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Troupes on display
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 15/02/2012
» In the hodgepodge of student, amateur, professional and comeback theatre troupes that, for a decade, have together defined the Bangkok Theatre Festival (BTF), it can be difficult to discover the shining newcomers. Even those who have been on the scene for years can easily get lost in the muddle. While regular theatre-goers may prefer to invest their energy in watching the works of long-standing reputable troupes, sometimes it's the new discoveries that make your theatre-going experience all the more worthwhile and exciting. We talked to newly formed and lesser-known companies of veterans and new blood to give you a glimpse into this year's festival and the direction of the local theatre scene.
Embracing anonymity
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 15/02/2012
» Over the years it's become something of a cliche: Isabelle Huppert is a small woman who's built up an illustrious career by playing emotionally powerful roles _ roles so big in attitude that we tend to forget the size of the actress playing them. She's played Madame Bovary; she's played the amoral mother in a film based on a George Bataille novel; and she's probably best known to Thai audiences as the intensely masochistic Erika Kohut in The Piano Teacher.
Mosaic Music Festival 2012 comes to Singapore in March
Life, Published on 15/02/2012
» The wait is just about over. The annual "Mosaic Music Festival 2012" will take place March 9-18 at Singapore's Esplanade Theatres on the Bay under the theme of musical prodigies.
Cinema picnic with a historic film
Life, Published on 13/02/2012
» A St Valentine's Day film screening cannot be more historic than this. Tomorrow on the lawn of Museum Siam, the French-Thai Cultural Festival, or La Fete, will treat singles and lovers to the Thailand premiere of a restored and coloured version of the 1902 film by Georges Melies,Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon). This colour print of the legendary film had been thought to have lost forever, but in 1993, the Barcelona Film Archive miraculously unearthed it, though in a sorry condition, and one of the most ambitious restoration in film history began.
Tales from the trees
Life, Published on 13/02/2012
» The programme includes a number of Thai and international titles, feature-length and short, that aim to inspire the audience to live green and save the trees.
Sweet treats from Japan
Life, Published on 10/02/2012
» The Emporium invites those in love with Japanese sweets to the "Emporium Japan Matsuri" festival which features the creativity of wagashi, or traditional Japanese confectionery, for the first time in Thailand from tomorrow until Feb 20.
Worth the wait
Life, Published on 09/02/2012
» Put a flamenco fire duo from Spain together with a shoe-stomping fret-tapping virtuoso from Ukraine; throw the top tango trio from Argentina in with the best Bach player in the world, and you have the second annual Bangkok Guitar Fiesta 2012.
Cheering The Underdog
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 08/02/2012
» When Luke Cassady-Dorion speaks Thai, he immediately charms most Thais he talks to with his surprising fluency and Thai-at-heart personality. And last month, as a documentary film-maker, Cassady-Dorion impressed Thai audiences with his debut film that every Thai should be proud of.
When death comes knocking
Life, Published on 08/02/2012
» Damkerng Thitapiyasak and Parnrut Kritchanchai often produce the kind of theatre in which easy laughter can be expected, even _ or perhaps, especially _ when they deal with subjects like loss, ageing or death. But Ngao Matchurat (The Shadow Box), the latest production from New Theatre Society and Democrazy Theatre Studio, confronts one of our biggest fears and ends up eliciting more tears than titters.
A Baroque favourite
Life, Ung-Aang Talay, Published on 07/02/2012
» J.S. Bach's six Brandenburgs are right up there with Vivaldi's The Four Seasons as some of the most popular works in the Baroque repertoire, but they are so musically rich that most listeners never tire of them. If you collect recordings of music by Bach, you probably have at least one set of Brandenburgs already, but this new release, in sparkling Blu-ray audio, is worth considering even if you already own several.