Open Mic Open Mind, March 1st 2019

Feb 24, 2019 | Open Mic, Poetry

Penang’s poets and writers have been short of a platform for the last couple of years, ever since the regular monthly Say It Like You Mean It  events came to an end in mid-2017.  The energetic team at Hikayat, led by Ismail Gareth Richard and Bettina...

Adventure Is Out There, Until April 30th 2019

Feb 22, 2019 | Art, Exhibitions, Photography

Adventure is Out There is the title of the new exhibition of photography by Eric Ooi at the G Art Gallery. Ooi is a charming and enthusiastic young man who works professionally as a wedding and portrait photographer out of Kuala Lumpur. He has travelled...

Brahms’ Double Concerto, March 3rd 2019

Feb 21, 2019 | Music

The Penang Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) opens its 2019 calendar with an ambitious programme of Romantic and Classical pieces by Brahms and Haydn. The concert, on March 3rd, will begin with Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture, a short but boisterous and exuberant...

Sex in George Town City, February 14th-17th 2019

Feb 14, 2019 | Comedy, Theatre

Sex in George Town City has created drama before even the doors have opened. Hastily renamed Love in George Town City as a result of threatened demonstrations against pornography on stage, writer/producer/director Fa Abdul and her cast of talented and versatile...

The Human Form, Until March 3rd 2019

Feb 7, 2019 | Art, Exhibitions

This exhibition is the follow up to the Penang Art District’s “Spotlight” show last year, which highlighted a range of young Malaysian artists through a nationwide competition. The winner, Yap Ley Min, won the opportunity to have a solo show at the esteemed Hin Bus...