Adi Jamaludin
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| Education | Masters in Education (Drama) | ||
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Adi Jamaludin is a Singaporean actor, playwright, director and educator. He is mostly known for his acting credit in the stage production, Army Daze, which was restaged in 2012[1] and 2013[2]. He then appears in Singapore's first sitcom for children known as Upside Down, in 2018, as the villain known as Mr Ortega[3]. He them moves on to writing and directing for stage productions. His third Malay production that he wrote and directed, titled Kekuatan Salam Kelemahan won Best Production, Best Script, Best Technical Direction, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Upcoming Actor in the Sayembara Teater 2017[4], organised by Singapore's very own Cultural Medallion Recipient, Nadiputra[5].
Early Career
Adi started his acting career in 2006. He was first cast in the musical fountain spectacle, Songs of the Sea where he continued to perform for audience from all over the world till 2011. While working on the set of Songs of the Sea during those years, he also starts to dabble with other theatre productions and commercial works. In 2009, he received the nomination for Best Upcoming Actor for a 10-minutes play titled 4-Seconds, which was written by Leon Foo and directed by Christina Sergeant and presented as part of the Short and Sweet (festival) + Sweet Festival 2009[6]. He left Songs of the Sea in 2011 to pursue more acting projects and further his studies.
Between 2012 to 2017
After leaving Songs of The Sea, Adi was then cast in the 20th Anniversary stage production of Army Daze in 2012, where he played the role of Johari, formerly played by Sheikh Haikel in the 1996 Army Daze|film adaptation. He reprised his role when the production was restaged in 2013. In that same year, Adi also pursued a BA in English and Literature and set up his own drama education company, A.D.I Concept. Between 2015 to 2016, he also pursued a Specialist Diploma in Arts Education, while experimenting with different theatre mediums and format through his works -- Tanggang: The Unfilial Son[7], staged in 2014; #BPBM[8], staged in 2015 and #4S[9], staged in 2016.
After he graduated in 2017, he begins to dabble in writing and directing for young audience. His first work for young audience, titled The Four Harmonious Friends, was staged at the inaugural Kiidsconnect Festival 2017[10][11][12]. In that same year, he wrote, directed and acted in his first Malay theatre production for young audience titled Kekuatan Salam Kelemahan, which was staged for the Sayembara Theatre Festival 2017[13]. The production won Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Script, Best Upcoming Talent, Best Technical Director and Best Production[14].
Adi also worked on set for Singapore's first homegrown children's sitcom, known as Upside Down, a 24-episode series, where he played the villain known as Mr Ortega[15]
Between 2018 to 2020
Between 2018 to 2020, Adi pursued his Masters in Education (Drama) as he works on assembly plays for various statutory board such as the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA)[16], National Environment Agency[17] as well as Health Promotion Board (HPB)[18]. He also wrote a short Malay fiction titled Mak Kat Mana, which was shortlisted as one of the 35 finalist for a writing competition known as Mencari Kristal 2019[19]. He later developed this short fiction into a short film, as part of a commission work by the National Arts Council (NAC)[20].
2021 to 2022
Adi conceptualised, wrote and directed an exploratory theatre piece titled Ma, Mum, Mak in collaboration with The Theatre Practice in April 2021[21], staged as part of the Patch Festival. His latest work, Goreng Pisang will be staged in the Esplanade in 2022.
References
- ↑ Sim, Fann (15 June 2012). "Aaaa-ttention! Army Daze is back again". Yahoo! Life.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Mock, Annika (8 May 2017). "Michael Chiang's comedy Army Daze 2 to be staged in August". Straits Times.
- ↑ "okto's refreshed lineup to include first original local sitcom for children". Mediacorp. Mediacorp. 8 November 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Nenie, Kairuman (22 January 2018). "Juara tepati fokus persembahan pada Teater Kanak-Kanak". Berita Harian. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ↑ Ahmad, Nureza (2013). "Nadiputra". National Library Board.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Osman, Amira (19 February 2009). "SHORT+SWEET – THE MAJOR PLATFORM THAT GIVES SINGAPORE PLAYWRIGHTS EXPOSURE ON AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE". The Arts House. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Alias, Nurmaya (11 November 2014). "Drama selongkar rahsia di sebalik watak Tanggang". Berita Harian.
- ↑ "Kumpulan teater pentaskan 'Cinderella' Melayu". Berita Harian. 23 October 2015.
- ↑ Yu, Jonah (19 November 2016). "4S STORIES AFTER BEDTIME". Centre 42.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Keep Kiddos Busy Over June School Holidays!". Sassy Mama SG. 16 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "41 Exciting Activities for the June School Holidays 2017". SingaporeMotherhood. 18 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "KiidsConnect 2017". Little Day Out. 10 April 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Pertandingan teater kanak-kanak sempena Bulan Bahasa". Berita Harian. 28 June 2017.
- ↑ Nenie, Kairuman (22 January 2018). "Juara tepati fokus persembahan pada Teater Kanak-Kanak". Berita Harian.
- ↑ "okto's refreshed lineup to include first original local sitcom for children". Mediacorp. 8 November 2017.
- ↑ "Go Safe Online Awareness Skit". CSA Singapore.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Inculcating Green Habits From Young". South-west CDC. August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Chucky Bird and Friends Assembly Skit". Health Promotion Board Singapore.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Warna-warni suasana di malam anugerah Mencari Kristal". Berita Harian. 7 May 2019.
- ↑ "Mak Kat Mana?". IMDB.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Ma, Mum, Mak". Arts Republic.
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