Fly Entertainment

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FLY Entertainment is a Singapore-based Entertainment agency specializing in Artiste Management. Often cited as Singapore's pioneer and leading Entertainment Agency, FLY is currently the only Entertainment company in Asia to have Casting and Artiste Management under one roof making it the one stop entertainment provider. Over the decade of establishment, FLY has garnered wide-ranging support from local media, broadcasters, production companies and corporate clients.

FLY is made up of six key pillars - Artiste Management, Casting, Events Management, Special Projects, FLY Academy, Production.

History

Actress/Comedian Irene Ang propelled to fame with her role as Rosie Phua in Singapore's longest running sitcom, and top television series [1]Phua Chu Kang. Following which, in 1999,Irene Ang started FLY Entertainment in a storage room at the back of a garment factory, with just a fax machine and two staff members.

Driven by their passion and belief in Asia's talents, Irene and her business partner, Lim Soo Ann have weathered storms to achieve a milestone of 10 years of FLY in the industry. To date, Irene Ang the founder of FLY has won multiple awards for her entrepreneurial achievements with FLY Entertainment.

Artiste Management

FLY represents over 50 multi-talented, effectively bilingual artistes. In the past 10 years, FLY has managed household names such as Celeste Chong, Mark Richmond, Michelle Chong, Andrea De Cruz, Hossan Leong and Aaron Aziz.


Notable People currently managed by FLY Entertainment.
Hosting:

Female(Local) Male (Local) Overseas Artiste
Angela May Bryan Gamboa Wendy Jacobs
Bernie Chan Chern Eu
Nadya Hutagalung
Pamelyn Chee
Rebecca Tan
Stephanie Carrington


Hosting/Acting:

Female(Local) Male (Local) Overseas Artiste
Adele Wong Allan Wu Ananda Everingham
Amy Cheng Alaric Tay Archie Kao
Catherine Sng Chua Enlai Teo Kiat Sing
Elena Wang Jimmy T Steph Song
Elizabeth Tan Shane Mardjuki Diana Chung
Irene Ang Timothy Nga Sonya Balmores
Karen Lim Lee Weng Kee Caroline Cheong
Wong Li Lin Benjamin Heng Chacko Vadaketh
Magdalene See Brandon Fernandez Gof Akara
Mindee Ong Mark Zee Jack Prinya
Jamie Teo Bobby Tonelli Mark Waite
Tracy Tan Hansen Lee Kelly Tanapat
Kenji Fitzgerald

Creative Artists:
Recognizing the art of their craft, FLY is the only Artiste Management agency managing Creative Artists, managing the people behind the scenes in Film, Theatre and Music. FLY is also spreading their wings to undertake managing local athletes in Sports Management.

Beatrice Chia-Richmond Dollei Seah DJ Evalicious (Eve Salvail)
The Straits Times Life! Awards, Best Director for the play Shopping and F***ing 44th Golden Horse Awards Celebrity Makeup Artiste Nominee, Hair & Makeup for "881 (film)" International Supermodel/Actress turned celebrity DJ.

FLY Casting

The first full-fledged casting agency in Singapore to undertake casting for film (TV, movies, commercials,etc),FLY has worked with names such as Ming Productions, Ochre Pictures, MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, Mise En Scene (Thailand), Touchdown TV (NZ), STAR Group Ltd(HK), Lion TV (UK), RHI Entertainment, AXN Sony Networks, Darlow Smith Productions, Bigfoot Entertainment, Walt Disney Television (Singapore), Gateway Entertainment Pte Ltd, Roleplay UK, etc. to cast international and local Actors/Actresses/Talents/etc.

With a readily available network of artistes and talents, FLY is the only entertainment agency in the region to house artiste management and casting in an agency. The film projects which FLY has worked on include Wherever You Are, Dance of the Dragon, The Tattooist, The Children of Huang Shi, Bitter Sea, The Leap Years, The Home Song Stories, The Coffin (film) (Bangkok), Chowick, Holly,One Last Dance, The Forbidden City,The Great Wall, Marco Polo, The Amazing Race Asia, Seconds From Disaster,etc.

FLY Events Management

FLY specialises in providing creative consultancy, management and execution for event companies and corporate clients. In 2001, FLY pioneered the use of interactive skits and musicals in events. FLY has managed Events such as product/service launches, roadshows, charity events and hosting (standup comedy, celebrity performances, etc)

Some of FLY's clients include AIG, amadeus, Asia Pacific Breweries, Bridge Alliance, Canon, CapitaLand, Chevrolet, Citibank,DBS Bank,Epson, ESPN, Estée Lauder, gemalto, Genentech, Hewlett-Packard, HSBC, Johnnie Walker, Kenzo, King Koil, Lancôme,M1,MacDonalds, Microsoft, Ministry of Manpower (Singapore), Morgan Stanley, National Arts Council Singapore, Nike, OCBC Bank, PacNet, Singapore Exchange, Singapore Turf Club, Singapore Post, SingTel, Singapore Press Holdings, Standard Chartered, Starbucks, StarHub, Singapore Tourism Board, Swarovski, Swissôtel, Tangs, Unilever, Yahoo!.


Special Projects

The Special Projects Unit was set-up in 2006 to manage original shows created and produced solely by FLY,to bring world class acts and performances to local audiences.

The inaugural Camp Comedy in 2006 and 2008 saw the gathering of Asian comedians from different countries convening on the same stage for the first time. In 2007, Special Projects started the first installment of [1]The V Conference series. The V Conference is a hysterical comedy skit performed in a club setting. The V Conference was followed by The Return of The V in 2008 (conceptualized by Irene Ang and directed by Beatrice Chia-Richmond). The third installment to The V Conference series, The Extraordinary V opens late 2009.

Special Projects also produced Lah! Mardi Gras (2009) [2] [3] with international DJs such as [4] DJ Jake Kilby (Syd), [5]Tony Moran (USA) and [6]DJ Evalicious (NYC) which attracted party-goers from around the region.

Academy

FLY Academy is a professional acting and grooming school, which works with celebrity coaches such as Irene Ang, Amy Cheng, Paul Carr, Julie Wee and Chen Huihui.

Ranging from acting courses, to hosting courses, and children courses, FLY Academy grooms professional actors, aspiring new comers and drama enthusiasts.

Some of the courses which FLY conducts are:
From Wubbie to Host - A Hosting course taught by Irene Ang.
M.A.D Camp! - A day camp for children aged 6-12 covering modelling, acting and dancing by celebrity coaches)
The Art of Voice - A class which helps you discover the optimum potential of your voice,taught by Paul Carr.
The TV Actor's Workshop - A one of a kind workshop to equip aspiring actors with basic industry knowledge and techniques.

Production

FLY's production team consists of a creative team of directors, producers and crew. FLY has done videos spanning all genres - reality, infotainment, documentaries, and travelogues.

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