{"id":25752,"date":"2017-05-01T17:47:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T09:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/?p=25752"},"modified":"2021-04-08T18:18:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T10:18:57","slug":"dwayne-ng-is-young-wld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/dwayne-ng-is-young-wld\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Ng is young & W!LD!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How were you first bitten by the theatre bug?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I was 14 when I took part in my first-ever production at Victoria School. That was the first time I acted, the first time I had make-up on, the first time I felt my knees tremble. The spotlight was blinding and I could only see moving shadows in the audience. It was scary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the most rewarding thing was to hear the audience gasp, laugh, sob and, finally, shower me with applause. (Perhaps they were laughing at the cheongsam<\/em> I was wearing, but that\u2019s beside the point!) That\u2019s when I knew my purpose in life: to create, to share, to entertain, to inspire. As the curtain fell and I walked away, I knew that my soul had left my body and stayed on stage. I had to go back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What part of the theatre-making process do you most enjoy?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I love the process of creating and devising work with other actors and theatre-makers. Devising a new work involves a lot of improvisation, and that\u2019s where I\u2019ve found I\u2019m most comfortable. I love building characters and stories gesture by gesture, line by line, expression by expression. I\u2019ve learned that, in every improv, there\u2019s as much dirt as there is gold. There\u2019s always something to learn, something you can take away \u2013 not just by performing, but also by watching other people work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re also an aspiring writer. What does writing mean to you, and how does it feature in your love of theatre?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I spend most of my free time writing poetry and prose. Tapping the \u2018Notes\u2019 app on my iPhone opens up a whole new world for me. It\u2019s an outlet where I can let what I feel and think flow into words that will live forever (or for as long as I don\u2019t delete them!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theatre allows me to combine the two things I love most: words and drama. The marriage of the two can be beautiful, or tragic. I\u2019ve written poems, monologues, and soliloquys that have moved me to tears once they\u2019re performed aloud, even if that\u2019s just in the privacy of my own bedroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why young & W!LD?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I grew up a lot as an artist in Singapore Polytechnic\u2019s theatre club. After graduating from poly, I was concerned that I would lose touch with theatre. I\u2019m glad Rodney Oliveiro, who co-runs the young & W!LD programme, suggested I give it a try. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to learn, have fun and create theatre, while meeting like-minded people. And that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019ve done in the last year! young & W!LD has been a great platform for us to experiment and create and share, and I\u2019ve definitely learnt a lot from my co-directors and peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dwayne plays a game of Chinese checkers
with Jasmine Blundell in When S#!T Hits The Fam<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Over the past year, young & W!LD has staged two sold-out showcases, When
S#!T Hits The Fam<\/em> and Crossings<\/em>. What has this entire process taught you about your craft and yourself as an artist?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The first two productions were completely devised, like most of the theatre work I\u2019ve done before, so being a part of that creative process was easy and comfortable for me. On a personal level, it didn\u2019t take too long for the group to strip me of my shyness! We\u2019ve developed a really good rapport as cast-mates, which allows us to feed off one another\u2019s energy. That makes our scene-work as an ensemble more effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was actually called up to enlist in the army between showcases, so I could only serve as the multimedia operator for Crossings<\/em>. Being stuck in Tekong for BMT drained me of all my inspiration and creativity. So I\u2019m more excited than ever to be back in young & W!LD in time for our last showcase!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of which, The Bald Soprano<\/em> is coming up soon. What can you tell us about the show?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Bald Soprano<\/em>\u00a0is a challenge for me \u2013 I\u2019m being thrown completely out of my comfort zone. Dwayne is not synonymous with absurdism! That makes me anxious, to be honest. But it\u2019s a classic for a reason \u2013 during rehearsals, I\u2019ve found\u00a0The Bald Soprano<\/em>\u00a0to be \u201ccurious and so very bizarre\u201d, full of clever nonsense, and like nothing you\u2019ve ever watched. Everyone in young & W!LD loves and is well-versed in comedy, so I\u2019m confident we\u2019ll put on a great show!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fresh off BMT in Pulau Tekong, Dwayne Ng is thrilled to be back in time for young & W!LD\u2019s final showcase! He chats with us about his love of writing and the challenges he\u2019s encountered with The Bald Soprano.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":25753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[254,243,255],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}