Nora Samosir Explained

Nora Samosir
Birth Name:Nora Anny Samosir
Birth Place:Singapore
Occupation:Actress
educator
Years Active:1979–present

Nora Samosir is a Singaporean actress of Indonesian descent who won a 2002 Life Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress.[1] She has been active in the Singapore theatre scene since 1979 and has worked in television and film.[1] Some of her more notable performances include The Swallowed Seed (2002) and Revelations (2003)[2]

Early life and education

Samosir is of Indonesian descent and speaks English, Malay and Indonesian fluently.[1] She studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London, and graduated from York University, Toronto, Canada with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours), and has multiple qualifications in vocal training and voice studies.[3]

Career

Her professional training is in acting and voice production, which she also taught at the National University of Singapore. Samosir lectured in Theatre Studies and teaches voice production.[4] Samosir is currently a lecturer in the School of Dance & Theatre at LASALLE, where she lectures in Acting and Musical Theatre.[5]

Samosir has done extensive work in Singapore with such groups as Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT), Action Theatre, The Necessary Stage (TNS), Cake Theatre, Black Tent Theater, Music and Movement, and TheatreWorks (TW), as well as performing at venues such as National Museum of Singapore, Dublin Fringe Festival, National Theatre Festival (at the National School of Drama in Delhi), Asian Theatre Festival at Kyungsung University in Busan, Lyric Theatre, Festival of Perth, TheatreWorks Retrospective Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Adelaide Festival of Arts, and National Institute of Education.

She is a member of the Association of Singapore Actors, the Singapore Drama Educators Association.[6]

Criticism and praise

In considering her role in Doubt (2006), Richard Lord of Quarterly Literary Review Singapore wrote that her portrayal of Sister Aloysius was unsympathetic and led to the audience believing in the innocence of Father Brendan as played by Lim Yu Beng.[7] When speaking of her award-winning role of Claire in Proof (2002), Daniel Teo of Inkpot Reviews praised her performance and her precision,[8] while Richard Lord of QLRS felt she exaggerated her character, but had shown better work in performance earlier that year."[9] The following year in his review of Revelations (2003), Lord gave a mixed review of the production's "faulty structure", yet approved of Samosir's performance.[10] In 2003, Samosir was involved with Pulse (2003), an experimental series of 3 interlinked plays loosely based on an urban woman's diary. The series was reviewed by Matthew Lyon of Inkpot Reviews, who felt her performance in the second of the three was "the strongest of the whole series."[11]

Filmography

Selected notable theatre appearances

Film

Television

Awards

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: actors' directory: Nora Samosir. Association of Singapore Artists. 12 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090615054221/http://www.asa.org.sg/bios/norasamosir.htm. 15 June 2009. dead.
  2. Lord . Richard . July 2003 . Thinking Global, Acting Local – Singapore shows up at the Singapore Arts Fest . . 2 . 4.
  3. Web site: A Workshop on Respiration, Phonation, and Articulation . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110520195515/http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/ell/docs/sem05sep07.pdf . 20 May 2011 . 12 April 2009 . . dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Faculty of Arts & Social Studies . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090221045423/http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/ell/faculty3_1.htm . 21 February 2009 . 12 April 2009 . National University of Singapore.
  5. Web site: Nora Samosir . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230127011324/https://www.lasalle.edu.sg/about/academics/nora-samosir . 27 January 2023 . 16 July 2023 . LASALLE College of the Arts.
  6. Web site: Our members . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081219221328/http://www.sdea.org.sg/bios.htm . 19 December 2008 . 13 April 2009 . Singapore Drama Educators Association.
  7. Lord. Richard. April 2006. Shadows of the Doubt. Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. 2. 5. 3.
  8. Web site: One is the lonliest number. Teo. Daniel. 22 November 2002. The Inkpot. 12 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20081008000638/http://inkpot.com/theatre/02reviews/02revproo.html. 8 October 2008. dead.
  9. Lord. Richard. January 2003. Maps, Maths and Other Madness. Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. 2. 2.
  10. Lord. Richard. July 2003. Thinking Global, Acting Local. Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. 2. 4.
  11. Web site: The Heart of the Matter. Lyon. Matthew. The Inkpot. 13 April 2009.
  12. Web site: 20 March 2009 . Stage: musical & opera . 12 April 2009 . IS Magazine.
  13. News: Chia . Adeline . Flawed reflections . 13 April 2009 . Straits Times.
  14. Web site: Toh . Amos . 19 June 2008 . Urgent Devotion . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080926125421/http://inkpot.com/theatre/08reviews/0619,temp,at.html . 26 September 2008 . 13 April 2009 . The Flying Inkpot.
  15. Web site: 120, Presented by National Museum of Singapore: A new production by TheatreWorks/Ong Keng Sen . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091001195539/http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/120years/event_120_detail.html . 1 October 2009 . 13 April 2009 . National Museum of Singapore.
  16. Web site: Yi-Sheng . Ng . 12 May 2006 . The Palace of Wisdom . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081008001846/http://inkpot.com/theatre/06reviews/0512,queeping,ny.html . 8 October 2008 . 13 April 2009 . The Flying Inkpot.
  17. Lord . Richard . January 2005 . Negotiating Parts Unknown . . 4 . 2.
  18. Lord . Richard . July 2002 . Action Speaks Louder With Words – Of soups, fruits and suits . . 1 . 4.
  19. Web site: 17 November 2008 . DVD Review of Asian Film Archive's Singapore Shorts Vol. 2 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090221173142/http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/dvd-review-of-asian-film-archives-singapore-shorts-vol-2 . 21 February 2009 . 13 April 2009 . Twitch Films.
  20. Web site: Classic dramas Triple Nine and Masters Of The Sea are coming to Netflix in November .
  21. Web site: Kwok . Amos . Shiver . 13 April 2009.
  22. Web site: MY LIFE IN THEATRE .
  23. Web site: NUS Arts Festival 2014 Festival Picks - White Rabbit Red Rabbit . 2021-07-02 . www.nus.edu.sg.
  24. Web site: The 3rd DBS Life! Theatre Awards 2002. Singapore Press Holdings Limited. 12 April 2009.
  25. Book: Tan , Tarn How . The lady of soul and her ultimate "S" machine. Sirius Books. 1993. 85.
  26. Book: Chong , Tze Chien . PIE to SPOILT: a collection of plays. The Necessary Stage. 2002. 253. 9789810476670.
  27. Book: Sa'at , Alfian . A history of amnesia: poems. Ethos Books. 2001. 86. 9789810437077.
  28. Book: Chiang , Michael . Private parts and other playthings. Landmark Books. 1994. 295. 9789813002777.

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