{"id":27464,"date":"2016-06-01T18:08:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T10:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/?p=27464"},"modified":"2021-04-30T16:42:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T08:42:45","slug":"id-like-to-know-pam-oei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/id-like-to-know-pam-oei\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019d Like To Know: Pam Oei"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What\u2019s the one thing you must do before you set foot on stage?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If I am in a musical, I warm up my voice, and I always stretch before a performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other than that, there is one superstition that Ashley Lim, theatre hair designer extraordinaire, infected me with many years ago. He told me never to eat a bao<\/em> (char siew<\/em> or any other variety) before a show, otherwise I\u2019ll forget my words. For a theatre actor, forgetting one\u2019s words is the ultimate nightmare! So I never eat bao<\/em> before a show anymore! Ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Many things, anything. I am a night owl and used to be a hopeless insomniac. Becoming a mother has kinda solved that. But I am still a night owl though \u2013 I just require less sleep than most people. Five hours is usually what I get by on. In terms of sleepless nights, having an unresolved argument or fight with someone will usually keep me up till the sun rises.<\/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

This is easy! I\u2019ve often dreamt up this scenario before, although I\u2019d really have to push for six dinner guests: my late father and mother, my husband and son, my brother and his wife. Apart from my brother, all have never met my parents before and it would be so wonderful if they could meet their daughter-in-law, son-in-law and grandson for the first time over dinner. Better still if it was my mum who cooked it. She was a legendary cook and baker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Pee on the toilet seat of women\u2019s toilets. I can see how men would not bother to aim and pee all over the place but for women? Seriously. What do you have to do to get pee all over the seat? Why do you have to squat on the seat? What is wrong with these people? Arghhhh!<\/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

Little India! Everything there is still organic and fluid \u2013 vegetable stalls spilling out into the streets, the smell of jasmine, curry, spices and incense mixed in the air. There, the streets aren\u2019t sanitised and spotless like the rest of Singapore. And there\u2019s the shopping \u2013 Tekka Market, Mustafa Centre and so much food, glorious food!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s your favourite song?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My favourite song is one without lyrics \u2013 Barry White\u2019s Love\u2019s Theme<\/em><\/a>. Every time I am feeling down, this song is sure to pick me up. There is something about an electric guitar on the wah pedal, accompanied by a full orchestra, in full 1970s glory. Unbeatable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Performing Animal Farm<\/em><\/a> for the first time in 2002 with W!LD RICE. It made me more politically and socially aware; it made me question governance, power, money and greed. I think it made me a better artist.<\/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

Equality for the LGBT community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catch Pam on stage during the Singapore Theatre Festival! She\u2019ll be performing in HOTEL<\/em><\/a>, which runs from 30 June to 24 July at the Singapore Airlines Theatre; and jamming with her band, Ugly In The Morning, at Songs of Protest<\/em><\/a> on 16 July! Find out more at www.singaporetheatrefestival.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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