A group of women performing a dance or theatrical act on stage, with one woman in the foreground and others blurred in the background. The text "minimax" and "presents the planets" is overlaid.

Minimax :The Planets is a bold, mobile, site responsive performance work premiering at Clockenflap 2025.

Esthetika is engaged as Artistic Director and Theatrical Consultant (company- level dramaturgical thinking, programme and strategy) for Minimax, and as Executive Producer for the production of The Planets.

Blending hybrid performance languages, music, and modular / mobile stage design, Minimax activates the liminal spaces between main stage acts; transforming transitional moments and spaces into immersive artistic encounters. The platform invites audiences to step into in-between worlds where performance emerges unexpectedly, re-shaping that part of the festival landscape for audience discovery and engagement.

Its debut production, The Planets directed and written by Benjamin Smith, reimagines Gustav Holst’s iconic suite through a constellation of celestial-themed performances and installations. Each piece unfolds from mobile structures, designed by Screw-Up-Studio, that roll into place, inviting audiences to explore layered experiences of movement (choreographed by CK Wong Sze Ki), sound (composed and directed by Todd Speakman), and scenography.

With a cast of both Hong Kong-based and international artists and supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme and ClockenflapMinimax: The Planets is built to captivate. Designed for flexibility and impact, it turns spectators into participants, drawing them into a solar system of myth and magic.

MINIMAX

Artistic Director - Jay Hofmann-Forster

Theatrical Consultant (company-level dramturgical thinking, programme and strategy) - Muriel Hofmann-Forster

The Planets

Creative Team

Director and Writer - Benjamin Smith

Set Design and Fabrication - Screw Up Studio

Musical Director - Todd Speakman

Choreographer - CK Wong Sze Ki

Choreographer for APA Collaboration - Leila McMillan

Matt Hui - Costume Designer

Associate Director and Aerial Consultant - Tom brand

Additional Music Composition - Niklas Blomberg

Jane Engleman - Choir Leader

Production Team

Executive Producer - Jay Hofmann-Forster

Producer - Carmen Cheng

Technical Director and Stage Manager - Wayne Wong

Cast

Huang Ziyan

Li De

Wong Tsz Ki

Chan Lai Man

Ng Kam Hin

Cheung Lap Yin

Lo Ho Yin

Tsui Yi Sze

Carlos Calvo Mulas

Etta Fung

Man Long Kit

Ho Ching Yiu

Ng Ping Nam

Man Kwok Hei

Ck Wong Sze Ki

Tom Brand

Ken Kwok

Cheung Athena

Lee Hui Yan Angel

Lu Diou

Sun Kai Tik

Tan Xiayi

Teo Zea Wenxi

Tse Bernice Yan Tung

Lau Tsz Fung Max

Lee Cheung Yan

Nugetern madalena Isabella

Sun Zhuoyua

Wang Ruoyi

Chang Wai Yan

Lam Wai Fung

Lee Lok Hin

Woo Sze Nam

Ye MingJong

Unsung Heroes Choir

Lead Artist - Niklas Blomberg

Sammuel Chan

Freeman Lok

Chan Kam MingJonas Cho

Caspar Billington

Moamina Ismail

Musicians