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Lesbians, makeovers and Barbie dolls
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 31/07/2014
» The first "Take Off Festival" drew to a close last weekend. Designed as a platform for new graduates to present their work in a professional context for the first time, the festival featured five small-scale productions over four weekends in July at the Spark School of Dramatic Arts. The programme was commendable for its relevance and diversity in genre and subject matter.
Examination of Loneliness
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 19/06/2014
» After a year-and-a-half away from the stage, Lithuanian theatre teacher and artist Egle Simkeviciute Kulvelis decided it was time to get back to her beloved craft. Kulvelis began taking an interest in theatre after high school and chose it as her major in university. After graduation, she moved to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where she taught children and teenagers at a drama academy.
Love, manufactured
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 05/06/2014
» There always seems to be an invisible tyrant hanging over the audience’s head in Thanapol Viruhakul’s creations. But in his latest production, Hipster The King, at Democrazy Theatre Studio, this tyrant is not so invisible.
Many shades of grey
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 06/02/2014
» Last year, Crescent Moon Theatre's Project 1/4 gathered four directors together to direct four short plays written by Orada Lelanuja. Each of the plays featured two characters who speak to the audience and not to each other, each telling their own side of the story, never looking at one another a wide emotional gap between them. They eventually find a way towards each other, closing that gap.
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.
Setting the stage for change
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 18/12/2013
» As more and more people fall victim to Thailand's censorship laws _ and as the political divide deepens _ the local theatre scene continues to flourish. It is easily the artistic field least supported by the state, and receives little to no corporate sponsorship. As a result, theatre artists have mostly escaped the state censors' radar _ compared to, say, film _ and are mainly free from creating work to fulfil nationalistic, ultra-royalist agendas in order to obtain funding. Thus, theatre is probably the most politically minded among all forms of artistic and cultural expression in Thailand.
A scaly romance
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 28/11/2013
» Dreambox has brought their 14-year-old play Nang Phaya Ngu Khao (Lady White Snake) back to the stage, this time transforming it into a sung-through musical. The company's musicals are often lovely and probably of the best quality in Thailand. And this latest one, which ended its run at M Theatre this past weekend, was no different.
Taking centre stage
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 21/11/2013
» The Bangkok Theatre Festival (BTF) seems to have been plagued with bad luck these past few years. In 2011, the festival organiser, Bangkok Theatre Network, was forced to postpone the event from its usual slot in November to early 2012 due to the major floods in the Central region.
Walking on a thread
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 07/11/2013
» Jitti Chompee of 18 Monkeys Dance Theatre continued his love affair with Jean Genet for the fifth production in a row. Inspired by Genet's Le Funambule (The Tightrope Walker) and the life and work of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, On The Tightrope, which ended its one-week run on Tuesday, is Jitti's ode to the madness, passion and courage it takes to be an artist.
Whirlwind of history
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 10/10/2013
» To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Oct 14, 1973, student uprising, B-Floor Theatre and the students from Thammasat University's Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts journey into the past, scrutinise the present and look to the future in the spirited, moving Typhoon (The Remains).