On to the Next... and Meet The Team!

Wow, we've come to the end of Week Five, which means that we're moving into the next stage of rehearsals, turning up the heat with more intensive choreography sessions! Last Saturday we had our very first attempt at a full run-through of the songs, all 22 of them, in sequence, start to finish. I'm pleased to report that it wasn't a complete disaster, hahaha!!! ;)) No, I think our cast held up very well, though there's obviously more polishing work to be done over the next couple of months. But I think in the grander scheme of things, given how little time we've actually spent together as a company, they've come a long way.

As the cast moves into the next stage in their FTL journey, I thought this might be a nice time to introduce some of the key players involved in the show. Kicking off the list: the creative team!

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Nick Choo (Script, music, lyrics, musical arranger, musical director, 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.