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Family forever
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 23/11/2018
» A workaholic husband who just got laid off. A wife whose direct-sale career is soaring. Two teens devoting their time to friends and mobile phones. Here is the recipe for a broken home, and an ordinary-yet-spicy plot for Still On My Mind The Musical from director Takolkiat Viravan.
Showtune songs and all that jazz
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 17/08/2018
» At first, it seemed like an unsuitable decision to stage a concert of Pia Douwes, a musical diva from Europe, at the Small Auditorium of Thailand Cultural Centre. But it turned out that the 300-pax space allowed the powerfully-lunged songstress to offer a cozy and intimate night, with a spice of musical variety.
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.
Behind and beyond Miss Saigon
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 26/09/2012
» When Takonkiat Viravan's Thai adaptation of Miss Saigon opens at Ratchadalai Theatre tomorrow, the date is precisely 23 years and one week after the world-renowned musical's premier in London on Sept 20, 1989.
An intimate night of comedy
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 21/06/2012
» Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid, a comedy satirising human hypocrisy in high society, is here to tickle the ribs of Thai audiences. It comes with a new name, Jao Rok, a new setting in the era of King Rama VI, and endless gags and intimacy between the actors and theatre-goers.