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 Clockenflap, Minimax: 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.