About Us
The Presence Studios was founded on a simple belief: that every person has a presence to nurture. We are a Singapore-based education and wellness practice helping children, teenagers, and adults find their voice, tell their story, and show up fully. Classes offered include Speech and Drama, Public Speaking, and Personality Development coaching.
Every class, workshop, and session is designed to create a space where learners feel safe to take risks, discover what they care about, and grow into a more confident, expressive version of themselves.
Meet Ashie
Ashie Singh is a theatre educator, performing artist, and the founder of The Presence Studios.
With over nine years of experience designing and delivering original curriculum in Public Speaking and Speech and Drama, Ashie brings a practice rooted in genuine care for every learner. Her teaching draws on applied theatre, positive psychology, and embodied expression to build not just communication skills, but confidence, identity, and a grounded sense of self.
As a professional performing artist, Ashie has performed lead and co-lead roles at Singapore's most respected theatre companies including The Necessary Stage, The Finger Players, and Gateway Arts and trained in Method Acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.
She holds a BA (Honours with Distinction) in Theatre Studies and Performance from the National University of Singapore and is a Ministry of Education Registered Instructor.
Her experience includes teaching in mainstream local (Evergreen Primary, Qihua Primary, Lakeside Primary) and international schools (Singapore American School, Global Indian International School), neurodiverse learners (Pathlight School), and community organisations such as Prathistha Foundation, bringing free drama and public speaking classes to children in India.
On Stage
Selected Works
Some of the works Ashie has performed on Singapore's professional stages. Each production links to published articles, features and reviews.
Happy Indian Women
2023Nikita · The Necessary Stage · Debut performance in local professional theatre; also served as researcher on the production.
“Ashie Singh has a particularly emotional turn as her character recalls having so much self-hate that she begins to project it onto the only other Indian girl in class, her voice trembling from anxiety.”
“The actors wear their hearts on their sleeves, particularly in the case of Singh, a final-year student at National University of Singapore, who displays an impressive stage presence in her professional stage debut.”
Train to Pakistan
2024Ensemble · HuM Theatre · Esplanade Theatre Studio · An Esplanade co-production staged for the Kalaa Utsavam Indian Festival of Arts, adapted from Khushwant Singh's novel.
Nominated for Best Ensemble, The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards 2025
“Theatre review: Indian Partition play Train To Pakistan may be 2024's most vital show.”
Dream of the Red Chamber
2024Diaoyu (Lin Daiyu) · The Finger Players · Lead role alongside an ensemble cast in this puppetry and theatre production.
“One gets an immediate sense of each character, whether the shy and sickly Diaoyu (Ashie Singh) or the more regal Baochai (Ellison Tan).”
Where Our Heart Beats
2024Ensemble · Tan Tock Seng Hospital · Capitol Theatre · Musical production celebrating 180 years of Tan Tock Seng Hospital, staged at Capitol Theatre.
Scaredy Kat Presents
2026Nadia · Gateway Arts · A play for young audiences exploring panic attacks, anxiety and friendship, for ages 10 to 14.
“Scaredy Kat Presents offers a gentle but powerful reminder that fear doesn't disqualify us from living fully. If anything, it can be the starting point for creativity, connection, and growth.”
Recognition
Honours & Training
Paul Abisheganaden Grant for Artistic Excellence
National University of Singapore's grant for artistic excellence, awarded 2023 and used to further her theatre training in New York.
BA (Honours with Distinction), Theatre Studies
National University of Singapore, Class of 2024, with training in playwriting under Haresh Sharma and an acting-researcher lab at The Necessary Stage.
MOE Registered Instructor
Registered with Singapore's Ministry of Education to design and deliver curriculum-based programmes in schools.
Certificate of Professional Practice in Speech Development, Drama & Public Speaking
London Teacher Training College.
Method Acting Programme
Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, New York.
Certificate in Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialisation
University of Pennsylvania.
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