Master of FIne Arts, Certificate in Lessac Training, currently Head of FOundation Studies Performing Arts at LaSalle. He has acted in the United States, and Singapore. Harris hosted Christmas shows with Disney, Cartoon Network and WB. He directed Shiro and The Cherry Blossom for the ACE! Festival 2010. He has performed in corporate role-play for MNC, NTUC Income Insurance, Refreshing Thought, Singapore Power, M1 Singapore, and The Ministry of Education.
Brian’s education includes a Bachelor of Performing Arts and a Graduate Diploma in Psychology (with distinction). Brian is also trained and experienced in the administration, integration and interpretation of various psychometric instruments for senior leaders, such as strategic and in-tray exercises, coaching role plays and a range of psychometric tools. He has been performing role-play in a variety of scenarios for Peers and Players with the APSC, Stockland, HSF, KPMG , Herbert Smith Freehills and other organizations since 2000.
In a former life Khanh practiced law in-house at the Law Society of NSW processing applications to the Pro Bono Scheme for Legal Representation and Referrals. His legal training helped with public speaking, presenting and an understanding of corporate dealings and business. He is an actor in film, TV, theatre and corporate productions. And winner of a talent scholarship to the New York Film Academy for 2010.
Donna has worked as an actor, voice over artist and presenter for over 20 years in theatre, film and television. Her performance and corporate performance work has taken her to Australia, Italy, Belgium and the UK. In the corporate and educational sectors, Donna has worked extensively with both improvisational and scripted role play for training, professional development and recruitment in areas such as conflict resolution, relational mediation, customer service, management and medical training. Clients include Relationships Australia, AIRS, Star City, Westfield Shopping Centres, Mission Australia, The Salvation Army, Centrelink, University of Sydney, The Pam McLean Centre, University of Notre Dame and Paper Scalpel Rock.
Nick has a Masters in Screen Arts and Business. Combine the business skills and entrepreneurial flair of 20 years’ experience of running media businesses for corporate, enterprise and government organisations, with the storytelling experience of an award winning actor, producer and director in film, theatre, TV and online, and you have a corporate role play actor, comfortable in facilitation, fishbowl, forum theatre, feedback, and sales presentations, pitch practice for executives. Nick has been an integral member of the team for many years. Learn more →
Neveen trained at The Actors Studio and is a qualified Accountant and Business Manager. She has expertise in role-play and a real life understanding of the corporate and medical industries. Some recent roles in Corporate video, Role Play, E-Learning & Presenting include clients such as NSW Health, AMES NSW, and The NSW New Tenancy Laws 2010 for Aust. Govt., The One Centre, Telstra, SKM, Commonwealth Development Bank & Electricity Board of NSW and HETI. She also has experience in conflict resolution Role-play with TSA Corporation and radio and news reading.
Heidi has ten years’ experience performing improvised theatre, including performances at Improvention, the international festival of improvised theatre. She has created and directed many improvised works, including most recently ‘The Home Front’ at The Street Theatre in Canberra. She has also written and directed scripted works. Heidi has corporate role-play experience with Peers & Players (Department of Defence), TIE Interact (AFP), Canberra Academy of Dramatic Art (ANU Law School) and the ANU Medical School.
Grant is an award-winning theatre, film, and television actor. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2005, he has appeared in productions in Australia for the Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Black Swan State Theatre Company, and Malthouse Theatre among others; and in New York for the Manhattan Rep Theatre, 45th Street Theatre, and Columbia Stages. Grant’s experience in sales and customer service includes Aesop, T2, and Aquila. He has also worked extensively in corporate film and role-play for companies such as Qantas, CGU and Telstra.
Dip. Of Arts (Theatre) D.A.I.A.E. Chris has been a professional actor since 1982, with more than a hundred stage productions under his belt for all of the major theatre companies in Australia. Apart from the Arts, Chris has been a carpenter, worked in the mining industry, as a professional fisherman and managed a garage. He has worked with Queensland Health for many years, role- playing with Doctors and Health Professionals in a multitude of different scenarios aimed at developing the communication skills of these specialists. He is currently working with Queensland Gas role-playing and facilitating processes as a part of a team that facilitates mining and gas industry safety performances to their workers.
Associate Diploma in Business (Accounting) and Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA Acting) Queensland University of Technology. He has worked extensively across film, theatre and television. Christopher has facilitated workshops in communication, film making, and team building and has coached clients in confidence building and public speaking sessions. He developed ‘Sceneorama’: a screen acting class created to enhance the skills of Brisbane actors. He is an acting coach, working with performers for audition processes here and for the USA. He was the Associate Artistic Director of 23rd productions from 2008-2013 and has worked in Corporate Entertainment and with IZIT Entertainment in various role-play capacities.
QUT Academy of the Arts Acting Graduate, she received a Best Supporting Actress Matilda nomination for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf with Queensland Theatre Company and performed in The Lost Property Rules, Pygmalion, An Oak Tree, Caucasian Chalk Circle, A Christmas Carol, Vincent in Brixton. A proud Equity member since 1998, currently serving on National Performers Committee & Qld Branch Council. Role-play and real play clients include Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, the Cognitive Institute, Qld Health, Open Disclosure (RBWH), ANU Law Faculty and the QUT Law Faculty. And training and corporate videos for SES Qld, News Corp Disability Services Qld, Education Qld and ASIC.
As well as being an actor, writer, and educator, Daniel is also an accomplished improviser and role-player, working regularly with doctors and other medical professionals for the Cognitive Institute in particular. He has role-played in many workshops and scenarios for News Corp., Qld Health, Griffith University, Brisbane City Council, Woolworths, SEQ Water, Open Disclosure (RBWH), and Australian College of Emergency Medicine Exams, as well as performing in training and counselling videos for SES Qld, Qld Rail, Eco-Tourism, and the Cognitive Institute.
Susan specializes in improvising for corporate and university teaching examinations for various faculties. With experience as a registered nurse/ Practice Manager and Nurse Manager and as an English Lecturer, Teacher and Tutor, Susan is well placed to role-play and give feedback in a training environment. Her role-play work in Simulated Patient / Actor / Relief Tutor /examiner roles includes medical simulations for Royal Australian College of GPs and AMC. She teaches improv acting skills and has been employed by ImproNow since 2006 as an improvise actor for corporate and training programs.
Bachelor of Arts Degree (Psychology/Drama/Cinema Studies). Anne is the owner, manager and active member of theatre company Impro NOW that has been providing improvisation performances and training through-out South Australia for schools and corporate groups since 2003. Anne has 30 years of role playing and tutoring experience with The University of Adelaide and Flinders University. She works for the School of Medicine at Flinders University facilitating staff and student training, and tutoring in communication skills.
Lara is a Sydney based actor and performance maker. She is a founding member of Little Spoon Theatre Co. She has performed with numerous companies, and studied in Sydney, New York, and Glasgow. Lara works as a professional role-player with several organisations, working across the medical industry, HR and recruitment, EEO and others. She is studying her Masters of Applied Linguistics and has been working with Peers and Players since early 2015. Learn more →
An Australian Film School graduate, director and performer, Wendy is MBTI and DISC trained. With her production company, Wendy has produced theatre and events for a number of local and international clients.
In Corporate Role-Play, she has worked with several financial institutions, major Electronics Manufacturers and Insurance companies in Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, covering issues from diversity, to conflict resolution, customer service, counseling and mentoring sessions as well as best hiring practices.
A Thai National with a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese and an MA in Dramatic Arts, she has performed in stage productions in Bangkok, Singapore and Vietnam. Siree is fluent in Thai, English and Japanese and also works as a translator/ interpreter for many corporate businesses.
Siree has sales experience in a Japanese firm. She is also an experienced role-player, involved in a variety of the simulated OSCE examinations for medical students as well as legal role-play training.
From the UK, Ian is an experienced actor/director and has performed in and directed numerous plays and musicals. He is also a qualified English teacher, holding the CELTA award from Cambridge University.
Ian is a lawyer by profession, now leading trainings in communication skills for lawyers. Ian has taught at most of the major law firms in Hong Kong (e.g. Allen and Overy, Freshfields, Clifford Chance) and other companies in South East Asia. Role play scenarios have involved “difficult clients”, clients making complaints, use of body language, listening skills and general interview situations.
From Germany, Robin is an experienced trilingual actor, language coach, director and voice-over artist. Holding a BA International, MBA Marketing, Robin has experience in business as well in the arts. He is fluent in English, German and Thai.
Robin was a Business Developer for Berndorf, travelling extensively throughout Southeast Asia, meeting high-level executives. He has worked on corporate trainings and role-plays in a variety of industries including medical, legal, and industrial.
BA in Arts (First Class Honors). Pupe is an accomplished actor, presenter, director, facilitator and lecturer in Acting for Radio and Television at the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce, Bangkok.
Pupe Best Actress from “Rak/Mai Rak”10th Movie Mania Awards and performed in Industrial Training videos. Her role-play experience includes performing as patient/client for Empathic Communication for Physicians by Bangkok Dusit Medical Services and for an International Legal Firm in Bangkok.
Educated in Singapore and the United States. He is an actor, writer, director and producer. He graduated with a B.A. with honors in Political Science (Pre-Law) and Communications and an M.B.A. in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. Edward has over a decade of acting experience in America and across Asia.
Also a multilingual mediator and business executive, Edward has worked with clients across a range of industries from oil & gas to film & entertainment companies in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. Edward is fluent in English, Indonesian, Hokkien, Mandarin and Thai.
With an MBA from Virginia, Bonnie moved to Bangkok as Director of Account Services for Saatchi & Saatchi. She has performed role-play with a range of clients including hotels, legal firms and restaurants. She chairs the Marketing Committee of Bangkok Patana School and leads improvisation classes there, which includes devising various role-play exercises.
Co-Founder of TheatreWorks, she was a leading member of Bangkok’s English language theatre organization. With experience in film and TV her major credits include The Impossible, No Escape, All I See is You and Rescue Dawn.
Diploma of Education and Performing Arts. Helen has worked extensively as an actor, playwright, performance coach and a facilitator. She was Acting Coach for Home and Away before deciding to take these skills to the corporate market.
She has worked extensively around Australasia, performing role-play and group facilitation with a diverse range of clients in the fields of Legal, Banking, Financial, Industrial, Public Service, Communication, Publishing and Education.
Jack is a trilingual Chinese actor and presenter with nine years experience of corporate role-play. He has worked on training projects for investment banks, audit and law firms in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. He is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and English and regularly hosts a TV talk show in Mandarin (HLCTV). His corporate training work includes diversity, leadership, feedback and communication skills workshops. He is also accomplished in role-play, real-play, forum theatre, improvisation and feedback. Role-play clients include Goldman Sachs, HSBC, UBS, Mercer, Herbert Smith, KPMG and many others.
Ali is based in Sydney and works with companies using scripted, improvised and collaborative scenarios in workshops and roleplay for live training as well as performing in educational and corporate training videos and films. She works as a roleplay actor for corporations and government bodies including TransportNSW, NSW Police and the Australian Defence Force. As a medical actor Ali works extensively with most of the national universities and training institutions including USyd, UNSW and the Pam McLcean Cancer Communications Centre. Her experience includes standardised patient (SP), OSCEs, MOSCEs, Primary Care Consultations, scripted and improvised, for live training.
Ali is an established actor, singer and voice artist. She has worked extensively in theatre and film and for a number of years appeared on Hong Kong government educational television programs enlightening local children to the wonders of the English language. She works with technical production students at NIDA in an advisory capacity and for many years has worked in Theatre In Education, and is highly skilled at achieving learning outcomes. She is a graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and also ACTT.
She has worked in a number of corporate roles, from four years as a local government officer in the UK to two years as Managing Editor of an international publishing house based in Hong Kong. She also once worked in Buckingham Palace.
A B.E. graduate from Oxford College of Engineering, Ashish has spent the last 2 years working for Sunrise Silk Udyog as a Business Relationship and Production Manager, where he was responsible for bringing new clients to the company and provided financial advice. He has also participated at national level in a workshop on Bio- informatics at the Vittal Mallya Science & Research Foundation.
A software engineer for the last 6 years, Meera has a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science. She is a member of Yours Truly – a theatre group whose mission is bringing theatre to young people, increasing awareness and using theatre as an educational tool. In particular, she is part of Ytangle: an initiative to reach out to children who have limited access to quality entertainment. Shows performed with Yours Truly include Mother’s Touch School and Theatre @ Campus. She has also participated in Yours Truly’s Theatre Basic Workshop.
A senior analyst with HSBC in their Investment Banking division, Priyanka has worked extensively in the financial domain. She has also worked with the McKinsey Knowledge Centre, Gurgaon as a Research Analyst in their corporate finance team. Before joining McKinsey, she worked with construction companies, managing end-to-end finance solutions for multi storeyed residential projects, ranging from vendor negotiations, accounting as well as project financing. Other clients include Davashanti and Associates, Madgul Parks, Lihala & Associates, and K.C Tak & Co.
BElectronic Engineering from Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi and Masters degree in Management Science from Stanford University. Vipul has experience in managing large teams in chip and software design in large corporations including IBM, Western Digital and Hitachi across the globe. He headed India operations for a chip startup that was later acquired by a large US based storage company. He is currently managing mobile phone platform development at a German chip design company. Vipul has over 10 years of experience in acting, writing and direction having worked and trained with various theater groups in India and the USA. He has trained in Playback theater. Utilizing his theater skills in corporate environment, Vipul has effectively managed large teams by providing feedback, resolving conflicts through role-play and mentoring new entrants.
Ten years of experience in customer service, PR and marketing have made Shilpa an expert in corporate training. Particularly in ‘soft skills’ – sales, communication and presentation skills, ‘process skills’ – transition of key processes, train the trainer, and ‘organisation behaviour’ training – team building and management skills. Shilpa has provided training for Xerox Modicorp, Bulls Eye Media, and through Spur Career Solutions, AXA, Siemans and HP. Shilpa has won a number of awards and utiliises role-play as a key component in providing practical, corporate training.
BElectronics (Software Engineering) Project and Program Management from UC Santa Cruz. Trained American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, and VoiceMasters, UK. Ashish co-founded AutoVega and is a management consultant for technology start-ups like Empower Business Solutions. He has performed with California Arts Association, Naatak, and New Conservatory Theatre and produced music and theatre events. He has hosted live-to-air shows on All India Radio, Mumbai, and worked in systems, enterprise, and consumer software product engineering and management, working for multinationals like Tektronix and Sun Microsystems. Corporate clients: Bayer, Friday Films, EduRiser and various companies in the area of e-learning.
With a Communications Degree, Anita has worked in marketing and training throughout a range of corporate and media environments, from training HP staff in communication, to being the National Head of Marketing in India for IAPMO, USA. Anita has extensive theatre experience from Shakespeare, to ‘Our Town’ and contemporary works at venues such as ART, Theatre Lab and D&PG. Anita realised the value in using role-playing as a training tool and has utilised this in her corporate training work.
With qualifications in Management, Psychology and Counselling; Rahul is a corporate trainer who uses theatre techniques as an integral part of his workshops. Rahul has recently performed roleplay for Peers and Payers and Goldman Sachs in Bangalore and Mumbai. Prior to developing his training business Rahul worked in advertising in Mumbai. Since founding his company he has conducted programmes for over 8000 professionals, using roleplay to deliver invaluable, experiential learning.
Since moving to Sydney from the Gold Coast in 2010, Chiara has enjoyed repeated success in the acting industry, landing multiple roles in film, television and theatre. Outside of her acting career Chiara runs her own personal mentoring business in the lifestyle and wellness industry. Chiara’s experience in corporate training and role play experience includes British American Tobacco and NSW Health where her roles helped challenge staff members on their interpersonal skills and ability to handle challenging environments and interactions.
TV: A Country Practice, Snobs, Home & Away, All Saints and Always Greener. Film: Jindabyne. Theatre: The Street Theatre, ACTInteract Corporate Training, Tom Tom Events, 666ABC Canberra and The ACT Government. P.J. is a Co-founder of Impro ACT, and is a past recipient of the MEAA Actors Equity award for Professional Practice.
Law and Translation/Interpretation degree from the Federal University of Uberlândia. Natália has worked as a translator and interpreter since 2008. She has also worked as an English teacher/language coach and had an English School franchise. Natália was part of a theatre group for eight years, where she performed in many plays, dramatic readings, training videos and TV commercials. Natália has also performed in various training role-play scenarios, with Craig Scarborough at BP Global.
As an actor José has worked primarily in theatre, while also appearing in TV and film. He has worked extensively on Broadway, Off-Broadway and regionally, most recently he appeared in NYC in the Tony Award winning show “Peter and the Starcatcher”. Corporate: José has held positions with D2GB School Arts Coordinator for R.Evolucion Latina and Performance Plus, and has done role-play work for Morgan Stanley, Kaiser Permanente (LA), NYU Medical Center, and the Clinical Competence Center of New York, which includes the Arizona Clinical Interview Rating Scale.
BS, Theatre. Amber studied improv with Second City Chicago and trained at The Gaiety School of Acting in Ireland. Amber spent six years as a paralegal and executive assistant at a civil rights law firm, worked for the Chicago Mayor’s office for the Gallery 37 Biography Project, and was national product specialist for Nissan. She appeared in A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey, and several independent films and television episodes. Amber is the director/creator of an original musical The Book of Esther which was shown all over California. She is based in Los Angeles.
B.A. in Theatre Arts and Women’s Studies with honors from UC Santa Cruz and a master’s degree in Educational Theatre. She works nationally and internationally as an actress, educator and arts education activist. Her role-play experience includes The Lawyering Project at New York University School of Law and The Creative Arts Team. She is cofounder of StageWrite: building literacy through theater with inner-city elementary schoolchildren, and has taught theater for empowerment in the Bay Area, New York City, Greece, and Seoul, Korea. Recently, worked with Peers and Players for the California Rural Legal Assistance, and also with the Top 500 Poland Group at Stanford exploring innovation and design thinking.
Celia has acted in New York City and toured with Chicago City Limits Improv. Film and TV: As The World Turns, Convictions-Indiscretion and Young Teamsters. Theatre: The Atlantic Theater Co, Ensemble Studio and The New York Theatre Workshop. Corporate clients: Mattel, Bon Appetit, Volkswagen and Absolut. She has coached with Graceworks, New York State and Avon. Celia has also worked in events planning for the American Stock Exchange, done administrative work for Morgan Stanley and currently teaches for Labyrinth.
BS, Theatre Arts. Eddie has been acting for over thirty years. TV includes Crossing Jordan, NYPD Blue, Just Shoot Me, Judging Amy and Seinfeld. He creates tailor-made corporate shows, corporate entertainment and seminars. He is an experienced improviser and teacher of improvisation, having trained with the Viola Spolin School. Eddie has acted and improvised his way around America, toured and lectured on Commedia dell’Arte and performed in his one-man show.
With a Masters in Fine Arts from The New School for Drama, Eleanor was a business development manager and advised on the board of a financial advising company. She has worked in theatre extensively in NY and regionally. Her extensive roleplay and coaching experience in Australia, where she joined Peers and Players, and in New York, includes work with financial, accounting, legal and IT companies. She teaches Shakespeare skills, and as a private coach and trainer in communication skills. She is in demand as a senior member of the NY team. Learn more →
Bachelor of Arts – Drama. Film and TV: Colma: The Musical and MTV. Commercial and industrial clients include Univision, Hewlett-Packard, Guthy-Renker, Safeway, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, and the State of California. Gigi has role-play experience at Stanford University, UCSF, UC Davis, and Touro University. She is a consultant to the West Contra Cost Unified School District and executive assistant for the Leonard and Beryl Buck Foundation.
With an NLP Master Practitioner qualification, her role-play and facilitation experience is extensive, across the UK, Australia, US and Netherlands. She has expertise in Diversity Issues, Performance Management and has facilitated Presentation Skills workshops. A prior Youth Group Coordinator for UK Theatre programs, currently she is the facilitator for the Directing Program at San Francisco’s Bindlestiff Theatre Company. Learn more →
As an actor with a BA, he has worked extensively in theatre and on screen. In the corporate setting, Michael has held positions ranging from executive level assistant to guest relations for corporate events. Based in NY, Michael regularly participates in corporate roleplay and high level coaching for financial advisers, tech team members, medical students the military and works with international communication skills providers. Learn more →
Rob is a veteran actor in film, television and on stage in New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, DC. As a Solution Consultant he provided document management software solutions, business case analysis and technical training. Skills include Management and Leadership coaching, Administration and Communication Skills coaching. He teaches film acting, and has coached business leaders on presentation skills performed medical role-play and critical conversations, as well as creating and facilitating roleplay sessions and playing senior roles. Learn more →
Bachelor of Science (Summa Cum Laude) in Behavioural Neuroscience, Speech Pathology, and Theatre from Northeastern University. Sean has worked for Massachusetts General Hospitals and Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary as an operating room technician and audiology assistant. He is a spokesperson for Hasbro’s KRE-O brand, educating retail executives and financial analysts, and promoting brand development. As an actor: TV: ABC, Showtime, and Biography. Off-Broadway: New World Stages, Mint Theatre Company, and York Theatre. Roleplay: Morgan Stanley, National Training Officers, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Beth Israel Medical Center, the Clinical Competence Center of New York, and the Arizona Clinical Interview Rating Scale.
Graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the San Francisco Theater Academy. Vice President of Services at The Henderson Group, he provides communication skills programs to Fortune 500 clients and instructor and oversees selection, training and development. Clients include; eBay, PTC, Apple, Juniper Networks, Wells Fargo, TIBCO Software, PayPal, Oracle and Walmart.com.Terry’s experience includes 20 years in film, television, radio and theatre as an actor, writer, teacher, director and producer, and 10 years as a director of customer service in manufacturing.
BA in Communications, Diploma of Theatre. Elaine has worked in various industry sectors, and organised big political and media events. Role-play; KPMG and The Australian Public Service Commission. Elaine founded Talking Brief, Persuasive Communication; assisting barristers and solicitors with presentation skills. Clients include: NSW Bar Association, Queensland Bar, Victorian Bar, Crown Solicitor’s Office NSW, Victoria Legal Aid, and Legalwise Seminars. Guest Speaker at the Australian Advocacy Institute’s 2nd International Advocacy Trainer’s Conference in Italy, 2008 CLEAA Conference, Sydney and Guest Teacher for Gray’s Inn, London.
Paul has a Master of Science in Marine Biology. He spent 2 years in SEA lecturing on Marine Environment and giving presentations in the academic and business sectors. He has been a corporate trainer throughout the world for the past 15 years, using improvisation, role-play and corporate theatre tools. As a Negotiations, Leadership, & Diversity Trainer, his clients include Accenture, Barclays, Citibank, Coca Cola, GE, IBM, Microsoft, and Shell. Paul is also a formally accredited Workplace Trainer & Assessor (VETAB), and has teaching accreditations in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Scuba Diving and Martial Arts.
Paul studied speech and drama in London, and performed on film and TV in Sydney Most recently he has been based in Kuala Lumpur, where he has performed on stage at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC). He wrote, directed, and appeared in a 13 episode South-East Asia travel show for Malaysian TV; and also won the Short & Sweet short play festival in Singapore, and Malaysia.
Based in Sth Africa. National Higher Diploma: Acting. David won the Rose D’Or Gold Award for Madame and Eve. Theatre credits include Biko…where the soul resides, at Grahamstown National Arts Festival 2008. He has experience in promotions for Pontac Manor, Paarl, and Western Cape. Corporate clients: Cell C, Mercedes Benz, Clover Danone, Dimension Data, Subaro, Eskom, and SARS. David is a voice over artist and is the IVR (English and Afrikaans) for Vodacom SA. He has worked as an MC and event coordinator.
BA in Dramatic Arts. A media trainer for the Western Cape’s Health Dept and motivational speaker, she directs Shikisha Productions in Johannesburg, with clients including Nestle and Colgate. Facilitator of The Mayoral Breakfast for the Dept of Local Development and programme director for the Dept of Arts and Culture. Credits include Backstage on ETV and The Learn Channel. A management interviewer for Limpopo Dept of Sports, Arts and Culture, and trainer for Pick and Pay, Khushu works in corporate performance, education, and management.
As an experienced arts practitioner with a Certificate in Theatre Skills and Performance, Paul has performed in corporate theatre, roadshow and film for clients including Coca Cola, Mittal Steel, Du Pont and Standard Bank. Since 2003, as a presenter, director, and showcase host for the Market Theatre Laboratory, Paul has developed community work with young people for festival presentation and worked in Sweden and South Africa. He has recently performed a variety of role-play scenarios for Element Six Synthetic Industrial Diamonds in Johannesburg.
Artistic Director of Chilli Padi (W!LD RICE), Ensemble Member & Artistic Driector at COLLAB Theatre Ensemble. Academic Associate at Republic Poly & Adjunct Lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic. Head of Drama for Performing Arts Circle. Fluent in Mandarin, she has taught drama and script writing, been a CCA instructor, Artist-in-school and director. Theatre: K, If There are Seasons…, So Ugly Can Die!, Ha Ha Harmony, It’s a Jungle Out There, Kaza Jizo, Rhapsodies of Spring 2010.
Pavan holds a first class honors degree in Acting from LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore. He is primarily a
freelance actor with over 14 years of experience in Theatre, Film and Television. Pavan is also co-artistic director and founder of Singapore-based theatre company – Skinned Knee Productions, and on occasion, directs, teaches or mentors students. Pavan is an experienced corporate role-player and training facilitator. Having worked as a Marketing Executive for four years after earning a degree in Information Systems and Management and a Diploma in Economics from the University of London, Pavan clearly understands the corporate environment, which allows him to carry out his training with the necessary level of sensitivity.
BA in Drama and International Relations from Stanford University and Eleanor Prosser Prize for Scholarship in Drama. Theatre: ’Apocalypse Live’ for the Singapore Theatre Festival, and ‘Bear and Chicken Go Camping’ for Singapore Rep. An award winning documentary director, actor and voiceover artist. She has directed documentaries for international broadcasters including Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, History Channel, Bio Channel, Crime & Investigation Channel, and News Asia. Corporate: Marina Bay Sands, Peugeot, BBC, Nokia, SAP, ANA Hotels, and Etihad Airways.
BA (Hons) in Theatre Studies and Certified Problem based learning facilitator, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore. Extensive work in theatre includes Singapore Arts festival commissions such as Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, Wong Kar Wai Dreams, and Kampong Amber. Travelling productions include Invisibility, Chang & Eng the musical.
Recent full-length feature and television work include Singapore Dreaming, Sayang Sayang. Serene won Best Supporting Actress in the 2005 Life! Theatre Awards for the play Landmarks: Asian Boys Volume 2. Corporate role-play clients include KK Hospital, National University Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, BAT and UBS AG.
B.A. (Hons) Degree in History. Stephanie is an experienced performer as well as a drama and song-writing instructor/trainer, songwriter, scriptwriter, director and producer of staged performances. She is a Singaporean actress with an extensive performing history, having been involved in professional theatre since 1987. As a corporate role-player, Stephanie has worked with Black Rock Singapore, International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, GSK, Deutsche Bank, Pimco Singapore, TNT Express, Philips Electronics, Philip Morris International, Singapore British High Commission, Hong Kong British Consulate-General and the British Embassy in Beijing, many of whom, she has worked with for several years.
B. Commerce (Management and Marketing) and graduate of the Foundational Facilitation Workshop, Singapore. Tim has been a learning facilitator and content delivery consultant for SKF AB, Hewlett Packard, ARUP, Bank of America, Singapore Management University, Singapore Tourism Board, Allergan, Aberdeen Asset Management, Deutsche Bank and the National University Hospital’s Transplant Ethics Committee program, as well as a Business role player for Leadership Development, Personal Impact, Negotiation, Partner Centricity, Selection and Interview Skills and Emotional Intelligence for organizations like HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Accenture, UBS, Cisco Systems, Johnson Controls, AT Kearney, The British High Commission, Barclays Bank, Allianz Global Investors and Goldman Sachs.
BSc Hons 2:1 in Natural Sciences (Psychology and Anthropology). MA in Performance, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London, A British actress based in Singapore since 2011, her performing work ranges from large scale professional theatre to presenting educational TV series, role play, corporate video and voice overs. She has appeared in many short films for Tisch Asia (New York University) and has had a varied career in theatre in Singapore and the UK. She is experienced in role-play for BP, and is on a panel of ‘patients’ for medical student, to whom she is require to roleplay and to give feedback on their behaviour and consulting styles. She is currently in the early stages of leading the development of role-play scenarios for a leading global facilitator, and teaches drama workshops.
