Centre of Performing Arts
She has been involved in various play productions taking on different roles and portfolios, including stage crew, lights and sound operator, props coordinator, production assistant, co-director and as an actor as well, thus having gained invaluable skills, experiences and a holistic understanding and knowledge in the putting up and mounting a professional stage production. She discovered her strong interest in drama teaching since she first started conducting speech and drama workshops in 2005. As a drama educator, Janice has trained and directed students in numerous workshops and productions in both primary and secondary schools. Her students have won 2 Distinction Awards for Trinity Guildhall Speech and Drama Examinations in 2006 and also a Bronze award in the recent Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Drama 2009 for the secondary school category. She has also written and directed plays and musicals for schools involving the participation of various performing arts groups in the school. In 2007, she was employed under Emaar International School, formerly known as Emaar Raffles International School as its full time drama teacher. Her job scope involved conceptualising, planning and teaching the curriculum for IGCSE Drama programme, taught weekly drama classes for the students from Year 1 to Year 3 and conducted drama training sessions for the drama club and CCA for students from Year 1 to Year 12. She was also responsible in the planning for the school’s Arts Festival. Besides teaching, Janice is also a musician with a local band and together, they have performed for various events. Since 2006, Janice has been working with Mastereign Centre of Performing Arts in curriculum drama teaching. Her mentor, Danny has also provided many opportunities for her to explore new grounds, be it in teaching, directing or writing. She has also assisted Danny in supervising and mentoring the younger trainers in class. Such valuable experiences have surely helped her to hone her craft to be a more skilful and a knowledgeable drama trainer/educator.
While developing his acting career, Adi has discovered another passion in him, which is, teaching. He has found lots of joy and fulfilment in training, coaching, sharing and imparting his drama skills and theatre knowledge while inspiring the young through drama. Since 2007, he has actively attended numerous workshops focusing on drama education to sharpen his skills as a trainer. He has also assisted many experienced trainers in drama teaching in schools to learn from them. After having gained the experiences, knowledge, skills and the confidence, Adi began to conduct drama and acting classes on his own. Since then, he has collaborated with several drama companies and has worked with a diversity of students from nursery to secondary schools. In his free time, Adi enjoys working out in the gym because he believes to keep a healthy body, spirit and mind. Otherwise, he finds chilling out at the beach to be his ultimate leisure thing to enjoy so that he can reflect and recharge before he steps into his next teaching class again. In 2008, Adi was introduced and became part of Mastereign’s pool of regular drama trainers headed by Danny Jow. He has since taught many educational drama workshops with Mastereign and has also acted in their school assembly show. Adi is honoured and happy to be part of the company that provides drama training with a heart.
Eugene is currently a full-time theatre practitioner and a drama trainer/educator. He has performed in numerous assembly plays toured to many schools. He has also acted professionally in TV programmes and theatre productions for the public including LITTLE COACH by Kids Central/Okto (Host), The Premier of MAGICAL SENTOSA – a Musical Fountain Show and the sold out runs of RAINBOW FISH by Imaginarts and ‘I’ Theatre, Romeo and Juliet By Imaginarts Eugene also writes and directs professionally. He has coached students as part of their drama education and has directed adults professionally. Till date, he has written, directed and performed in 7 full length musicals in the period of 2007-2009 for schools and the public. Eugene is a patient, passionate, an experienced and a dedicated drama trainer/educator who has taught and conducted many drama workshops in various institutions from primary schools to universities. He truly enjoys working with students from a diverse background in age and of varying learning abilities. Eugene has worked with Mastereign who has taught numerous drama programmes during curriculum and directed drama clubs in stage productions ranging from plays to musicals. His contributions and performance as a competent trainer and a director over the years soon earned him to be recognized as one of the STAR drama trainers by Danny, Programme Director for Drama.
In 1997, he joined a malay drama company as a full-time actor. He was then trained by professional actors and directors like Danny Jow, Gene Sharudyn, Aidli Alin Mosbit and Atin Amat, just to name a few. In 1998, he has made an impact in the TV industry by acting in an award-winning TV series, SOLDADU, and was nominated for Best New Actor in the same year. In the following year, he was acclaimed as one of the Top Ten Artists on Suria Channel. As a professional theatre practitioner, Izzat has collaborated with Mastereign and many other arts groups. Izzat is constantly seeking to broaden and widen his knowledge and skills in his area of interests and seeks to experiment new things. Living up to his motto he holds strongly, that is, TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST, he wants to soar in excellence.
Jacklyn loves traditional arts and had been involved with arts groups that promote Asian performing art forms in physical theatre. She has collaborated with contemporary groups such as Meredith Monk and Ann Hamilton and has toured stage productions to Europe and to Korea as a director cum performer. Jacklyn's passion for the arts did not stop there. She discovered her love in teaching in 2001 when she took over a friend to teach drama at the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Arts & Cultural Troupe while studying theatre full time at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Soon upon graduation, she chose to focus on drama education working with the young to learn about drama while fostering life skills in them through the arts. Jacklyn has taught drama in many different primary and secondary schools in Singapore and have trained them in various drama competitions such as SYF with numerous awards won including Kong Hwa School receiving silver for 2006 SYF, Chung Cheng High (Main) English Drama Society received silver medal for the 2007 SYF and Chua Chu Kang Drama Club with a gold medal in the 2009 SYF. Jacklyn has worked with numerous drama companies as a freelance trainer. She joined Mastereign Drama in 2007 having conducted various workshops as a trainer and a director. She strongly feels that Mastereign is one of the very few or the only professional enrichment company that has the knowledge, integrity and honesty in providing drama education for the young with a heart and is proud to be part of Mastereign Centre of Performing Arts as one of its STAR Trainer.
Regina strives to be an effective drama trainer while continuing to build her theatre skills as a professional practitioner. As such, she has acted in various educational and community plays staged by various statutory boards, such as the National Environmental Agency, National Parks Board and Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. Apart from acting, Regina is also a dancer and a musician. She is also working on building her experiences and skills in theatre production work having held several key roles as a stage crew and a stage manager. She hopes to share the experiences with her students, hoping to inspire them and help them achieve their fullest potential. Apart from being a full time theatre practitioner, Regina is an officer with the Girls’ Brigade Singapore. She comes from a family of chefs who run a food business, so it explains why she is a real foodie. Regina truly enjoys being a drama trainer and an educator because of the fun she has working with the children and the challenges she faces on what the youths will bring into her class. She also loves the power of drama being used as a tool to contribute to their character development. In 2008, Regina started teaching for Mastereign Drama and has thoroughly enjoyed the wonderful and open working relationship with her mentor, Danny, since. Their in-house Train-the-Trainers workshop has also sharpened her skills as a trainer. She is comforted with the constant encouragements and the support Mastereign team has given to the trainers and she appreciates and is proud of the quality drama training that is being offered to schools.
She has been teaching and facilitating drama workshops in local primary and secondary schools and international schools since 2004. The range of drama courses that she has conducted include performing and theatre training for drama clubs (towards productions and competitions), drama in curriculum (e.g. civics, literature, English) as well as workshops in acting, script writing, improvisation, puppetry, mime, forum theatre and playback theatre to use drama as a tool to tackle issues such as speech difficulties, confidence issues or behavioral issues like bullying. Renee has also conducted professional workshops for institutions, notably Hokkien Huay Kuan and SIF to conduct drama and Playback Theatre workshops in Cambodia. Renee graduated from NUS with a BA in Arts. Upon graduation, she has attended various acting courses and was coached by established directors and practitioners: Mime from Christina Sergeant, Wong Yong Tseng, Chekov Methods by David Zinder, Commedia Dell’arte workshop by Marco Luly, Mime Comedy Master Class by Julian Chagrin and playback theatre from Anne Chua and Veronica Needa. Renee is greatly inspired by the power of theatre, that is, to touch, to educate, to entertain and to change. As such, as a dedicated drama trainer/director and educator who strongly believes in drama education, she seeks to inspire and develop the students to become a better person, be it being more confident, expressive, better communicators, imaginative and creative or as a better team player through the form and process of drama. Renee enjoys her working relationship with Mastereign Drama. She is impressed and proud of the professionalism uphold by the company in terms of payment to the trainers and the quality drama training offered to schools. Most importantly, she greatly appreciates the strong support and mentorship given by Danny to his pool of trainers. Oh, it is a pleasurable discovery to know that Renee can speak in different accents.
Shah has the knack of making student-dancers from novices. He trains, encourages and inspires them to soar to new heights and getting them to learn to achieve their utmost potential in performing. A dedicated teacher, he is determined on developing dance as a form of communication and expression for his students. A self-trained dance coach in jazz and hip hop, his passion in dance cannot be measured in words. As a gifted dancer and a trainer with a unique style, Shah has also worked hard to gain overseas exposure and experiences as a dancer, a trainer and a choreographer. Locally, he has choreographed numerous stage productions ranging from concerts to musicals and has collaborated with Mediacorp having trained and worked with the cast of local drama serials “Phua Chu Kang” and “Police and Thief” in their musical stage productions. Shah is currently focusing more on nurturing younger students from primary and secondary schools while contributing to their character development through dance and movement. He enjoys training and coaching them in dance with several awards won from dance competitions such as The Singapore Youth Festival.
Shida fell in love with theatre as an undergraduate in National University of Singapore, where she read Theatre Studies and Political Science. Nine years on and she now has numerous acting credits to her name and has worked with renowned local theatre companies such as PANGGUNG ARTS, Wild Rice, The Necessary Stage and Teater Ekamatra to name a few. While acting, Shida Mahadi has also tried her hands at other aspects of theatre work like directing, stage managing, production managing, light and sound operation and costume designing to ensure that her involvement and experience as a practitioner is well-rounded. A long time supporter and firm believer of theatre in education, Shida also found her love and joy in teaching. Since then, she has trained and conducted various Speech and Drama courses in more than 30 schools across the island. Back in 2002, she had also conceptualised and performed in an island wide community outreach programme for children under NLB and NAC which has toured more than 15 community libraries. An exuberant and a dedicated trainer, Shida's objective is firstly to share her love for theatre and passion in performing with her students and to get them to not only see it as fun but also as a powerful tool for the development of character and life skills such as confidence, expression, creativity, exploration and self-discovery. She believes that if we can nurture the children and our youths to develop a sense of respect for themselves as an actor, their performance space and their fellow actors and as well as to appreciate their work of art, then this code of ethics would take them far in the world outside of the theatre. Shida has started teaching for Mastereign since 2008 but has worked with Danny, Programme Director for the Drama department, for almost 7 years as a trainer, director and an actor. She thoroughly enjoys collaborating with Danny and the company having conducted varying drama workshops ranging from curriculum drama training to directing the students in plays. Her vast skills and experiences as a drama practitioner naturally made her one of Mastereign’s STAR Drama Trainers.
Theresa graduated from Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts with a Diploma in Theatre Arts. She started out acting having performed in many professional stage productions including - The Jungle Book, Calonike from Lysistrata, the Naughty Reindeer by Act 3 International and ‘The soldier’s tale”. While learning to become a capable actor, Theresa has also begun to discover the joy in teaching. So she started to focus more on drama education and has worked hard to build her skills and experiences as a competent drama trainer/educator. Apart from performing, Theresa is also actively involved in other aspects of a production ranging from being a stage crew to wardrobe assistant. She believes that one must be versatile to keep up with the trade. So she is continuously sharpening her craft as a professional theatre practitioner so that she can share her technical skills and knowledge with her students. In the last 4 years, Theresa has taught drama in many primary and secondary schools as part of their curriculum. She has also conducted training for the drama clubs and trained the drama students in various competitions such as SYF. Theresa strongly believes in the power of drama being a tool not just in performing but also in the student’s self-discovery and self-enrichment. As such, she aims to train her students not just in drama and performing but also to contribute to their character development during the workshop process. Theresa is also a freelance host having hosted for various events such as Garfield Cool Christmas at Expo for the Robinson Christmas sale, Pooh for all seasons at Johor, Tebrau City and recently Disney Princess at Johor, Tebrau City. Working with Mastereign has been a pleasure for Theresa. Their Programme Director, Danny, has given her so much room to improve and grow as a trainer, an educator and also a director with constant encouragements and motivations given to her. Other than teaching, acting and directing experiences, she has also started on scriptwriting professionally and costume designing for numerous school productions. “Without Mastereign and Danny, I wouldn’t be where I am today as a drama trainer/educator.” As such, Theresa wants to thank all of those in Mastereign especially Danny for believing in her.
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Janice is now full- time with Mastereign Centre of Performing Arts as its Assistant Programme Manager/Resident Drama Trainer focusing on drama education. She received a Diploma in Theatre Studies from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. 
Adi’s interest in performing started when he was studying in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. After graduating from the Polytechnic with a diploma in Mass Communication in 2006, Adi has decided to pursue a career in drama full time. His started with acting. His first acting stint was with Sentosa playing one of the roving characters in its museum. Since then, Adi has performed in several theatrical Play productions and school assembly shows staged by various drama and theatre companies. He has worked with various directors- Danny Jow, Rila Melati, Christina Sergeant, Ruby Lim Yang to name a few. He was nominated Best New Talent for the Short and Sweet Festival 2007 and Best Actor for the 24hour Theatre Project 2009, organised by Masakini Theatre in Kuala Lumpur.
Eugene Lin is a graduate of Lasalle-SIA School of Drama and has been actively involved in the theatre scene for the past 10 years.
Izzat Md Yusoff (Izzat in short) is trained in acting, dancing and singing by Nadiputra, Norazila Amin and Mak Nona Asiah in Bengkel Kanak-Kanak & Aksi Mat Yoyo. He then began to be actively involved with several local theatre groups.
Jacklyn is a theatre practitioner, performer, director, choreographer, drama and dance instructor. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications and a diploma in theatre. Jacklyn has also attended the Overseas Chinese Dance's Grade 6 Examinations and obtained the Beijing Dance Academy Certificate for Teaching Chinese Dance from Grade 1 to 9. She has also undergone trainings by world-renowned theatre practitioner like Joan Holden, SITI Company and Anne Bogart. 
Regina has been mentoring and working with students since 2003. What began with mentoring at-risk youths has evolved into professional training and coaching them as performers. While studying drama full time in LASALLE, College of the Arts, she had the opportunity to help co-train the drama clubf in Changi Prison. Upon graduation, Regina started to teach drama full time. She has taught in various schools ranging from kindergartens to secondary schools. She has found great joy in imparting her drama skills and knowledge to the next generation. Her greatest satisfaction derives from her students learning not just drama skills, but also about life through drama. As Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage, and all the mean and women merely players.”
Renee is a full time drama practitioner who trains, acts, writes and directs.
Shah discovered his streak of versatile creativity since his teens, against skepticism. He is enjoying the opportunity to develop young minds and bodies through dance at tertiary institutions such as NUS, NTU and Polytechnic since 1986.
Shida Mahadi is a full-time professional theatre practitioner and a drama trainer/educator. 
“When it comes to creating magic onstage, every one plays a part.”