Urban Dream Capsule Team
Annex 1
Singapore Arts Festival 2004
URBAN DREAM CAPSULE TEAM
Neil Thomas – Director/Performer
David Wells – Performer
Dan Witton – Performer
Michael Hurwood – Performer
Richard Jeziorny – Designer
Philip Wadds – Production Manager
Fiona De Garis – Company Manager
Henry Boston, Cultural Pursuits Australia– Agent
URBAN DREAM CAPSULE CONTACT INFORMATION
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Annex 2
Singapore Arts Festival 2004
URBAN DREAM CAPSULE PERFORMERS
Neil Thomas
Director/Performer
Neil Thomas has an international reputation for innovative, exciting and highly successful public performance works. Neil, who has done street theatre and theatre for over 18 years has, for the past eight years, specialised in creating performance window installations and site-specific public artin Australia and Europe.
David Wells
Performer
David Wells has been performing and teaching dance since 1983. He has worked as a Dance Therapist for the last 20 years, performingand touring extensively in several Australian theatre productions. David is a founding member of Born in a Taxi - a physical theatre company that performs indoor and outdoor theatre, theatre in education. He has also worked extensively in the entertainment industry. David is currently pursuing his solo improvisational work in Melbourne.
Michael Hurwood
Performer
Michael Hurwood is moving into the Urban Dream Capsule for the first time. He has performed, taught and devised works for theatre and street theatre groups. Michael has also taught circus skills, puppetry, theatre skills and cooking to high school students for 10 years. He studied karate for 7 years and was a black belt instructor for two years. Michael is also a qualified massage therapist and a father of two.
Dan Witton
Performer
Dan Witton is the other new tenant of the Urban Dream Capsule. He has worked as a performer, musician and composer with companies, musical ensembles and individuals since 1980. He is also a composer and sound designer with installations at theMelbourneTown Hall, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (Melbourne), Frankston Art Centre. In 1990 he co-founded desoxy Theatre with Teresa Blake and has been a co-deviser, composer and performer for productions blending dance, drama and music as well as other media such as film projection, sculptural installation and video and electronic music. desoxy has toured Australia, Venezuela, Spain, Japan, Belgium, Austria, Holland, England, Ireland and Scotland.
Annex 3
Singapore Arts Festival 2004
URBAN DREAM CAPSULE SPONSORS
Ms Saudah Mohd Noor
Assistant Manager, Advertising & Promotions
RafflesCity, Tincel Properties (Private) Limited
Tel: 6318 0231Email:
Ms Jeannie Ong
Vice President, Corporate Communications
StarHub Pte Ltd
Tel: 68255168Email:
Ms Eleanor Chin
Marketing Manager
Esprit Retail Pte Ltd
Tel: 6290 1299Email:
Ms Charlene Lim
Cultural Relations Manager
Australian High Commission
Tel: 6836 4189Email:
Ms Eloise Sim
Communications Manager
Pertama Holdings Limited (Harvey Norman)
Tel: 6225 6006Email:
Ms Stephanie Ong
Marketing Communications Executive
Toshiba Singapore Pte Ltd
Tel: 6275 0255Email:
Ms Linda Pang
Deputy Manager, Marketing Communications
Cold Storage Group (Market Place)
Tel: 63189605Email:
Khu Nguan Hin
Robinson & Co., (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Tel: 97506409Email:
Annex 4
Urban Dream Capsule
30 May – 13 June
Moving – In Ceremony
Date:30 May 2004 (Sunday)
Time:3.30pm
Venue:Esprit Window outside RafflesCity
Programme
3.30 pmBuskers entertain the crowd
4.30 pmPerformance by Wicked Aura, a 10-member percussion band
4.45 pmUrban Dream Capsule Boys appear and mingle with the crowd
4.50pm“Greetings” by the Boys on stage
5.00pmThe Boys move into Capsule
The Big Lock-up
Capsule is “unveiled”
Show begins
Annex 5
NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION
Attn: Song Ting, Corporate Communications Officer
DID: 6837 9583
FAX: 6837 3019
EMAIL:
Urban Dream Capsule
30 May – 13 June, 24 hours daily, Free
Media Preview & Interviews in Capsule
Date:28 May 2004 (Friday)
Time:11.00am – 12 noon
Venue:Esprit Entrance, RafflesCity
Moving – In Ceremony
Date:30 May 2004 (Sunday)
Time:3.30pm
Venue:Esprit Window outside RafflesCity
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