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 JOHN FAULKNER - SCHOOL DIRECTOR
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John Faulkner’s professional theatre career started in the early 70s when he graduated from the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. His British Actor’s Equity name is Richard Denning.
He has worked as an actor, singer, director and producer on over three hundred professional productions in some twenty countries. |
In London’s West End he appeared in The Good Companions at Her Majesty’s; Dandy Dick with Alastair Sim at The Garrick Theatre; Oh Mr Porter! at The Mermaid; The Mousetrap; The Seagull at the Duke of Yorks with Alan Bates; The Gay Lord Quex directed by Sir John Gielgud; Me and My Girl at The Adelphi; Stepping Out, also at The Duke of Yorks and Illuminations at the Lyric Hammersmith with Paul Eddington and in the Royal National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre production of John Lahr’s revue based on the life of playwright Joe Orton “Diary of a Nobody”
Recital work includes performances in London and the USA with the late Princess Grace of Monaco and Dame Judi Dench and he has performed his cabaret act at Claridges Hotel, The Ritz and The Dorchester.
In Singapore he co-founded, with Brother Joseph McNally, the LaSalle/SIA School of Drama.
John and his wife, Cecilia, produce plays with their own company, the British Theatre Playhouse. This Singapore-based company stages British plays in hotels and theatres in the region and they will shortly be presenting their tenth production.
JORDAN WEI - MUSIC DIRECTOR
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Jordan Wei is a well-known jazz/pop/gospel pianist in Singapore whose family lineage includes other prominent musicians such as Goh Soon Tioe, Vivien Goh and Tonni Wei.
After beginning classical piano lessons at 5 years old, he started performing at various events by the age of 13. He fell in love with jazz music during his teenage years and this led him to pursue music as a career. As a multi-instrumentalist, Jordan also composes and arranges frequently. His work “Axiomatic” was featured in the 2004 Singapore Armed Forces Band chamber concert and he also composes and arranges for home grown Summertimes Big Band from time to time.
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| Jordan has played piano for many people; some famous ones include JJ Lin, Elva Hsiao, Ah Xing from Mayday, Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra and The Lion King Musical. He recently graduated from Middlesex University in 2009 with a Masters Degree in Jazz Performance and is currently performing, composing, arranging and teaching internationally |
ERICH EDRALIN - CHOREOGRAPHER STAGE/
VIDEO DIRECTOR GX INSTRUCTOR
Coming from a clan of Opera Singers, Generals, Admirals, Senators, Governors and one Philippine President, Erich Edralin, as a performer, has appeared in musicals such as The Wiz, The Man From La Mancha, Barefoot In The Park, and West Side Story. He has represented his country twice in the ASEAN Song and Dance Festival.
As choreographer and stage director, he is recognized as a pioneer in the pop concert scene and breakthrough television programs in his country. His company, Adrenalin Inc., was one of the most sought after think-tanks in the Philippines, and as a result, Erich was given the Aliw award for his work in television. He has also directly worked with international luminaries such as Leah Salonga, Dayanara Torres and Ricky Martin.
In Singapore, Collaboration with Directors Ivan Heng, Glenn Goie, Jonathan Lim and Selena Tan to name a few, Erich has choreographed for the Wild Rice Productions of “Cinderel-Lah” and “Oi! Sleeping Beauty”, Toy Factory’s “Spring Singing.” He has also choreographed and performed for “Bibiks Goes To Broadway”, “The Revenge of the Dimsum Dollies” and “The Dimsum Dollies: Singapore’s Most Wanted.” At the first Singapore Theater Festival, he choreographed the play “Salsa! Salsa! Salsa!” He then choreographed the Broadway musical, "Little Shop Of Horrors" for Dream Academy and Wild Rice’s “Jack and the Bean Sprout.” His recent works as choreographer to date is the sold-out hits, “The Dimsum Dollies: The History Of Singapore.” and “Kumar, The Queen”. He has also choreographed and stage directed the very first Miss Earth-Singapore in 2007. In 2009, he then choreographed the Singaporean musical, “Sing Dollar!”, once again for Selena Tan’s Dream Academy.
Presently, he is the Executive Director of Dance Consultants Pte Ltd, Adrenalin Fitness and Dance and Dance Circle Studios. He is a part-time lecturer for Jazz-Dance and Song/Dance Production at the Musical Theatre Department of La Salle SIA College of the Arts.
On top of that, Erich is a Classical Spanish Dance and Flamenco choreographer/performer for the Rose Borromeo Spanish Dance Company where he trained under Adrian Sanchez and Maria Carmen Guererro at Carmen De Las Cuevas in Granada, Spain.
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