{"id":4756,"date":"2023-05-01T09:43:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T08:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlottechiew.com\/?page_id=4756"},"modified":"2023-05-02T09:17:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T08:17:45","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/charlottechiew.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; module_id=&#8221;aboutme&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#1f3c5c&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;30px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;120px||||false|false&#8221; top_divider_style=&#8221;asymmetric2&#8243; top_divider_color=&#8221;#F5E9E2&#8243; top_divider_repeat=&#8221;1x&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||7px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#2C363F&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Salmela TTF||||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Salmela TTF||||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#EFEA5A&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Salmela TTF||||||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#F27521&#8243; header_4_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_4_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||28px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;bounce&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;bottom&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;1250ms&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>My voice is&#8230;<\/h2>\n<h4>Young! \u2022 Spunky! \u2022 Uplifting!<\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Salmela||||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#2C363F&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Salmela||||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#EFEA5A&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#F27521&#8243; header_4_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_4_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||28px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]English is my native tongue. I voice selectively in Mandarin.<\/p>\n<p>My international vibe comes from growing up amidst the expatriate communities in Australia, USA, Singapore, and France. Which means, I deliver American and British accents neutrally, and Southeast Asian accents authentically. You may have heard people refer to it as the Mid-Atlantic Accent, or The Unplaceable International Accent.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Salmela TTF||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Salmela TTF||||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Salmela||||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#EFEA5A&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#F27521&#8243; header_4_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_4_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||28px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0My Training<\/h2>\n<p>The first\u00a0<strong>professional theatre company<\/strong>\u00a0in Singapore (and incidentally the\u00a0<em>only Children\u2019s Theatre company<\/em>\u00a0for a long while) was where I first learnt the basics of voice and acting. I\u2019ve since trained and performed as a\u00a0<strong>professional actor<\/strong>\u00a0in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, USA, Hungary, France, UK. Because my love affair with performing started in children\u2019s theatre,\u00a0<strong>performing for young audiences<\/strong>\u00a0has always held a special place in my heart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Little Tykes Theatre<\/strong>\u00a0in Paris was my platform for sharing stories with children from\u00a0<strong>2007 to 2017<\/strong>. We were the only English theatre company in Paris (at that time) who performed with and for very small children from the ages of 0 to 8 years.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/littletykestheatre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIttle Tykes\u2019 page<\/a>\u00a0is still on Facebook as a happy reminder of all the Little Tykes who came to play with us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My voice over journey<\/strong>\u00a0began without me quite noticing. 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