Samantha Scott-Blackhall is a Singaporean theatre director. Her 2006 production of Quills won Best Production of the Year at the Life! Theatre Awards. [1]
Scott-Blackhall is the daughter of child psychologist Carol Balhetchet and the sister of designer Chelsea Scott-Blackhall. [2] She studied at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, and obtained her degree in drama and directing from the university in 2002. [1]
In 2003, Scott-Blackhall directed the plays Popcorn, Agnes of God and The Deep Blue Sea. [3] [4] In the following year, she directed the plays Dead Certain, a psychological thriller, Harold Pinter's The Lover and The Dumb Waiter, and The Physicists. [3] In 2005, she received three nominations for Best Director at the 2005 Life! Theatre Awards for The Physicists, The Lover and the Dumb Waiter and Dead Certain. [1] She won Best Director for The Physicists. [5] In 2005, she directed Modern Dance for Beginners. [6]
In 2006, she directed the plays Doubt: A Parable, Death and the Maiden, Quills, The Car and 41 Hours. [7] Quills won Best Production of the Year at the 2006 Life! Theatre Awards. [1] In 2007, she directed an adaptation of the novel Lord of the Flies, [8] [9] as well as Everything but the Brain, Real Men, Fake Orgasms and Hitting (On) Women. [10] [11] [12] In 2008, she directed the all-Eurasian play Mama's Wedding, [1] as well as Apocalypse: Live! and Das Experiment: Black Box. [13] [14] In 2009, she directed the plays Manhood, [15] Singapore Love Letters, [16] The Vampire Monologues and Streetwalkers. [17] [18] In 2010, she directed the plays Ma Goes Home, Perfecting Prata and Behold Cravings. [19] [20]
In 2012, she directed an adaptation of Freud's Last Session. [8] She was nominated for Best Director at the 2013 Life! Theatre Awards for her work on the play. [21] In 2013, she directed the play 8 Women. [22] In 2014, she directed the plays A Wedding, A Funeral & Lucky, the Fish and Stand Behind the Yellow Line – Garisan Kuning. [23] In 2018, she directed the plays Red and Souvenir. [24] [25]
Scott-Blackhall has also taught at the LASALLE College of the Arts. [1]
Samantha Scott-Blackhall is a Singaporean theatre director. Her 2006 production of Quills won Best Production of the Year at the Life! Theatre Awards. [1]
Scott-Blackhall is the daughter of child psychologist Carol Balhetchet and the sister of designer Chelsea Scott-Blackhall. [2] She studied at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, and obtained her degree in drama and directing from the university in 2002. [1]
In 2003, Scott-Blackhall directed the plays Popcorn, Agnes of God and The Deep Blue Sea. [3] [4] In the following year, she directed the plays Dead Certain, a psychological thriller, Harold Pinter's The Lover and The Dumb Waiter, and The Physicists. [3] In 2005, she received three nominations for Best Director at the 2005 Life! Theatre Awards for The Physicists, The Lover and the Dumb Waiter and Dead Certain. [1] She won Best Director for The Physicists. [5] In 2005, she directed Modern Dance for Beginners. [6]
In 2006, she directed the plays Doubt: A Parable, Death and the Maiden, Quills, The Car and 41 Hours. [7] Quills won Best Production of the Year at the 2006 Life! Theatre Awards. [1] In 2007, she directed an adaptation of the novel Lord of the Flies, [8] [9] as well as Everything but the Brain, Real Men, Fake Orgasms and Hitting (On) Women. [10] [11] [12] In 2008, she directed the all-Eurasian play Mama's Wedding, [1] as well as Apocalypse: Live! and Das Experiment: Black Box. [13] [14] In 2009, she directed the plays Manhood, [15] Singapore Love Letters, [16] The Vampire Monologues and Streetwalkers. [17] [18] In 2010, she directed the plays Ma Goes Home, Perfecting Prata and Behold Cravings. [19] [20]
In 2012, she directed an adaptation of Freud's Last Session. [8] She was nominated for Best Director at the 2013 Life! Theatre Awards for her work on the play. [21] In 2013, she directed the play 8 Women. [22] In 2014, she directed the plays A Wedding, A Funeral & Lucky, the Fish and Stand Behind the Yellow Line – Garisan Kuning. [23] In 2018, she directed the plays Red and Souvenir. [24] [25]
Scott-Blackhall has also taught at the LASALLE College of the Arts. [1]