Our Founder
Founder and Artistic Director of Freddo Children's Theatre
Elisha Xin-Yii Beston is an experienced musical theatre and children’s theatre performer, having earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre in the USA. She has worked extensively in the US, and her career highlights include originating the role of “Lydia” in the Californian Theatre Bay Area award winning production of ‘Gold: The Midas Musical’, A Lion in Winter (Artist’s Ensemble Theatre) and also originating the role of “Dino” in the first North American Tour of Llama Llama Live! (Bay Area Children’s Theatre) that toured across the USA and Canada. When not on the stage, Elisha worked as the Business Manager for Bay Area Children’s Theatre until their closure in 2023.
Since returning to Singapore after working for a number of years in children’s theatre in San Francisco, Elisha has been involved in productions at Wild Rice, Singapore Repertory Theatre, The Theatre Practice, Patch & Punnet as well as the Esplanade Theatre’s on the Bay. Elisha first appeared on Singapore TV in 2014 with the Okto production “Song and Danz”, and was also recently seen in 2024 in Mediacorp’s “Sunny Side Up”.
Passionate about teaching, Elisha was part of the team that pioneered Singapore’s first Performing Arts Preschool (Mindchamps) where she taught music and developed a singing curriculum for young children.