When the opportunity to be a part of this project arose, there was no question about taking it up. Janice really wanted to act in a play and 'Medea' is her first production. As time progresses, she gets more and more excited - she can't wait for the actual staging of the play on July 18 and 19! It's what she likes best about Theatre: being uncertain about how it'll turn out but going up there anyway and totally immersing ourselves in the play, as though the world in it and its characters are all we've ever known and felt. Come join us!

When Isaac was a very young boy, he joined the drama club with one ambition: to act as a brash, uncouth gangster. When his wish was fulfilled 8 years later, he realised he /really/ sucked at that. (But it was okay, for he had much fun in the 8 years acting as a seagull, cancer patient, bisexual father, gay adulterer and spaghetti-strap-bareback-dress-wearing female model. And more.) Indeed, he would like to think of his whole theatre experience as (no, not queer) “unique”, and the desire to keep adding to the “unique” experiences makes him just keep coming back for more.

‘To be or not to be’ was the question in Feroz’s head when he thought of being in the theatre field. He made a choice and landed in Singapore Polytechnic’s Theatre Compass. He has realised that theatre is not a page in the book of life but is instead, the publisher of that book. He has performed in plays such as ‘Army Daze’, Christmas shows and many more. And he’s not getting tired of it. For him, theatre is everywhere; even a small ant can be a theatre practitioner. (Who knows, they might be doing their own productions as he speaks.) Medea’s awesome script, fabulous characters and the history behind it made him ask for more. What he feels about the play is that, ‘Every Woman Has Her Rights and Lefts’.

Being a part of the play has been a wonderful experience for Feroz. He would like to thank the director, the production crew and his fellow cast members for making him a king. LOL.

Shawn was first introduced to theatre in 2003, when he joined the drama club in his school, Raffles Players. His first role was "Dustman 4" in Us and Them by David Campton, an ensemble play. Since his initiation into theatre, (and after experiencing his first post-production-blues), Shawn has been actively and passionately involved in theatre - having attempted acting, script-writing, directing... to varying degrees of success. Nonetheless what keeps him going is the refreshing experience that each production provides. Over the years he is filled with fond memories of working with different groups of people who had impacted him in different ways. Each production had a unique character and each theatrical endeavour had also been an introspective journey of self-discovery.

After a frantic phone call from a cast-member on a lazy sunday morning, Chermaine was roped in to join the talented cast and crew of Medea. With little experience with tragedies, and none with Greeks, this artistic journey promises to be both gripping and incredible. She looks forward to working with friends, more fretting than strutting, and another moment of being a magical someone else.

From the technicality of lights, set and sound, to the philosophical insight of acting and even to the brutally honest frictions created among the team, the complexity of theatre never ceases to amaze me. We each walk in different pairs of shoes, bearing burdens of different loads and reasons. But we’re here, merged, for one reason: to tell a story. Every same play staged, tells a similar story but every production team that stages the same play, never quite tells it the same way. Our story will never be yours.

The art of theatre has always been a great passion of Yilun’s. Having performed in productions ranging from musicals to plays such as David Campton’s “Caged Birds” and Samuel Beckett’s “Not I”, Yilun definitely feels more than glad to be able to hit the stage once more! Currently waiting for university, Yilun is happy to be able to spend her time meaningfully by participating in this production with her lovely friends. Having past experiences in physical theatre, she feels that movements speak more eloquently than words and is all excited to try it out again. She hopes that you will enjoy this play as much as she does performing in it!

Nuraini recalls the real reason why she even ventured into Drama in Secondary School. It was the charming boy on the guitar during orientation that drew her in and this incident developed her newborn passion for theatre. Very unprofessional though that may sound, never once has she regretted her initial theatrical venture. She’s been a greedy witch, a bitter granny, a bimbotic diva and a snobbish actress over the last 6 years, all the while nursing her love for drama as she played these parts. She even feared leaving her recent stage at Singapore Polytechnic’s Theatre Compass because she did not want to meet a dead end and stunt her passion. However, Medea proved her wrong. Her involvement in this play thrills her immensely as it is a student production, and one with heavy characters.

In spite of her inclination toward the dramatic, Rachel has not always been involved in theatre but has immensely enjoyed her time spent with it and never looked back or regretted going over to the dark side where blackboxes are. Rachel is very grateful for the opportunity to be in this production even after her A level exams, and really hopes that everyone who has taken time to come down will immensely enjoy the show!

‘How does he get that expression?’
‘What a beautiful dress!’
‘Where did they get that set from?’

Ila has never stopped asked herself these questions since young, whenever she watches a performance on stage. The energy that the actors sustain throughout the whole performance and the crew’s effort to make the production a success, has never failed to awe her. It was when she joined SP's Theatre Compass doing makeup & costumes, stage managing as well as acting, that most of these questions were answered and her appreciation for theatre grew.

Upon graduation, she found out that this production of Medea heavily involved physicality, something she’d always wanted to experience. So, she grabbed the opportunity and ended up as one of the Corinthian women in the play!

Julie is one that learns from experience. She learnt that being Thumbelina doesn’t mean that she has to be thumb-sized. Being involved in theatre since young has shaped her into various characters. Not only that, it has given her the opportunity to be someone else, to realize, to feel and experience a whole spectrum of emotions that not every average normal human being is able to feel. Being in theatre has helped her to explore the dark & gruesome side of life and the polar-ends of human behaviour. Medea is the first theatrical experience that she is involved in that is not school- related (ie SYF). So this will be a refreshing new experience for her, being involved in a Greek production with a whole new cast from all walks of life.

Esther joined this production because she wanted to gain more experience in theater and performing. She is really passionate about performing but realises that opportunities don’t come by easily, considering the demand for local arts may not be as big as other countries. Therefore she would jump at the chance to be involved in a production! And Medea was her chance!

She has had some experience in the performing arts, specifically in musicals and music performances. She must say that every one of those experiences has been extremely invigorating. When an actor acts as someone else, there is always something in the character which the actor can relate to. When the actor relates to that and reacts to that on stage, and just lets everything go, his emotions, his thoughts, and everything that is bottled up inside, is released, in a cleansing and purifying manner.

Medea, being an intensely striking Greek tragedy that pulsates with emotions wrought to the extreme, undoubtedly sparked off my interest in auditioning to be part of the cast. Not having received exposure to Greek plays in my years of drama experience since Secondary school, it was interesting especially to learn the mythical backgrounds of Ancient Greek mythology, which certainly proved to be intriguing. In dedicating both time and effort to this production, I certainly hope to gain more exposure in theatre by being involved in both acting and production, as well as to allow the audience to take back with them the experience of a Greek tragedy that is bursting with emotions, thereby sharing with them the aesthetics of the play.