Huzzah! #octoburst returns this year in an exciting new online format. Benjamin Ho is the Artistic Director of papermonkeytheatre and is behind the conceptualisation and direction of table-top puppetry show Hold My Hand, which was first trialed at Octoburst 2018 and is returning in digital form this year. • Q: “How has the show developed since its 2018 iteration?” A: “Changes there have been many. Of course, we now have a bigger budget to get more fantastic toys to drive the show, but story-wise we also gave the siblings more depth in terms of their relationship. COVID-19 really changed our original plan for interaction between puppeteers and the audience. Thankfully, Kew Lin, the Director of Photography understood the main core of the performance and we discussed each frame and how we can show each scene without losing the theatre magic.” • Find out more and catch a slew of online Octoburst! performances at esplanade.com/octoburst • #mydurian #esplanade #esplanadesg #octoburst2020