NATALIE YEAP
Natalie is an actress and singer who trained at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London, where she obtained a Distinction in her Postgraduate Diploma in Musical Theatre. Since graduating in 2015, she has performed in London as a soloist in venues such as The Prince Edward Theatre, The Bishopsgate Institute & The Actors Center, where she starred in a new musical Goodbye.
Since her return to Singapore in 2016, Natalie has been cast in large ensemble productions, most notably Forbidden City (Singapore Repertory Theatre), Lao Jiu: The Musical (The Theatre Practice), Detention Katong (Dream Academy).
She is also a familiar face in the children’s theatre scene, having been seen most recently in SRT’s The Little Company’s The Gingerbread Man. Her other theatre credits include Shaggy and the Trims (Esplanade), Mr Popper’s Penguins (Players Theatre), Flora and Ulysses (Players Theatre), The Nightingale (SRT), Chicken Little (SRT), Family (The Second Breakfast Company), La Meh Lions! (Esplanade). She has also hosted events for several clients, most notably LUX, Cartoon Network’s We Bare Bears and Ugly Dollz. Most recently, she voiced "Linda" in the Audible Original, "The Golden Knot".
As a creative and performer, Natalie has conceptualised and put up her own children’s show, Princess Party, that was part of Esplanade’s Octoburst festival in 2019, and has also played multiple shows at the Esplanade Concourse as a soloist performer and as part of a quintet, Lyrebirds.
In 2020, Natalie formed Musical Theatre Collective, Fill the Vamp, alongside fellow musical theatre practitioner Kimberly Chan. Together they aim to tell genuine and meaningful stories through song and to push the boundaries of Musical Theatre in Singapore. They have most recently created an online game about Singapore Musical Theatre, House Is Open, and staged their first live production, Out-of-Bounds.
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