Highlights of George Town Festival 2014

By Yap Jo-Yee, Swarna Rajagopal, Jeffrey Hardy Quah, Julia Tan

October 2014 FEATURE
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Here’s our pick of George Town Festival 2014’s hits and miss.Wrecking Crew Orchestra EL Squad.Shanghai Starlight Acrobatic Troupe.Bunditpatanasilpa Institute.Racehorse Company.Circus CircusCircus Circus, piecing together performances from Japan, Finland, Thailand and China, was brilliant indeed. Being a mesmerising manipulation of light and shadows and of the human form, it had something for everyone.The first act was by Wrecking Crew Orchestra from Japan. The entire auditorium had to be in total darkness for the performance, as everyone held their breath. Suddenly, flashes...

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Yap Jo-Yee

is a research analyst at Penang Institute whose interests range from development issues to behavioural economics. Her latest goal is to use ggplot2 without Google’s help.

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Swarna Rajagopal

Jeffrey Hardy Quah

is a freelance writer and editor.

Julia Tan

went to primary and secondary school at Convent Pulau Tikus before continuing sixth form at St. Xavier’s Institution; any other school was out of the question. She misses the fried rice at the school canteen, and laments the passing of the wan tan mee lady.


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