The EFX Show for Marina Bay Sands!

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Marina Bay Sands' "Best of Best Awards"

Wonderment @ Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands Singapore

Wonderment

A Dance Spectacle by O School

The FIRST ever Singapore production to be staged at the Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands Singapore

The Sands Theatres was home to many incredible productions such as Wicked, Lion King, Phantom of The Opera, Slava Snow Show and many more. 

I got the opportunity to be part of this production as the Special Effects Advisor, having to design and create some of the effects used in the show.

Ryan was the chief choreographer of the show, his choreography and creativity is just amazing! I've had the honour to have him as my dance instructor back in my MDC days.

Planning and rehearsals started months ago.

 Wonderment is a show made up of extremely passionate and dedicated people. The energy of the people coming together, working towards the same goal is incredible! I can't help but to feel the enthusiasm of everybody as one big family, and what a talented family indeed!

Setting up and some behind-the-scenes photos!

 The Sands Theatre is a beautiful, fully equipped theatre!

Hanging our sceneries on the flybars

 Our huge bed prop that transforms into a horizontal stage.

The wall at the fire-escape backstage was filled with "priceless graffiti" left by casts and crews from the previous shows

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Some "Streamer bombs" that I made...

Of course, as of everything I do, there must be LEDs! Read about my obsession with LEDs and a LED costume that I made recently from my blog post here!

 Floating top-hats?!

A balloon-drop effect during the finale

Some pictures from rehearsals and shows

 

Jeffrey Tan & Priscilla Khong came to watch the show! Jeffrey is an amazing dancer & choreographer, he choreographed the dance in "Voyage de la vie" which I loved so much. Jeffrey was also one of my dance teacher during my MDC days. Priscilla is the star in The Magic of Lawrence & Priscilla

We used projection mapping in the show, check out this hilarious scene!

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 The very talented Terence Then, played a magician role in his dance item!

A vanishing illusion in the show

The staff & crew at Marina Bay Sands, our heroes behind the scenes!

 We were all given a "Wonderment Bear"

The amazingly talented cast and crew of Wonderment!

 It is an honor to be working with all the talented people behind the show. It was a truly amazing experience!

**UPDATED**

Watch the video highlights!

With Love,

 - Kiki Tay

A date with an amazing lady!

Jackie from Las Vegas came to Singapore! and I got the honor to show her around!

Who is Jackie? Jackie is no stranger in the entertainment scenes in Las Vegas and around the world, she is the amazing lady behind the success of many now-famous magicians!

Jackie manages magicians including Brett Daniels, Philippart & Anja, Mark Kalin & Ginger, Tim Kole, Charles Bach, Jason Byrne, Mike Michaels and many many more. She had also worked with David Copperfield, Val Valentino ;-) and oh so many more! You might not know many of the names, but many of the magicians she managed were my heroes ever since I first began my passion in magic! I remember more than 10 years ago, when Brett Daniels' magic specials were shown on Channel 5, I recorded the program on VHS and watched it over and over again, almost a hundred times!

Jackie is also one of the judges in the upcoming FISM competition held in Blackpool in 2012. FISM is known as the "Olympics of Magic" and is the highest honor anybody can achieve in magic, and Jackie plays the important role of deciding who becomes the ultimate champion! Find out more about FISM here

 You can imagine how thrilled I was when Jackie showed me the promos of my heroes and shared with me many amazing and inspiring stories!

After settling Charles Bach down at Genting, Jackie made a trip to Singapore for a meeting with Resorts World Singapore, before she heads back to Genting again. Jackie invited me to watch Voyage De La Vie again, which marks the 4th time I'm watching this awesome show! In case you didn't know, I loved the show so much that I made it a point to watch it a hundred times, see my previous post here. 96 more times to go!

Voyage De La Vie had seen much changes since it began last year, many scenes were taken out but many new scenes were added too! Most remarkable is the Jarrett & Raja (Magician)'s act. The act is now longer and takes on much focus. They were fantastic!!

I know I'm not suppose to take pictures during the show but.. erm.. my dog ate my homework! 

(can't think of any other excuses)

After the show, Jackie brought me to meet Jarrett and Raja! We had a great time chatting over a drink :-) They were AWESOME!!

The next day, I brought Jackie to Chinatown for some shopping!

We visited a magic shop in Chinatown! Remember this nice lady? She had a poster of me on her wall! See my previous blogpost here. She was thrilled when she found out who Jackie was, she took out her camera and took several pictures with her :-)

Jackie remembered that "Star Virgo" the cruise liner was docking in Singapore on that day, she made a phone call and invited Philippart & Anja over for a chat and drink! Unfortunately Philippart wasn't able to disembark that day due to some work in the theatre, nevertheless, Anja came and we had a GREAT time!

Philippart & Anja does an AMAZING show! Their show is like a rock concert! Unique, entertaining and simply AWESOME!! They are currently performing on board Star Virgo till 31st March! Catch them if you can!

Jackie also introduced me to Charles Bach over the phone, and I got the chance to talk to him a bit. Charles is an EXCELLENT and INCREDIBLY CREATIVE Magician currently starring in Resort World Genting's new show "Glitz"

The show is running in Resort World Genting till 11th September this year! Don't miss this amazing show!! Find out more about the show HERE

Jackie is really a very nice lady, she had given me so much guidance and advices in such short period of time, she really knows show business inside-out. In the past 30 years of her career, she had given countless opportunities and gave multi-million dollars worth of contracts to now famous magicians from all over the world! It is such honor to meet and learn from her. This is something I would treasure for a loong time!

Back to shopping and dinner at a Chinese restaurant!

  

After dinner, we went to Marina Bay Sands..

  Met a long time friend of mine along the way :-)

We went to the Sky Park on top of Marina Bay Sands!

Stunning view of Singapore!

  

Jackie is going to be my representative for shows in the U.S. and other countries. I feel so proud and honored to have a chance to work with her. She is an AMAZING lady!

Thank you Jackie! Come back to Singapore soon!

With love,

Kiki Tay