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George Town Festival Opening Show, Svara Asean, July 28th and 29th

Jul 15, 2017 | Choral, Music, World Music

The George Town Festival opens on July 28th 2017 with a tribute to the music of Southeast Asia. Six different groups and performers from Malaysia and elsewhere around the region will perform fifteen minute sets. The different styles, approaches and...

Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo, July 7th-9th 2017

Jul 2, 2017 | Theatre

The savagely funny and visionary play by Rajiv Joseph premiered in 2009, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2010, and opened on Broadway in 2011, with the late Robin Williams starring as the Bengal Tiger. Now we have the chance to see it in Penang, directed by and...

Aspects of Life and Nature, Until August 4th 2017

Jul 1, 2017 | Exhibitions

Aspects of Life and Nature, Paintings & Sculptures by Heng Eow Lin is a new exhibition of the joyful and sensual works by this veteran Malaysian artist. Active since he graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Art in Singapore, he has exhibited widely in...

George Town Heritage Celebrations, 7th-9th July 2017

Jun 25, 2017 | Community, Exhibitions, Festivals, Heritage Walks, Theatre

Ever since George Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 7th July 2008,George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI) has organised an annual celebration to commemorate this special date and draw attention to a particular aspect of George...

Wayang diSINKEH, July-September 2017

Jun 18, 2017 | Theatre

Wayang diSINKEH, a series of locally themed, locally directed and locally performed theatre pieces, is the brainchild of Chee Sek Thim, theatre director, actor and manager of SINKEH Guesthouse in George Town. He has been involved in the performing...