I'm still learning and growing, so my approach changes with each production. Each production is an opportunity to bring out different strengths and possibilities in the team and I want everyone to feel a sense of ownership with the production. In recent years, I've been trying to incorporate game time as part of the rehearsal process—it really sets up the process for play and most importantly fun and laughter! 

My lecturers at LASALLE, especially Stefanos Rassios who I assisted on a couple of productions, nudged me into it. After graduation, I went to work at Nine Years Theatre where I assisted Nelson Chia on a couple of productions. Nelson taught me about the discipline and craft in directing. Both of them gave me a lot of advice on being a director and believed in me. I took a leap of faith and joined the residency programme at Singapore Repertory Theatre for two years, which was a great training ground. Along the way, there were many industry people and peers who supported and worked with me, and that is really encouraging as an aspiring director, so I just kept going. 

It's gotta be Mcbeat and the Lil' Shake Crew: Reimagining Shakespeare through Rap, with Patch and Punnet.  I love rap, having fun and making something together with friends, and everything about that show was just that. We were just a bunch of people having fun and rapping in a room for weeks.

I occasionally write, produce, and most recently, rapped!

“I'm looking forward to seeing what the younger collectives are coming up with. They have lots of fantastic ideas up their sleeves.”

I'd also like to see more theatre works in non-conventional performance spaces, more multidisciplinary theatre productions, and more unlikely collaborations.