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A political message of hope
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 06/09/2019
» Back with the second of three productions to celebrate its 33rd anniversary, DreamboxTheatre Bkk steps into the future with a new playwright and fifth sung-through musical, Namngoen Tae: The Musical.
Casualties of war
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 18/06/2015
» When we watch Thanapol Virulhakul's conceptual contemporary dance work, we are never only a member of the audience. We are witnesses to, sometimes even implicit in, the transgressions that are being played out on the stage — transgressions that are often masked in seemingly neutral and harmless images.
Ladies, lies and languages
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 09/04/2015
» A pair of screeching nang itcha (female antagonists, literally "jealous women"); a beauty pageant full of eccentric, barely literate contestants; one ballad after another; and a romantic Pretty Woman-like ending.
Playing with roles
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 04/12/2014
» Two plays and a dance opened in Bangkok last Thursday. All three of which required their performers to play multiple roles.
Playhouse politics
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 16/01/2014
» As Thai politics heat up on the streets and social media, the act of seeing people in the flesh has never felt more important. For many hours a day, we are glued to our phones and computer screens. People _ friends, acquaintances, colleagues _ are soon reduced to opinions on a single subject.
Boldly powerful
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 25/07/2013
» I don't think I have ever seen an original play in Thailand that is as moving and satisfying as Chuichai Saneha. In Thailand's dialogue-driven department, such meaty writing is rare. So is such a complete aesthetic experience.
Tragedy in the locker room
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 07/12/2012
» Shakespeare's Othello gets transported from Venice and Cyprus into a stuffy football team's common room _ a perfect representation of a tight-knit community. And as in any tight-knit community, things turn incestuous pretty quickly.