NATHAN HARTONO, who’s performing in an upcoming musical about the Great Wall, spills about the great firewall of China, hitting metaphorical walls and, er, a giant photo of himself on his bedroom wall.
WHO IS HE? Nathan Hartono, 25, who is taking on China once again, after his second-place finishing in Sing! China last year. This time, the local singer-actor is scaling the Great Wall... in an upcoming musical. The Great Wall: One Woman’s Journey is a tearjerker about the legend of Meng Jiangnu, a devoted wife in search of her scholar husband after he’s conscripted to build the Great Wall of China. “I’m playing the scholar Fan Qiliang. Spoiler alert: I die! It’s an emotional role. It’s been a while since I’ve done theatre, and I’m excited to go back to it. [Acting] is not like riding a bicycle. My muscles need to be exercised!” says Nathan. This is his second musical after starring alongside Adrian Pang in Spring Awakening in 2012.
Yesterday once more: Nathan had to don Qin Dynasty garb for his role in the musical. “I’ve never had very long hair so it feels different to have hair in my face. When I put it on, my mouth moves differently and I don’t know if that’ll change my performance, so it’ll be fun to figure that out.”
Scale this: Nathan with his The Great Wall co-star, West End actress Na Young-Jeon, at the Great Wall. “I haven’t been there since I was seven, and I had no time to go when I was in Beijing for Sing! China. I was going back to China for work this time round so [the cast and I] made a research trip to the wall,” says Nathan.
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