Tembusu College Master’s Tea

Mr. Hossan Leong

5th September 2012

3pm, Wednesday

Master’s Common Lounge,

Level 3, Residential Block

Refreshments will be served.

Only 30 seats available!

Please sign up at tembusu.nus.edu.sg

Hossan Leong, a consummate performer, able to sing, dance, act and play the piano, is one of Singapore’s most highly sought after host and entertainer. Affectionately known as the ‘Singapore Boy’, he continues to delight audiences – whether starring in his yearly stage production The Hossan Leong Show or in more dramatic roles on Mediacorp’s Channel 8. In the Life Theatre Awards, Hossan received Best Ensemble in 2000 and 2010, as well as nominations for Best Actor in 2005 and Best Supporting Actor in 2006 & 2003.

Hossan has appeared in numerous stage productions such as The Rocky Horror Show, The Full Monty, The Importance of Being Ernest, Army Daze, Little Shop Of Horrors, Chang and Eng, Fiddler On The Roof, Beauty World and Sing To The Dawn, to name a few. His television and film credits include The Perfect Cut 2, Under One Roof, I Not Stupid, One Last Dance and ‘You Fu‘. Hossan also hosted Channel 5’s gameshow We Are Singaporeans, Arts Central’s Front and OKTO’s Squirks. Fluent in French, Hossan has worked with the Alliance Française and Sing’theatre, represented the Singapore Actors in Paris at the Asian Film Festival, and was named Ambassador for Paris 2012, and awarded the 2006 Prix des Ambassadeurs Francophones (Francophone Ambassador Award).

In 2003, Hossan made his directorial debut in Sydney with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song. More recent directing credits include Beauty & the Beast and Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs. Together with Paul Carr, Hossan wrote, directed and acted in a play for the launch of the 2006 Speak Good English Movement in Singapore. He was also the Speak Mandarin Campaign Ambassador for 2005/2006. On Radio, Hossan hosted The Gold Breakfast Show on Gold 90.5FM, and was previously a Producer/Presenter with Lush 99.5 and Power 98. As a co-founder of the Paul Carr Consultancy Pte Ltd – a Singapore-based Entertainment & Media Training Company – Hossan also offers motivational talks as well as corporate training to executives in drama and presentation techniques.