Lin Da Qin
Play Previous Next Lin Da Qin Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre auditorium, Oct 2022 Playwright: Huang JianfengDirector: Guan YangSet Designer: Aaron YapLighting Designer: Aaron YapProjection Designer: Aaron Yap Produced by Nam Hwa Opera Lin Da Qin pieces together stories and legends of famous Teochew figure Lin Daqin, retelling the life story of this child prodigy turned […]
Walking on Tightrope: Projection Design for “Zhuang Yuan Yu Qi Gai”
I just finished the lighting and projection design for Re Xin Opera Association’s first full-length Shaoxing Yue opera show, Zhuang Yuan Yu Qi Gai (roughly translates as “The Scholar and the Beggar”), on 12th June. When I was first approached to design for the show, I questioned myself how to design a “meaningful” LED backdrop system (this […]
Zhuang Yuan Yu Qi Gai
Play Previous Next Zhuang Yuan Yu Qi Gai Golden Theatre, Singapore, June 2022 Director: Susan KohLighting Designer: Aaron YapProjection Designer: Aaron Yap Produced by Re Xin Opera Association Zhuang Yuan Yu Qi Gai is a Chinese opera play with a strong moral value. As such, the projection design is aimed to have a deeper connotation […]
The Wizard of Oz
Play Previous Next The Wizard of Oz Esplanade Theatre, Singapore, November 2018 Director: Warren BaumgartSet Designer: Susan KohLighting Designer: Gabriel ChsnProjection Designer: Aaron Yap Produced by Ngee Ann Polytechnic Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s The Wizard of Oz follows the version staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1987. For a musical of this scale on a […]
A Startling Dream
Previous Next A Startling Dream Kallang Theatre, Singapore, February 2014 Choreographer: Xiao YanyingLighting Designer: Tay Huey MengProjection Designer: Aaron Yap Produced by Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Dance Theatre A Startling Dream is a Chinese dance drama adapted from the famous Kunju opera classic The Peony Pavilion. The choreography style of the dance is heavily influenced […]
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Previous Next The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Creative Cube, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, September 2010 Director: Darren YapSet Designer: Aaron YapLighting Designer: Petrina Dawn Tan Produced by BA(Hons) Musical Theatre Programme, LASALLE College of the Arts A small-scale musical about young teenagers participating in a Spelling Bee contest, but to […]