Izyan Nadzirah
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Restaged the Raffles Way
By Izyan Nadzirah
‘ We were ambitious , I must admit . But we pulled it off ,’ shared an amused Harold Tan ( RI , 1976 ) on putting up Great Expectations in 1975 . ‘ The first thing you need to hold a successful performance is good leadership — to direct and to filter the ideas that everyone will suggest time and again that may be unbeneficial to the development of the performance . The second thing is possibly healthy stress . Of course , some of us were stressed to our wits ’ ends , what with juggling multiple extra-curricular activities and our academics . But the stress of holding a play all on our own at the age of 17 was a challenge that enabled us to discover our personalities . It was worth it .’
Rafflesian Times
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Harold was the musical director of Great Expectations performed by Raffles Players and is currently the Director for Real Estate Advisory at VestAsia Group , a company that provides real estate consultancy and executive training .
In 1975 , a group of Pre- University students in RI broke with theatrical tradition to stage a student-written and