Adrian Tan’s designs have been staged at numerous cities around the world, including Jakarta, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Bratislava (Slovakia) and Prague. Most notably, A Cage Goes In Search of A Bird for theatre collective A GROUP OF PEOPLE was nominated for Best Lighting Design at the 2011 Life! Theatre Awards and also awarded Production of The Year.
Recent designs by Tan include, Company The Musical (Nominee, Production of The Year, Life! Theatre Awards 2013). Broadway Beng. Kumar, Crazy Christmas, Happy Ever Laughter and The Hossan Leong Show, all for Dream Academy. Not forgetting the well-received Cooling Off Day (Nominee, Production of The Year, Life! Theatre Awards 2012) for W!ld Rice, other shows for W!ld Rice include National Language Class, that premiered at the first Singapore Theatre Festival in 2006, and Cook A Pot Of Curry, which was part of the W!ld Rice Festival, Alfian Saat: In The Spotlight.
His versatility has been displayed in numerous dance shows, such as Coppelia, both 2012 and 2013 editions of Masterpiece In Motion and the Ballet Under The Stars, all for Singapore Dance Theatre. Tan has also worked on the 2012 and 2013 editions of Solo/ Duet by T.H.E Dance Company, under the NUS Arts Festival. He was also the Festival Designer for T.H.E’s CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festivals in 2011 and 2012, in September this year was the Designer for T.H.E’s New Vision triple bill performance, staged as part of their fifth anniversary celebrations.
In 2006, Tan was the first Asian recipient of the ETC Sponsorship Awards held in Las Vegas, USA.
premiere date 16–18 Sep 2021 | Goodman Arts Centre Black Box | Nah Jieying, Klievert Jon Mendoza, Goh Jia Yin & Maybelle Lek
T.H.E Dance Company is supported by the National Arts Council under the Major Company Scheme for the period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2023.
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