British Theatre Playhouse
The logo of the British Theatre Playhouse
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| Industry | Entertainment |
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| Genre | British plays, musicals and concerts |
| Founded | 28 October 2004 |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Cecilia Leong-Faulkner John Faulkner |
| Website | britishtheatreplayhouse |
Cecilia Leong-Faulkner
The British Theatre Playhouse (BTP) is a professional theatrical and musical production company incorporated in Singapore in 2004. With the motto The Best in Live British Entertainment, the BTP is internationally focused with a British connection, as well as it is a long-standing member of the Singaporean British Chamber of Commerce and the European Chamber of Commerce. In 2012, the BTP also established a UK branch office, in order to work more closely with acclaimed British playwrights, writers, actors, directors, musical directors, and set and costume designers.
The company has produced and presented a series of highly successful British productions in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and the UK, and is currently looking to expand its production output in Hong Kong and India. Its aim is to continue bringing to the audience shows which feature stars and other prominent stage, television and film actors, or music performers, from London’s West End, as it has been the case with all its shows so far, and presenting them in world-class hotels and other venues. So far, the BTP has produced 18 plays and musicals, making it a largely active production company, as it has been steadily achieving at least 2 productions per year since its foundation.
The founders of the British Theatre Playhouse are Cecilia Leong-Faulkner and John Faulkner. Cecilia and John met in Kuala Lumpur in 1987 when Cecilia was working for American Express International in Kuala Lumpur which sponsored the play Bedroom Farce by Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE and John was appearing in a dinner-theatre play at The Regent Hotel for the late British actor and producer Derek Nimmo. The idea for the foundation of the BTP came to them over a dinner one evening back in 2002, two years before the foundation of the BTP in 2004, when a comment was made about the absence of British plays in Singapore.
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