Cast

Chermaine Ang (Priscilla the Prawn)

Chermaine Ang is a familiar face in the local theatre scene that has titillated audiences with her versatility. Having graduated from Queensland University of Technology with a BA in Drama, she has been actively involved and worked with numerous leading theatre companies in Singapore.

Chermaine has received numerous nominations on her acting career. This includes Best Supporting Actress in Mee Pok Man (The Play) for Fiction Farm in Life! Theatre Awards 2000, Best Ensemble category for her work in Boeing Boeing by Wildrice in 2003, and Best Actress in Beautiful Thing by Toy Factory in 2004. In 2006, she won the Best Ensemble category from The Etcetras for her work in TKK. Some of her other theatre credits include: Homesick, Game Play, A Nation In Concert (2005 & 2006), Everything But The Brain and Boom both by Jean Tay.

In addition to her exploits on stage, Chermaine also produces, directs, designs and teaches art education programmes to schools. Her most recent project was with Greenridge Secondary School where they put up Broadway’s hit musical, The Little Shop of Horrors. Her dream is to inspire the next generation to love and appreciate arts.


Darius Tan (Shelby the Sea Snail)

An alumnus performer of A Nation in Concert in 2005, Darius is ecstatic to transform himself from an insect: Slug to a sea creature: Sea Snail!

A seasoned and bilingual performer, Darius has more than 40 productions on stage & screen under his belt. A two-time Life! Theatre Awards’ Best Supporting Actor nominee [Big Fool Lee (2008) & Beautiful Thing (2004)], his multi-faceted versatility as an actor/singer is evident in the many varied roles he has taken.

Recent stage credits include the recent Singapore Theatre Festival 2008 opening show: The Swordfish, Then The Concubine, and the musicals: The Soldier & His Virtuous Wife, Shanghai Blues and the 20th Anniversary of Beauty World. Darius also made his mini-mini concert debut, Single In Singapore at FLIPSIDE! Singin’ A Different Tune at the Esplanade. He is also a proud member of the Association of Singapore Actors (ASA) since 2001.


Pierre Goh (Cornelius the Crab)

By day, Pierre Goh is a full-time financial planner with Manulife Financial. He is driven by the challenges of his work and is grateful for being able to truly own his time and indulge his love for acting and music every once in a while. Some of his stage credits include: “Poetic Licence” - a dramatization of local poetry collection by STAGES, “The Glass Menagerie”, with Page to Stage, “The Mad Phoenix”, with Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble, “Landmarks: Asian Boys Vol. 2”, as well as (his favourite play to date,) “Happy Endings: Asian Boys Vol. 3” with W!ld Rice. Pierre also sang and played the flute with the Singapore Jazz Orchestra and appeared in Boo Junfeng’s latest completed short film “Tanjung Rhu”. You may also have caught him on TV hosting the luxury travel programme “Luxury China”, weekends on Channel News Asia.


Tony Quek (Petula the Pufferfish)

Tony has been a freelance Actor-Drama Coach-Director for NAC's Arts Education Programmes in school for the past 14 years. He has been also a theatre practitioner for the past 24years. He was recently cast as one of the 4 leads of The Secrets of the Forbidden City by Lions Gate (UK), for the BBC History Channel. This is also Tony's third involvement with ANIC, and he is enjoying every minute of it.

Tony was a member of the cast of Swordfish and then the Concubine by W!ldrice. He has also performed in various productions, such as Beauty World (20th Anniversary), Landmarks: Asian Boys Vol. 2, The Visit of the Tai Tai (W!LDRICE), Ah Kong's Birthday Party, Arsenic & Old Lace (SRT), Mixed Blessings (TNS), The Car (Action Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof (STARS & S'pore Lyric Opera), Commedia Del'arte (Luoghi del'Arte - award winning Italian Theatre Group), From the Belly of the Carp (Dramaplus Arts), Bibiks Behind Bars (Peranakan Association), Mari Masak & Makan (Main Wayang Company for the Hong Kong Fringe Club - City Festival 2006), just to name a few.

Tony was the Production Manager for Spotlight on Singapore in Moscow, organised by The Arts House (The Old Parliament House) in June 2008.


Christina Sergeant (Madam Manta)

Christina is the Artistic Director of Mime Unlimited and divides her work between acting, directing and teaching. Recent productions include roles in "The Open Rehearsal Performance", "The Visit of the Tai Tai", "Prelude To A Kiss", "Incubating Juice" (Brisbane), "Agnes of God" and "Oi! Sleeping Beauty!!". She also directed "Furthest North, Deepest South" which was awarded Best Production in the 2005 Life! Theatre Awards. Christina is a member of the Association of Singapore Actors and the Singapore Drama Educators Association.


Karen Tan (Hannah Hammerhead)

Karen has been described on Power 98 as "very employed for someone who is unemployed". Karen has worked with TheatreWorks, The Necessary Stage, Action Theatre, The Little Company, Dramaplus Arts, luna-id, Escape Theatre, The Finger Players, Wild Rice, Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble, Five Arts Centre (KL), Sumunda (KL) and Cake Theatricals. She has lived and worked overseas, but is happy to be in Singapore, where she is a working mother with possibly the best job in the world. Karen supports Women Make A Difference (WMD) International, in their fight against child sex tourism and trafficking.


Scott Lei (AC the Electric Eel)

A familiar face on television and in the arts, Scott Lei is passionate about arts education. He sings and acts professionally, plays the piano, erhu, guitar, and composes music. Scott's multiple talents in the performing arts, along for his love for children, have made him a valuable and beloved teacher, mentor and friend to many of his students. He teaches music, singing and drama. His projects include a Musical Theatre Camp at East Coast Primary School, Curriculum for Yio Chu Kang Secondary School Drama Enrichment Programme, Thematic Educational Materials for Bouncy Castles Pte Ltd, and Creative Consultant for Gan Eng Seng Primary School's Grand Opening Ceremony. Currently, Scott is also working on a Diploma in Counselling Psychology and his newfound love - Tap Dancing!


Ben Xiao (DC the Electric Eel)

Ben Xiao is the director of SAVASkool, an Arts Education Centre for children, adults and special needs. Besides being an accomplished performer in theatre and dance, he is currently pursuing a diploma in Learning Disorder Management and Child Psychology. He loves animals and shows Whippets and Miniature Dachshunds. He hopes to champion a hope for a better age through the arts and through pet therapy.


Timothy Go (Tim-MER-thy the merman)

Timothy Go presents Channel NewsAsia’s line-up of nightly news and business bulletins, South East Asia Tonight, and Singapore Business Tonight. He is also the host and producer of That's IT, a weekly digital lifestyle programme, which has given him the opportunity to meet many of technology's leading names like Microsoft's Steve Ballmer and Nokia's Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo.

Timothy also spent a year in Hong Kong, from where he co-anchored the Primetime News. He has also presented the channel’s morning show, Primetime Morning.

Tim's stage debut was 3 years ago also on A Nation in Concert when it was first staged in Singapore.


Joakim Gomez (Mata Skipper the Police Chief)

Joakim Gomez first attracted attention as an entrant in the 2nd season of Singapore Idol. As the only contestant to be signed on by MediaCorp, Joakim's first foray into the limelight soon segued into an acting career.

He starred in the Channel 5 drama series, Lifeline 2, Singapore Short Stories III as well as Chestnuts, a theatrical satire of spoofs that is now in its 10th year of running.

Armed with immense zeal and passion for the industry, Joakim continues to hone his craft by taking Chinese classes and is currently pursuing a diploma in theatre. Though young, his fervor and attitude always shines through his work.


Terence Tay (Clarence the Clownfish)

It was back in 1993 when Terence Tay took on his debut role as an innocent young boy inflicted with the highly contagious chicken pox virus in the Christmas program, All I Want This Christmas. From the moment he stepped on stage, a different bug caught hold of him, and he knew that this was what he was meant to do – to infect the world not with chicken pox, but with his passion in acting.

Terence has since appeared in numerous plays including the Singapore Repertory Theatre's Young Company's The Perfect Ganesh, and went on to nab the coveted role of Max in the highly acclaimed sitcom, Living With Lydia, which spanned four very successful seasons in Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada and the Unites States. Terence was recently seen in cameos for My Sassy Neighbour and the new Channel 8 medical drama, From The Medical Files 3.


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