew studied Accounting & Theatre Arts in Australia. His versatility is borne out in one who acts, dances, sings and plays the piano. the His stage credits include Souvenir, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Funny Thing Happened on The Way To The Forum, A Slice of Saturday Night, The Miser, Pygmalion, Romi & JooLee dll, Cinderella: A Rockin’ Panto, Scorpion Orchid, Carmina Burana, Faure’s Requiem, The Marriage of Figaro and Die Fledermaus. As producer, musical director and arranger, Llew has worked with the glitterati of the performing arts scene in the Klang Valley and is winner of the Boh Cameronian Arts Awards. Llew teaches Introduction & Intermediate Musical Theatre at K L Pac Academy as well as adjudicates on the musical theatre panel for the Cameronian Arts Awards.
Christina Yap
Christina trained in classical singing under renowned baritone Cha Seng Tiang. She started her singing career in the choir of the Philharmonic Society of Selangor, graduating from the chorus to supporting roles in Lyric Opera Malaysia’s production of The Merry Widow, in K L Pac’s Pygmalion and most recently in K L Pac’s Broken Bridges. She loves the classics, especially of the Baroque and Romantic eras but will happily sing pop and musical theatre.
Michelle Quah
Michelle graduated from Akademi Seni Kebangsaan, having been trained in classical singing under Malaysian baritone Cha Seng Tiang. During two stints of her residence in the US, she came under the tutelage of Sana Christian, who guided her in a crossover to jazz and musical theatre, then under Dr Charles Vail, she furthered her training in the classical genre which remains her first love. Michelle has appeared in public performances with The Kuala Lumpur Symphony Orchestra, and sung on stage in YTL-sponsored productions. In her most recent outing, she was lead actress in the musical Pygmalion.
NOTE:
STAGE! will return to TAS @ Greenhall with SERIES II in June.
