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Cast&Crew
Artistic Team
- Ian Johnston -
- A. Chris -
Ian has worked at Prem for two years, has been an Ensemble and Master-class Leader for ISTA for the past decade and has a wealth of teaching and leadership experience in Theatre Arts. Ian trained at ALRA and Rose Bruford drama schools and holds an MA in performance from the University of Manchester. In addition to teaching, he is also a professional director, performer and comedian, having won multiple awards for his original theatre shows that have toured around the globe and garnered critical acclaim. Performing credits include London’s West End, Off-Broadway and the Edinburgh and Hollywood Fringe Festivals. He brings his industry experience and practical philosophy into his classes and is overjoyed that the ensemble are getting to perform after the enforced hiatus caused by the pandemic.
As a Director of the Prem Academy of Music, Chris has successfully led flagship Music Departments for the last 25 years in ‘A’ list Independent Schools both in the UK and abroad, most notably as Director of Music and Tutor to the Choristers, St. John’s College Choir School, Cambridge and more recently as Director of Music at Harrow Bangkok from 2004 – 2020.
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Music Team
Songwut Chaianon
Yosatkorn RuengChaiCharon
Songwut Chaianon, was born 30 November 1992, I have been interested in drum when I was in 13 years old. I began when I attended the school club with my senior. My first official lesson with the drum teacher is when I was in high school at Payap Music Academy which is specialize on the music instrument. My inspiration is a teacher named Bryan Bogue who taught myself in the drum.
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Born in Chiangmai, Thailand in 2000, the violinist Yotsakorn began studying the violin at the age of 13 with Mr.Worawat Liengprapaipant. Later he studied with Ms.Siwanad Boonnil During that time he prepared and improved the violin lesson by joining Chaing Mai Philharmonic Orchestra, Sound Post Chamber Orchestra
and studied with Mr.Santiphap Viriyothai for entrance to Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music.
Guntiga Comnaphatt
Iven
Guntiga Comenaphatt was born in 1992 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She started to play cello at the age of 11 years old with Assist. Prof. Sompong Wongdee. Then in 2007, she moved from her hometown to study with Mr. Juris Lakutis at College of Music, Mahidol University in Pre-College Program and in May 2018 she finally graduated with a master degree in Music Performance and Pedagogy Program. In her last year of undergraduate, she had opportunities to play in many classical ensembles which were coached by Prof. Arens Rolf-Dieter (German), Prof. Stefanie Waegner (England) and Prof. Paris Paraschoudis (Greece). She won many prizes with her ensembles as a cellist such as the Princess Galyani Vadhana International Ensemble Competition from 2013 to 2016, OSAKA International Music Competition in 2017 and she had an opportunity to participate in the 8th Karl Davidov International Cello Competition in Latvia for her solo repertoire. In her last academic year, she expanded her music playing experience through contemporary music, she has been performing with TACET(i) Ensemble since 2014, played for the Young Thai Artist’s participation in 2021 and played in Thailand International Composition Festival from 2013-2019.
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Iven G5 (Cello) is a Music Scholar studying with us in Prem. She is an outstanding cellist and also plays the piano and the guitar. Iven has represented the school on a number of high profile occasions in Chiang Mai as an Music Ambassador.
Naprang Manator
Born in Chiangmai, Thailand in 1990, is a singer, vocal coach and Tuba player.
Naprang began studying music when she studying high school as a Tuba player
for marching band but sheʼs interested to be a singer. She decided to studied at
Voice studio music school. During that time she performed with Schoolʼs
Orchestra and participated a lots of Broadway camps.
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Iven G5 (Cello) is a Music Scholar studying with us in Prem. She is an outstanding cellist and also plays the piano and the guitar. Iven has represented the school on a number of high profile occasions in Chiang Mai as an Music Ambassador.
Crew
Being one of the key organiser and manager for so many organisations and teams has taught Coco the importance of behind-the-scenes. She would like to give to the community by being a helping-hand for everything on and behind the stage. She is extremely grateful for the positive attitude and aid everyone in the community has done to make this show possible; especially Yvonne and Lisa, the other backstage managers.
Lisa Fahrenholtz is a graduate of the class of 2022. She has been a great addition to the crew team and has done everything to help out even with her busy Senior year schedule. It has been a pleasure to have her in the team and we wish her all the best in university! Thank you Lisa!
Lisa Fahrenholtz
Coco Xu
Yvonne Li
This is Yvonne, her character is backstage, this is the second year she came to PREM. She joined the musical theater in the second semester. Backstage is a new thing to her, and she is learning how to do better in this character.
Cast
baker - Gabe
Gabriel Thorup is surprisingly not the twin of Nicolai Thorup. Having already graduated, none of us are quite sure if he is legally allowed to be in a school play. He will be playing the vital role of The Baker, but does this make him better than his tremendous twins?
baker's wife - Caitlin
Caitlin Neall-Johnston has been at Prem for two years and will portray the Baker’s Wife, a practical and determined woman desperate to have children. Caitlin lives for the close-knit atmosphere of the ensemble, spontaneously breaking into song, and the thrill of balancing the IB DP with full time rehearsals.
Jack - Alfie
Hailing from England, this is Alfie Neall-Johnston's second year at Prem. Coming with hair almost as yellow as corn, he will be (playing) the role of a sad young lad with no friends. His most defining feature is his fantastic taste in socks and his dashing good looks.
vJack's mother - Tilltill
Till Till had recently joined musical theater when she got the role of Jack’s mother, because of her sons foolishness they are poor. One important fact is that she loves food. So when she found out that the fridge and snacks in the music academy had disappeared she was devastated.
vCow - Lisa
Lisa Cain joined PREM 5 years ago and has only recently joined the musical theater exploria. Lisa is a very optimistic student with a passion for hugs, she has the biggest hatred for wet socks. Lisa has to ignore her clingy owner Jack in order to depict Milky-White flawlessly.
vWitch - Athena
Athena Wu is a seventh-grade girl who has just come to Pem for more than half a year. This is her first musical performance. She is the soprano in the musical, three octaves across is no problem. She is a murderous and mad witch, but she is also a mother who loves her daughter Rapunzel deeply. She was a terrible witch, but also a great mother.
Rapunzel's prince - Nemo
Keongheuck Moon ( Nemo) had recently joined the music theater exploria, and he is an actor famous in acting roles including the king from Adipose and the witch. This year, he got the role of the second peince, because the wild range of voice he showed and crazy body movement he performed on stage.
Rapunzel - Eliane
Elaine Jin has been at Prem for only 10 months, she played Rapunzle who longs for freedom in this show. She's a big fan of music and really enjoyed being a part of the musical theatre. Elaine has strong social skills which is reflected in she was keen to play the clapping games with everyone during break times.
Little Red Ridinghood - Eliza
Eliza Waterman joined Prem last year. Since then, she’s shown her supportive and accepting personality. She has a love for hugs and wet socks (a passion she shares with Andreas). She has a strong passion for the tape wars of musical theatre, often taping other members of the cast.
Wolf 1 - Andreas
Andreas Thorup is a Californian actor and performer who has been at Prem for 7 years. He is playing the role of The Wolf, a devious character who perfectly reflects the personality of Andreas. The most important fact about Andreas is that his voice is deeper than the Mariana trench.
Wolf 2 - Alex
Alex waterman is new to musical theater this year and has taken up the part of the Wolf2 who acts as an annoying little brother to the bigger wolf1. He has really enjoyed musical theater and it has inspired him to take the drama IGSCE course for his new school.
Cinderella - Sam
Sam transferred to Prem last year. Last December, she performed for the Terra gala concert. She was asked to audition and was given the opportunity to be the witch or Cinderella. She has a sweet voice and character which mostly suits the role of the poor young maiden.
Florinda - Karen
This is Karen. She has decided to join this exploria this academic year, at first she was overwhelmed by all the extroverts but in the process she has made new friends who share similar interests as her and learned how to realistically fake scream and limp.
Cinderella's prince - Nicolai
Nicolai Thorup is an actor famous for being the younger Thorup twin. Although younger, Nicolai is playing a lead role as a dashing young prince. Nicolai’s greatest skill is embodying the character so much, he acts as the prince backstage. You may also know him for his frequent pacing.
Lucinda - Vanessa
Vanessa has been at Prem for 8 years and is 15 years old. She works along with Karen really well so they have been cast together as the evil stepsisters. Don’t worry they are not as annoying in real life as they are in the play. Hopefully not.
Step mother - KJ
Khajeaw Parueda Phothosuwan or ‘KJ’, prem student of 5 months portrays Cinderella’s Evil Stepmother, the abusive sadistic classist matriarch of Cinderella’s household. Thankfully the only things the KJ and the Stepmother have in common (or KJ believes) are their flamboyant fashion sense and judgemental demeanor.
Narrator - Bandagi
Bandagi has 5 feet of hair but due to her inability to sing “Ah” for a long period of time, she was not cast as Rapunzel. Instead she portrays the narrator. Her personality directly reflects on her character, as in real life she also expresses everything in a descriptive manner.
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