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Misinformation overload
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 28/05/2024
» From exaggerated crime reports to hyperbolic political coverage, the trend towards dramatisation is reshaping how the public consumes news in Thailand, especially on television screens. Critics, however, have raised a red flag that this not only distorts fact-based reality but also undermines the media's role in providing accurate and responsible journalism, potentially leaving audiences more misinformed and emotionally manipulated.
Haunting love
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 21/07/2023
» A chilling and captivating musical adaptation of a timeless novel and a TV sensation, Pitsawat is sending shivers down the spines of its audience. This ghostly tale -- in which a beheaded spirit from the past returns to the living realm to seek justice -- combines haunting melodies and eerie performances to immerse spectators in a world of mystery and supernatural intrigue.
Art of quarantine
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 21/04/2020
» What do artists do when they are locked down at home for self-protection during the Covid-19 pandemic? For those at the Dreambox troupe, the answer was to stage a star-studded short comedy earlier this month on a teleconferencing web-based tool, making it the first time in history that Thai theatre has been performed online.
Girls just wanna have fun
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 21/11/2018
» In the middle stands the tallest, Saowaluk "Amm" Leelabutr, now 53. On either side of her, striking different poses, are her sidekicks Patcharida "Mam" Wattana, 51, and Orawan "Poom" Yenpoonsuk, 54. Together, they make up the legendary Thai girl group Sao Sao Sao (Girl, Girl, Girl). The 80s megastars reunite this weekend for three sold-out concerts -- one of the live music events of the year.
The vocal empress
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 10/08/2018
» 'Close your eyes. Hear the sound around you. Feel the environment in the room. Think of fear. How does it make you feel?"
Classic Thai story and a triumphant musical feast
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 01/03/2018
» From folk tale to legend, from a royal play to a new musical, the century-old story of Phra Ruang has been recounted in different versions in Thai nationalistic narrative. The most recent version of the story is imagined as a show tune, evident that its virtue is still meaningful to contemporary Thais.
The Four Reigns rings out again
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 24/08/2017
» How would one tell the story of a lady who witnessed the ups and downs of Thai society over six decades? In a three-hour-plus restaging of Si Phaen Din (The Four Reigns), by Scenario, such a lifetime story was recounted in a fast and furious manner through a loose interpretation of characters and stereotypical portrayals, while revolving around loyalty to the monarchy amid social change.
Love, hardship and cutthroat business
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 16/02/2017
» Tales of Chinese immigrants forced to leave their hometowns in China and going on to make fortunes in Thailand have created many nostalgic stories among Chinese descendants. Scenario's new musical retells such a tale in Lod Lai Mungkorn The Musical that spans three long generations, starting with friendship and hardship, love and romance, family conflict and cutthroat business.
Love Actually
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 28/07/2016
» At first glace, the new play by Nikorn Sae-tang, Wan Bok La (Goodbye My Love), suggested that it would deal either with a dark, inconsolable romance or soap opera-like melodrama. Instead, the play features different shades of love when one departs their beloved. It was as if the director/writer Nikorn, noted for his original writing, was falling in love again -- more or less -- with recounting his personal experiences.
Biographical musicals take centre stage
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 05/06/2015
» While many contemporary Thai musicals have taken their inspiration from romantic novels, pop music and hit movies, this year biographical musicals seem to be a trend. May witnessed three biographical musicals paying tribute to real-life characters in Thai and Chinese history.