Reviews of current and coming shows and events in Penang.
Choral Favourites Old and New, April 14th 2018
The resident choir at Penang's performing arts centre, penangpac, The Actors Studio Chorus, seems to grow bigger every year! This April, the concert will feature almost seventy choristers on stage, accompanied as ever by the proficient Actors Studio Orchestra, to...
Kopi + O + Peng, Until April 15th 2018
Artist Khoo Cheang Jin is the President of the Penang Water Colour Society and the co-founder of Penang Urban Sketchers, with whom he can often be seen on Sundays, busy sketching on the streets within the George Town heritage zone. This is his tenth solo exhibition,...
Mexican Film Festival, 2nd – 6th April 2018
After last year's first ever Mexican Film festival in Penang, movie fans are delighted that the festival is back again this year, from April 2nd until 6th, with screenings every evening at 8pm in penangpac's Stage 2. Each of the five successful Mexican films will...
On a Starry Night, March 30th- April 1st 2018
KL-based theatre group Kudoclasm was recently here in Penang for the first time, performing Erica's Room (see https://penangfreesheet.my/ericas-room-family-drama-march-9th-11th-2018/). Tickets are now on sale for their upcoming comedy show, On a Starry...
Men in Heels, March 16th and 17th 2018
Men in Heels is an outrageously irreverent, side-splittingly funny and heart-achingly poignant look at the world of drag through the eyes of these three men. As director Joe Hasham explains: “While the world is moving towards gender diversity, it is still fairly...
Penang Yosakoi Parade, March 10th 2018
Get ready this year on 10th March at the Esplanade for another year of Penang Yosakoi Parade! The Parade returns to Penang this year for the 6th time and it is going to be bigger than ever! During the Yosakoi Parade, people of Penang use inspiration from Japanese...
Theatre for Women, March 8th-10th 2018
Celebrated every year on March 8 is the International Women’s Day, a global commemoration of the social, economic and political achievements of woman. To coincide with it this year, penangpac will present Theatre For Woman, a special double-bill feature. The very...
Erica’s Room, Family Drama, March 9th-11th 2018
Erica’s Room is a family drama, the story of Erica and Felicia, two cousins who are at times more frenemies than they are friends. The play recounts a letter from Erica to her grandmother, with her feisty cousin Felicia beside her, and follows a story of...
Ulu Muda, The Anonymous Forest of Malaysia, March 3rd 2018
What does an ancient rainforest in Kedah have to do with Penang's water supply? Ulu Muda is a rainforest dating back 150-170 million years, and at twice the size of Singapore, it stretches from the Malaysian border with Thailand at Yala to Baling in the north of...