Darren Yap
| Darren Yap | |
|---|---|
| Born |
23 August 1967 Sydney, Australia |
| Alma mater |
Newington College UWS Theatre Nepean NIDA |
| Occupation | Actor, Director |
| Years active | 1990 to present |
Darren Robert Yap (born 23 August 1967) [1] is an Australian actor and director.[2]
Early life
Yap was born in Sydney and grew up in the suburb of Cabramatta. He was the third child of a Malaysian-born Sydney medical practitioner and his fourth-generation Australia-born Chinese wife. Yap was educated at Newington College (1980–85) [1] He is a graduate of the NIDA Director’s Course and UWS Theatre Nepean.[3]
Directing
Director
- Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias and Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts' I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change for the Seymour Centre Subscription Season 2009 [4]
- Chinese New Year Parade for City of Sydney, 2008
- Segment Director of The Closing Ceremony of the 15th Asian Games, Doha, 2006
- World Premiere of Dick Lee’s Man of Letters, Singapore Repertory Theatre
- World Premiere of The Admiral's Odyssey, Action Theatre, Singapore
- New South Wales Premier's Concert, Sydney Entertainment Centre, 2006 & 2007
Associate Director
- Miss Saigon tour for Cameron Mackintosh in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manchester, Dublin and Edinburgh, 2007 & 2008
- Closing Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, 2000
Resident Director
- Australasian tour of Mamma Mia in Perth, Adelaide, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brisbane and Melbourne
- World Premiere of The Boy from Oz starring Todd McKenney
Affiliate Director
- Sydney Theatre Company for David Williamson’s The Great Man and Katherine Thomson’s Navigating
- Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts for Miracle City
Acting
Theatre
- Constance Drinkwater and the Final days of Somerset
- Shadow and Splendour (Queensland Theatre Company)
- Songket (Griffin Theatre Company)
- Sydney Stories (Sydney Theatre Company)
- M. Butterfly(Melbourne Theatre Company)
- Capricornia (State Theatre Company of South Australia)
- The Quartet from Rigoletto (Ensemble Theatre)
- Cockroach Opera (Company B)
- Miss Saigon (Cameron Mackintosh)
- Chess (Victoria State Opera)
- The Wedding Song (NIDA Company)
- Anything Goes (Mike Walsh).
Television
- Over The Hill
- G. P.
- Embassy
- Bony
- Heartland
- Mission Impossible
- Richmond Hill
- Tanamera - Lion of Singapore
- Children of the Dragon
- The Leaving of Liverpool
- A Difficult Woman
Film
- The Home Song Stories (Tony Ayres)
- Floating Life (Clara Law)
Awards
Yap received a Green Room Award for Best Re-Staging by a Resident Artist for the world Premiere of The Boy from Oz.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp222
- ↑ Stage Whispers – Interview
- ↑ Black Bird Productions – Director
- ↑ Seymour Centre Subscription Season 2009