Commissioned for this year’s George Town Festival, Pearl of the Eastern & Oriental is a production written and directed by Singapore's own Lim Yu-Beng. It tells the story of a young lady butler who encounters guests (and ghosts) of the past and present at the iconic E&O Hotel. The performance will play out as guests follow a designated route around the hotel.

 

Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests are the stuff of viral video legend. These mesmerizing creatures, built mostly with PVC tubes, have been crawling around the world's beaches since 1990 powered only by wind. See them for yourself as they make their Southeast Asian debut at the Esplanade.

 

Presented by dance theater company Gecko, Missing is an exploration of the human psyche. In particular, it follows the journey of Lily, an otherwise successful woman who notices that her soul has begun to decay.

 

This unique photography event comprises two major exhibitions, six nights of projection installations, a photo book festival, workshops, talks and fringe events. All in all, you can expect to see 2,500 images made by a global cast of 180 photographers.

 

Montreal collective Les 7 doigts de la main has performances at the 2012 Academy Awards and the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony under its belt and now they’re bringing their show Triptyque to the festival for its Asian premiere. Triptyque is a combination of circus acrobatics and contemporary dance.