{"id":26207,"date":"2017-03-01T12:04:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T04:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/?p=26207"},"modified":"2021-04-09T11:22:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T03:22:21","slug":"id-like-to-know-aaron-khaled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/id-like-to-know-aaron-khaled\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019d Like To Know: Aaron Khaled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you have a ritual as a performer?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I try to take a moment and just warm up on my own, before the entire cast comes together. It helps me to get into my own headspace, where I can think about what I\u2019m going to do on stage and how I\u2019m going to make it a better show than the one before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My routine can change for different shows \u2013 last year, I played Angel in Pangdemonium\u2019s RENT<\/em>, and had to do a couple of really crazy jumps in super high heels. So I would put on the heels every day before each show and walk around backstage, up and down the long corridor, just to get comfortable in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What keeps you up at night?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Thinking about what I\u2019m going to do next \u2013 in a performer\u2019s life, you never know what\u2019s your next role or your next challenge. Oh, and horror movies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re throwing a dinner party for five guests \u2013 dead or alive, real or fictional. Whom would you invite?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Michelle Obama, because she\u2019s the queen of the world. Wendy Williams \u2013 I\u2019ve always enjoyed her perspective on pop culture. Lady Gaga, who I think is fascinating. Colleen Ballinger would be great \u2013 she\u2019s so funny in her YouTube superstar persona, Miranda Sings. I\u2019d also like to meet Mahatma Gandhi and find out more about his life, his spiritual side and his philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s one of your pet peeves?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

People chewing with their mouths open!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you were entertaining a visitor from overseas, what\u2019s the one place in Singapore you\u2019d take them to?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d bring them to Springleaf Prata Place in the Siglap area. Tabitha Nauser recommended it to me. It\u2019s a great mamak<\/em> food place and serves excellent fusion food. Like a pizza murtabak<\/em>, with cheese and toppings! It\u2019s really good. I always want to go and eat at Springleaf!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s one thing you\u2019ve done in the past year that you\u2019ve never done before?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I made a big change this year \u2013 since January, I\u2019ve given up eating meat almost entirely. It\u2019s strange, because I used to love chicken. No meal would be a meal without chicken. But, for some reason, I started to gravitate more towards the vegetables I love, like brinjal and okra and tofu. Progressively, I started to eat less meat. I\u2019m enjoying the freedom of making conscious choices about what I consume every day. I\u2019m not saying I won\u2019t eat meat ever again. But, for now, being vegetarian works for me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aaron with future co-star Ivan Heng in 2012,
right after he learned he had been cast in La Cage<\/em>!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tell us about the theatrical experience that changed your life.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Two instances come to mind. I studied voice for two years at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and theatre wasn\u2019t on my mind at all. When I returned to KL in 2010, I started performing in bars. Nick Choo saw me sing and asked me to be part of his original musical, Follow The Light<\/em>. That\u2019s the show that got me my start in musical theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second theatrical experience that changed my life is actually W!LD RICE\u2019s 2012 production of La Cage Aux Folles<\/em>. It was my Singapore debut. When I came to Singapore, I realised I wanted to stay here. I\u2019ve been a permanent resident for the past three years. It\u2019s nice to return this year to La Cage<\/em>, a show that literally changed my life \u2013 I\u2019m looking forward to exploring different aspects of my character, Jonathan, that I didn\u2019t catch the first time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you could import something that you can\u2019t get in Singapore, what would it be?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Mountains! I love hiking \u2013 exploring trails and nature. Hiking in Singapore weather won\u2019t be too fun, so I\u2019d also import my favourite type of weather: the Perpetual English Gloom! My perfect day would be a little rainy, with no sun at all \u2013 cool enough to wear a light jacket. Hiking on a day like that would be the best ever!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Angel in RENT to Jonathan in La Cage Aux Folles, Aaron Khaled has made a splash in Singapore\u2019s musical theatre scene. Find out more about his backstage rituals, his favourite makan place and his perfect day out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":26208,"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":[263,247],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26207"}],"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=26207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}