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Since 1995, Alvin has been actively involved in Singapore theatre. For six years, he has worked for The Theatre Practice, a major bilingual theatre company of Singapore founded by the late and respected Kuo Pao Kun.

Taking up many different roles in the company as an actor, director and acting coach, Alvin’s theatre productions, performance and trainings have travelled to many different places, including Paris, London, China, Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan. 

After working and understudying with many acclaimed directors in Asia which includes Stan Lai (Taiwan), Jim Chim (Hong Kong) and Fredric Mao (Hong Kong), in the year 2007, Alvin was awarded the Arts Professional Development Grant from the National Arts Council Singapore and went on to pursue his performing skills in Paris with the great master Philippe Gaulier.  

In 2009, Alvin graduated with distinction from E’cole Philippe Gaulier. After graduation, he took up the role as movement teacher and assistant professor in E’cole Philippe Gaulier. 

In 2013, Alvin is awarded the Arts Scholarship from the National Arts Council Singapore and went on to research and develop his theatre practice through an MA in Ensemble Theatre with the Rose Bruford College in London.  

In 2014, he graduated with a Master’s degree and took up the role of assistant teacher for the MA Ensemble programme in Rose Bruford College. 

In the past two decades, Alvin has also actively promoted performance teaching. He has held training workshops around the world, including Singapore, Paris, London, Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China, sharing unique performance skills and methods.       

ATTEMPTS is a collective that aims to engage and provoke, transforming the audience into players using participatory performances while providing a playground for like-minded artists to come on board to create their journeys. 

Rei Poh is a committed participatory theatre practitioner, director and game designer, who believes in the power of theatre to transform. He is a proud graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts’ Master of Directing for Performance program. Rei has created thought-provoking participatory and forum theatre works like ATTEMPTS:SG, ATTEMPTS:MEL and《莎莎》Girl In the White Sand Box. Rei's recent projects include the showcase of DATING SIM (beta)—a participatory piece that experiments with video game-style narrative in Late Night Texting 2019 by CENTRE 42 and a video game performance in collaboration with The Doodle People titled Window.  

Cheryl Tan Yun Xin is a bilingual actor, host and theatre maker based in Singapore. She is a part of ATTEMPTS and Impromptu Meetings. As a theatre maker, her interests lie in experimenting with various artisticforms as well as bringing as many people as possible into her world, either through play or mere observation. Her acting and directing credits include Impromptu Meetings's The Lobby, ATTEMPTS's Window and  LASALLE College of the Arts' The Insiders.