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    Courageous convictions

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 19/01/2012

    » 'When we came back and saw the state of our school, we didn't know where to begin. We didn't know what to touch first or pick up first," said Janaprakal "Khru Chang" Chandruang.

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    Furniture comes alive

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 01/02/2012

    » The planet Earth and her strange inhabitants, a cinematic adventure of a dysfunctional family of apples, and a little girl's terrifying music lesson _ all these emerged from the confines of your standard set of a table and a chair.

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    Theatre as a mirror

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 02/02/2012

    » We asked a number of local playwrights, directors and performers to pick a play they believe speaks about present-day Thailand. The play could be thousands of years old or recently written. We didn't limit the choice to works originally written in Thai.

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    Frissons at La fete

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 14/03/2012

    » It had become a bit too predictable. When La Fete rolled around every year we were practically certain to be treated to some sensuous, wordless, performance. While these imported shows never failed to offer beautiful, even novel theatrical experiences, after years of religiously attending productions staged during the festival I couldn't help craving something more challenging _ both for the senses and the intellect.

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    Movement seen as voices

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 05/04/2012

    » Sunon Wachirawarakarn and Thanapol Virulhakul aren't new to Bangkok's small and scattered dance scene. Sunon is a disciple of Janaprakal Chaundruang and Pichet Klunchun, while Thanapol has danced for Patravadi Theatre and co-choreographed a few dance pieces in Bangkok. With their new creations staged in mid- and late-March, the two young artists have officially stepped out of whatever shadow those giants may have cast over them and can now command their own spotlight.

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    The root and fruit of Love

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 03/05/2012

    » As much of Thailand's classical trove consists of creations from the court, it comes as no surprise that kings in Thai literature are mostly portrayed as exquisite, god-like beings _ the epitome of goodness and wisdom. Some contemporary Thai artists like to mine the canon to create works for the purpose of teaching the accepted set of morals and ethics, rather than to question them.

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    Wide of the mark

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 09/05/2012

    » Thai audiences have always responded to bonkers Japanese theatre artists with open arms, even audiences who are not regular theatre-goers. When Wangnin Bunmei first visited the Bangkok Fringe Festival a few years ago, the viewers at Patravadi Theatre adored their exuberant and noisy work. Their second trip to the country landed them in a Ratchaburi market, where the crowd, comprising of Bangkokians, the locals, and foreigners, went mad for their exuberance that seemed to echo the Thai-market atmosphere.

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    Flirting with a Fall

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 21/06/2012

    » Two young bloods of the longstanding Crescent Moon Theatre wrestle with the gravity of adulthood in their directorial debut, Fall: Ruang Hok Tok Lon (all the Thai words mean "to fall").

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    When even the air can turn toxic

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 05/07/2012

    » The white paint stains the plastic sheets, which drop from the ceiling to the floor, and covers the walls of newspapers.

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    Dancing on graves

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 06/09/2012

    » Despite sustaining an injury while performing in B-Floor's Lear And His 3 Daughters a few months ago, Ornanong Thais-riwong refuses to let her pain stop her from documenting the country's current social chapter, which is laden with stories of censorship and violation.

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