NICK CHOO (Script, music, lyrics, musical director, musical arranger, executive producer)Nick’s music has been featured in stage and TV productions locally and abroad, including productions in Perth, Western Australia, where he studied. His work on A Christmas Carol (Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, December 2008) earned him a nomination for Best Music (Theatre) at the 2009 Boh Cameronian Arts Awards. Most recently, his ten-minute piece Little Girl Lost won four awards in Short+Sweet Musical 2010 for Best Libretto, Best Composition, People's Choice and Best Overall Production. Other credits include a workshop run of his musical The Edge at KLPac in July 2008; and songs featured in Love & Beauty: The Sonnets of William Shakespeare (KLPac, Sept 2008), and the 8TV series 5Jingga (Aug 2007).
COLIN KIRTON (Director, executive producer) Colin is a veteran of stage and screen whose recent credits include P Ramlee The Musical, and the critically acclaimed play Crazy Little Thing Called Love, which he created, produced and directed, and which won Best Group Performance (Theatre) in the 2009 Boh Cameronian Arts Awards. He was nominated for Best Vocal Performance (Solo) at the 2007 Boh Cameronian Arts Awards for his leading role in KLPac’s 2006 production of Broken Bridges: The Musical. His TV credits include a lead role on 8TV’s hit series Ghost (Season 2), and a supporting role in ntv7’s Mandarin blockbuster period drama Age of Glory 2.
JUDIMAR HERNANDEZ (Choreographer) Judimar taught modern and contemporary dance at Akademi Seni Kebangsaan for three years until 2000, and continues to teach at the Actors Studio Academy and RiverGrass Dance Theatre Academy. She was also Artistic Director and co-founder of Shakti Dances, and is Head of Choreography and Performance Network for the MyDance Alliance. She has performed in international dance festivals in Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Germany, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia. Judimar won a Boh Cameronian Arts Award in 2003 for Best Group Ensemble (Dance) as part of the ensemble in Curfew!, and was also nominated the same year for Best Solo Performer (Dance) for Refugio and Best Choreographer for Curfew!. Judimar was also a judge on both seasons of 8TV’s Malaysian version of So You Think You Can Dance.
DOMINIQUE DEVORSINE (Costume designer)
Dominique is one of the most sought-after costume designers in Malaysian theatre. Her résumé includes design work for many of the top theatre and dance companies, which has resulted in many nominations and three wins for Best Costume Design at the Boh Cameronian Arts Awards: for Sumunda’s Five Letters from an Eastern Empire in 2005, and most recently a double-win for KLPac’s Ismail – The Last Days (musical) and Pentasproject’s Animal Farm (theatre) at the 2009 awards.
FANG CHYI (Set designer)
Art director by day, performer by night. Fang Chyi was a core member of LiT Performers and has performed with the PLC Vocal Ensemble in New England, Australia. She was also the soloist for the New England T.A.S. production of Jesus Christ Superstar and came in 2nd in the N.S.W. Eisteddford Jazz Vocal [Open] Category. Having art directed more than half a dozen commercials, a short film, a music video and a couple of plays, this Newcastle University graphics major graduate pledges her passion for the performing arts. Fang Chyi has garnered nominations in the Boh Cameronian Arts Awards for the vocal performance and set design categories.
EE CHEE WEI (Lighting designer)
Chee Wei is a multi-award nominated lighting designer, with five nominations and two wins at the Boh Cameronian Arts Awards in the past two years, winning for Cuckoo Birds (theatre) and Prince Siddharta The Musical (musical theatre) in 2009. His other credits include Puteri Gunung Ledang The Musical (as Associate Lighting Designer for two seasons), Hero, Jewel of Tibet, and Cuci The Musical, as well as being the regular lighting designer for all shows by Gardner & Wife Theatre, which include international productions from US, UK, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan.LINA HASBULLAH (Stage Manager)
Lina is a full-time freelancer in entertainment management. She began in events management in 2001, and by 2008 had stage-managed 22 shows before moving on to film management. She has just completed the production management of Hanyut – The Movie, directed U-Wei Bin Haji Saari. She was the stage manager for The Homecoming, Broken Bridges, The Tell-Tale Heart and The Fastest Clock in the Universe (all at KLPac). Follow The Light is her first stage production after taking a two years’ sabbatical from the theatre industry.
