Samantha Scott-Blackhall Explained

Samantha Scott-Blackhall is a Singaporean theatre director. Her 2006 production of Quills won Best Production of the Year at the Life! Theatre Awards.

Early life and education

Scott-Blackhall is the daughter of child psychologist Carol Balhetchet and the sister of designer Chelsea Scott-Blackhall.[1] She studied at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, and obtained her degree in drama and directing from the university in 2002.[2]

Career

In 2003, Scott-Blackhall directed the plays Popcorn, Agnes of God and The Deep Blue Sea.[3] In the following year, she directed the plays Dead Certain, a psychological thriller, Harold Pinter's The Lover and The Dumb Waiter, and The Physicists.[4] In 2005, she received three nominations for Best Director at the 2005 Life! Theatre Awards for The Physicists, The Lover and the Dumb Waiter and Dead Certain.[2] She won Best Director for The Physicists.[5] In 2005, she directed Modern Dance for Beginners.[6]

In 2006, she directed the plays , Death and the Maiden, Quills, The Car and 41 Hours.[7] Quills won Best Production of the Year at the 2006 Life! Theatre Awards.[2] In 2007, she directed an adaptation of the novel Lord of the Flies,[8] [9] as well as Everything but the Brain, Real Men, Fake Orgasms and Hitting (On) Women.[10] [11] [12] In 2008, she directed the all-Eurasian play Mama's Wedding,[2] as well as and .[13] [14] In 2009, she directed the plays Manhood,[15] Singapore Love Letters,[16] The Vampire Monologues and Streetwalkers.[17] [18] In 2010, she directed the plays Ma Goes Home, Perfecting Prata and Behold Cravings.[19] [20]

In 2012, she directed an adaptation of Freud's Last Session.[8] She was nominated for Best Director at the 2013 Life! Theatre Awards for her work on the play.[21] In 2013, she directed the play 8 Women.[22] In 2014, she directed the plays A Wedding, A Funeral & Lucky, the Fish and Stand Behind the Yellow Line – Garisan Kuning.[23] In 2018, she directed the plays Red and Souvenir.[24] [25]

Scott-Blackhall has also taught at the LASALLE College of the Arts.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Chiew. Melainne. 30 June 2020. Singapore-born designer Chelsea Scott-Blackhall and her fashion brand Dzojchen go global. Prestige. 10 October 2023.
  2. Book: Singapore Eurasians: Memories, Hopes And Dreams. 358–359. 978-9813109612. Pereira. Alexius A.. Braga-Blake. Myrna. Ebert-Oehlers. Ann. World Scientific. 2016.
  3. News: Oon. Clarissa. 20 October 2003. Deep Blue in choppy waters. The Straits Times.
  4. News: Oon. Clarissa. 21 October 2004. Play it again with a bang, Sam. The Straits Times.
  5. News: 18 March 2005. Great expectations. The Straits Times.
  6. News: Chew. David. 15 October 2005. Theatre's hot young things. Today. 10 October 2023.
  7. News: Hong. Xinyi. 1 August 2006. Double-bill scores with tales of kinship. The Straits Times.
  8. News: Barker. Victoria. 12 April 2012. S'pore director not shy to tackle tough topics. My Paper.
  9. News: Chia. Adeline. 1 November 2007. SAM STEPS FORWARD. The Straits Times.
  10. News: Chow. Clara. 11 January 2007. Acclaimed play set for a second run. The Straits Times.
  11. News: Hong. Xinyi. 4 September 2007. When boys become men. The Straits Times.
  12. News: Hong. Xinyi. 16 August 2007. Hitting on a raw nerve. The Straits Times.
  13. News: Chia. Adeline. 18 August 2008. Doomsday Singapore. The Straits Times.
  14. News: Nair. Joseph. 4 November 2008. An unrealistic and futile experiment. The Business Times.
  15. News: De Guzman. Amanda. 18 September 2009. Pretty tight package of masculinity. The Business Times.
  16. News: Tan. Tara. 9 February 2009. Very different love letters. The Straits Times.
  17. News: Chia. Adeline. 27 October 2009. Horrors, no shocks. The Straits Times.
  18. News: Chia. Adeline. 3 March 2009. Mapping the human heart. The Straits Times.
  19. News: Chia. Adeline. 14 October 2010. Dead woman's dilemma. The Straits Times.
  20. News: Ng. Yisheng. 22 March 2010. Yummy main course. The Straits Times.
  21. News: Oon. Clarissa. 25 June 2013. In the director's chair. The Straits Times.
  22. News: Nanda. Akshita. 1 April 2013. Theatre review: House of hissing femmes in 8 Women. The Straits Times. 10 October 2023.
  23. News: Yusof. Helmi. 28 February 2014. Veteran actors bring new scripts to life. The Business Times.
  24. News: Nanda. Akshita. 21 September 2018. Souvenir by Sing'theatre: Play about off-key singer hits right notes. The Straits Times. 10 October 2023.
  25. News: Tan. Corrie. 11 July 2014. Theatre review: Blank Space Theatre's Red is an art lecture disguised as a biopic. The Straits Times. 10 October 2023.

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