Competing for attention amid more than 3,700 shows from 60 countries, the unofficial Singapore 10-act contingent at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe won over audiences and critics at the world’s biggest performing arts festival between Aug 2 and 26. At the Asian Arts Awards...
Actress Zo Tan in youth theatre company Conundrum Theatre's Only Human, which bagged the Outstanding Young Performers Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's Asian Arts Awards.Competing for attention amid more than 3,700 shows from 60 countries, the unofficial Singapore 10-act contingent at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe won over audiences and critics at the world’s biggest performing arts festival between Aug 2 and 26.
Zo played the main villain robot uBot in Conundrum Theatre’s absurdist science-fiction show inspired by artificial intelligence. She flew to Scotland expecting nothing and was pleasantly surprised. “It’s such a huge event, and you don’t really expect anything if you’re a small company,” she adds. Kalidas, who was nominated for best actress at the ST Life Theatre Awards 2024, was surprised at her win. She says: “I didn’t know I was in the running or that the panellist was there . But it feels wonderful to be recognised.”
The show averaged 30 audience members a night. Among them were illustrious names such as Iranian-American writer Dina Nayeri and Booker Prize-shortlisted English novelist Fiona Mozley.
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