Fashion
First Winner At Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Woman in a Tree on a Hill, a 1991 play written by Ovidia Yu and directed by Ivan Heng, was the fi rst Singapore play to win the Fringe First Award in 1993 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Most Popular Play Longest-Running Musical
The longest-running and most travelled musi- cal is Chang and Eng (1997), produced by Ac- tion Theatre with music composed by Ken Low. Since its premiere, it has done four local runs. The musical has been to Malaysia, Thailand, and China. It was the fi rst English-language musical to be staged in China.
Stella Kon’s Emily of Emerald Hill (1984) is the most frequently produced Singapore play. It has been performed 98 times and has also travelled widely. In 1986, it was the fi rst English-language theatre production from Singapore to be featured at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
First R(A) Mandarin Stage Play
The fi rst R(A) play in Mandarin was Another Tribe in 1992. Written by Otto Fong, local playwright, cartoonist and science teacher at Raffl es Institution, it was staged by Dram- abox and featured a homosexual theme.
First R(A) Tamil Play
Vibathu (Accident), a local R(A) play, was staged at the Substation on 10 Oct 1993. Some people walked out during the show due to its obscene language and depictions of incest.
First Local Western-Style Opera
Bunga Mawar (The Rose), is about Peranakan culture and produced by Singapore Lyric Opera in 1997. It is Singapore’s fi rst locally produced English language opera. The music was scored by Leong Yoon Pin, and the lyrics were written by Prof Edwin Thumboo.
First Professional Children’s Theatre Company
Act 3 was founded in 1984 by Ruby Lim-Yang, R Chandran and Jasmin Samat Simon. It is one of Singapore’s most established names in children’s theatre.
Longest Performing Female
Oldest Theatre Company
The Stage Club is Singapore’s oldest surviving theatre company. Founded in 1945, it is an amateur membership club, which stages about fi ve productions annually.
Impersonator
Stage veteran Francis Hogan, 73, a Peranakan wayang female impersonator, has a 48 cm waist, weighs 40 kg and is only 1.4m tall. He started his career debut starring in his own play, Nasib Anak Tiri (Fate of a Step-Child) as the step-daughter in the late 1950s.
First 5D Show Hello Music Land introduced audiences
to a combined cinema and live musical stage show. It was presented via the LICKs 5D format (Live Interactive Cinema for Kids) for two weeks from 24 May 2007. LICKs 5D combines 3D interactive cinema animation, a live musical stage show (4D) and an audience interaction with the stage and screen (5D).
First West End Star
Glen Goei is the fi rst Singaporean actor to receive star billing at London’s West End. He starred as a transvestite Chinese diva-cum-communist spy in the hit musical, Madame Butterfl y, from Apr 1988 to Oct 1989. Goei won the Laurence Olivier Best Newcomer nomination for his role. He went on to start London’s fi rst and only Chinese theatre group, Mu-Lan Theatre Company.
First R(A) Play
Chin Woon Ping’s Details Cannot Body Wants was the fi rst Singapore play to receive a Restricted (Artistic) rating, granting admission to viewers above 18 years of age. It was one of two plays staged in the double-bill Renewable Women by the NUS Society and was fi rst performed at the Substation on 12 Sep 1992.
Designer With Largest Portfolio Of Celebrities
Andrew Gn went to Paris in 1992 and has become a successful fashion designer. After being French couture house Perre Balmain’s fi rst Asian artistic director in 1998, he left to strike out on his own. The women who wear his creations include actresses Sarah Jessica Parker, Calista Flockhart, Nicole Kidman, Princess Marie- Chantal of Greece and cosmetics heiress Aerin Lauder.
Largest Fashion Festival
The Audi Fashion Festival featured interna- tional designers like DSquared and Roberto Cavalli, who showcased their collections to the growing Asian market. It had a total of 15 fashion shows and more than 7,000 guests at the Tent@Orchard from 28 Apr to 2 May 2010.
Judge Of Most-Watched Fashion Show
Ashley Isham was invited by Tyra Banks to be a guest judge in the fi fth season of America’s Next Top Model, aired to a worldwide audience in 2005. Isham set up his own label in 2000 after studying at the London College of Fash- ion, Central St Martin’s and Middlesex University. His style is sophisticated, concentrating on sharp tailoring and fl uid draping. His boutique aQuaint in Conduit Street is the fl agship for his collections.
Youngest Artistic Director
The youngest artistic director of a full-time theatre company is Benny Lim. At 21, he founded The Fun Stage in 2001.
Most Expensive Dress In A Local Movie
Fann Wong wore a Francis Cheong- designed outfi t while performing a dance with Korean actor Jyang Hyuk in the movie Dance of the Dragon, a production by Easternlight Films, shot and produced in Singapore. The silk dress was encrusted with 97 diamonds totalling 12.8 carats, sponsored by Soo Kee Jewellery, and 8,000 crystals.
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