Darren Yap
Darren Yap | |
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| Born | 23 August 1967 Sydney, Australia |
| Education | Newington College UWS Theatre Nepean NIDA |
| Occupation(s) | 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
- Letters to Lindy - Merrigong Theatre
- New South Wales Pemier’s Gala Concerts, Allphones Arena, Homebush, Venables Entertainment 2016
- Ladies Day, Griffin Theatre Company, 2016
- Opening of the National Gallery and Art Carnival, SG50 Celebrations, Singapore 2015
- Little Diana and the Big Fuzz, Bree Langridge in association with the Hayes Theatre, 2015
- Miracle City for Luckies Productions at Hayes Theatre, 2014
- The Serpents Table, Sydney Festival, Griffin Theatre Company and Performance 4a, 2014
- A Murder is Announced, 2013
- 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
- CAIRO MISR PRESHOW CELEBRATIONS, World Events, Julie Brooks, Cairo 2016
- KING KONG, LIVE ON STAGE, Global Creatures, World Premiere, 2013
- MISS SAIGON, Cameron Mackintosh: Westend 2014, Tokyo, 2014
- MISS SAIGON, Cameron Mackintosh: Japan 2012, Holland 2011, Korea 2010/2011
- MAMMA MIA! 10th ANNIVERSARY AUSTRALIAN TOUR, Judy Craymer, Michael Coppell and Louise Withers and Associates
- 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
- ^ a b Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp222
- ^ Stage Whispers – Interview
- ^ Black Bird Productions – Director
- ^ Seymour Centre Subscription Season 2009