Reviews of current and coming shows and events in Penang.
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer, August 30th & 31st 2017
The title of this multi-award winning play sounds like an Indie film more than anything else, and, in that respect, it does not disappoint. Much like some of the great Indie films of the modern age – for example Gentlemen Bronkos or Napoleon Dynamite - The...
Next Level, 1st & 2nd September 2017
Next Level is theatre as reimagined by the millennial generation. The third full-length multimedia production by America's Voyeur Theatre Collective, like those before it, combines aspects of rave culture, cinema, performance art, screen and image-based...
Short Getaway to Balik Pulau, August 27th & September 24th 2017
The “Short Getaway to Balik Pulau”, held on the Sunday of the last weekend of the month, at 9am, is an ideal introduction to the history and culture of this laid-back part of Penang Island, on the other side of the ridge of hills that divides Penang from top to...
The Italian Restaurant, August 26th & 27th, 2017
The Italian Restaurant is an existential tale telling of a chance meeting between a woman and a man in a restaurant and the forging of their destinies as their hearts become entwined. Provocative symbolism and metaphor creates the tranquil yet chaotic forward...
Nosferatu – A Symphony of Horror, August 26th & 27th 2017
Nosferatu is a highly influential early black and white silent horror film of the vampire genre, originally released in 1922. In it, the mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. After Orlok reveals his...
O For The Wings of a Dove, August 22nd 2017
The Choir of Gonville and Caius College Chapel, Cambridge, is one of the UK’s leading collegiate choirs. The twenty-four singers and two organ scholars perform a wide range of sacred and secular choral music spanning the centuries. We are fortunate to have them...
The George Town Festival Bangunan UAB Exhibitions, Until August 27th 2017
Two of the George Town Festival exhibitions are being held within the Bangunan UAB (UAB Building) on China Street Ghaut, and both are very much worth visiting. In addition, it is a great opportunity to look inside this recently renovated heritage building. The...
George Town Festival Whiteaways Arcade Exhibitions, Until Sept 3rd 2017
Of the twenty-plus art exhibitions happening during this year’s George Town Festival, five of them are within the Whiteaways Arcade, and so can be visited all in an hour or two. The temporary galleries, although small, make a good temporary use of the empty lots in...
Butterworth Fringe Festival, August 12th-13th 2017
The Butterworth Fringe Festival is an annual event that first occurred in 2015 during that year’s George Town festival. It is a public and free street event celebrating art, heritage and culture, aiming to promote the development of both local and international art...