ABOUT SHANNEN TAN

Shannen Tan is an actor and a fresh Psychology & Theatre Studies graduate from NUS. Incidentally, her thesis is on the psychology of acting.

Her recent acting and stage credits include: Web of Deceit by Paper Monkey Theatre, Caught by Singapore Repertory Theatre, Anything Can Happen / Something Must Happen by Wild Rice, The Old Woman and the Ox by Second Breakfast Company, Toy Factory Productions’ The Wright Stuff: A Piece of Cake and M1 Fringe Festival’s Pretty Butch by Tan Liting.

Whilst in school, she worked under theatre practitioners Peter Sau, Felipe Cervera and Natalie Hennedige as an actor. As an aspiring multi-hyphenate, she studied playwriting under Faith Ng and presented her first script at Dark Matter Theatrics’ Eat My Shorts during Singapore Night Festival 2017. In 2018, she was an access support worker for Peter Sau’s Project Tandem and Front-of-House Manager for And Suddenly I Disappear…The Singapore ‘d’ Monologues directed by Philip Zarilli. She became a creative mentor and director to Project Tandem: Making a Stand - the very first local disability-led theatre project in Singapore.

Apart from theatre, she makes various appearances in films and music videos. She also believes in continuous training and is currently in the 5th cohort of young & wild under the tutelage of Edith Podesta. To supplement her knowledge about bodies and movement, she was recently certified by American Council on Exercise as a Personal Trainer.

See Her Work

TRAINING HISTORY

COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS TRAINING

COURSES COMPLETED

Phonetics Intensive with Simon Masterson and Linda Nicholls-Gidley (Knight-Thompson Speechwork)
Experiencing Speech with Simon Masterson and Linda Nicholls-Gidley (Knight-Thompson Speechwork)
Young and Wild (Edith Podesta - Viewpoints, Laban, Devising, Voice work)
Puppet Making Course (Beng Tian from The Finger Players)
Introduction to Physical Theatre (Yazid Jalil)
Embodiment 体现 - Beyond Creativity, Embodied Theatre (Ang Gey Pin)
Suzuki Method of Actor Training (Nine Years Theatre)
Introduction and Beginner's Course to Contemporary Dance (Completed Twice) (Sigma Contemporary)

OTHERS

American Council on Exercise Personal Training Certified

WORKSHOPS/MASTERCLASSES UNDERTAKEN

Performing Shakespeare by Simon Purse
Exploring the Work of Jacques Lecoq by Laura Hayes
Playwriting Workshops with award-winning UK-based playwright Kaite O' Reilly
Speaking and Moving: Workshop for Your Voice by Koh Wan Ching
Directing Masterclass with Steven Dexter

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

Double Major in Psychology and Theatre Studies (Distinction with Honours)

Thesis: To Be or Not To Be - The Effect of Emotional Memory on Acting Performance and its Aftereffects on the Actor

Relevant Training/Modules:

Voice Studies and Production (Nora Samosir)
As If: Actors & Acting (Nora Samosir; Sharon Frese)
Play Production (Felipe Cevera)
Professional Theatre Internship (The Necessary Stage)
Making Contemporary Performance (Natalie Hennedige)
Introduction to Playwriting (Faith Ng)