Jul 13, 2019 | Art, Dance, Festivals, Music
However theoretical it may be to explore the relationship between light and sound, Fluorophone turns theory into practice. Fusing digital fluorescent lights, the naked flame, strobe lights and custom-built LED discs with percussion, this is a performance that makes...
Jul 7, 2019 | Children, Community, Dance, Festivals
To address global issues of identity, belonging, trust and xenophobia to an audience of 9-14 year olds is an undeniably ambitious task. Yet this is just what The Strangers, taking place as part of the George Town Festival this month, aims to do. In a wordless...
Jul 5, 2019 | Festivals, Theatre
Politically resonant, emotionally stirring and socially transformative, Screaming in Silence, performing on July 14th as part of the George Town Festival, promises to be a powerful play. Directed by award-winning director and writer Saleh Sepas, this production...
Jul 4, 2019 | Art, Community, Dance, Festivals, Music
This month, the George Town Festival is returning for its tenth year, featuring no less than 150 exciting programmes (from theatre to workshops, from photography to music) that will take place in Penang from 13 to 28th July. It’s hard to know where to start when...
Jun 17, 2019 | Art, art installation, Community, Exhibitions, Festivals, Sculpture
Exploding onto the art scene last weekend, with the Open Studios Penang arts festival, came a new and exciting project spearheaded by Ivan Alexander Francis Gabriel. As a multi-disiplinary artist himself, he has collated work by a vast variety of Penang-based...
Jun 15, 2019 | Children, Choral, Community, Dance, Festivals, Heritage Walks, Music, Workshops
July 7th 2019 marks eleven years since George Town, together with Melaka, was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status, and this year the annual celebrations of the event are as elaborate as ever. The UNESCO listing encompassed the intangible heritage of the site as much...
