Short and Sweet comes to Penang
By Galvin Widjaja, Ooi Pei Qi
December 2012 REVIEW
Something unique was taking place in Straits Quay over the weekends of September 5-8 and 12-15. Penangpac hosted some of Penang’s young up-and-coming artistes in dance and theatre with the staging of the Short + Sweet Festival. This festival was brought to Kuala Lumpur from Australia by Datuk Faridah Merican and Joe Hasham in 2008, and this year marks the festival’s Penang debut.The Short + Sweet Festival was first conceived in Sydney in 2002. It began as a 10-minute theatre...
Galvin Widjaja
is an arts enthusiast and a terrible drummer. He also works as a management consultant in Singapore. Ooi Pei Qi is a classically trained pianist struggling to get to terms with the synthesiser. She enjoys movies, including Twilight.
Ooi Pei Qi
is a research analyst at Penang Institute. She is interested in global trends that affect Penang.
