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Move Forward fever grips SE Asia
News, Published on 18/06/2023
» The Move Forward Party's (MFP) triumph in the general election has sparked new hope for political change in the region, as experts expect the ascendance of an MFP-led progressive government will help shift the landscape of international relations in Southeast Asia toward a more liberal democracy.
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Let the people write their own histories, govt told
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/10/2014
» History may be written by the victors but the current government should allow different people to retell their histories as it may help fix conflicts without violence, a seminar was told yesterday.
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Theatres of politics
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 02/12/2020
» Last month was apparently a month of theatre politics. At the height of political unrest due to ongoing protests and gatherings, two university productions staged biographical plays and poetry-driven body movements. Meanwhile, the Bangkok Theatre Festival was also the host of political satires and parodies.
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The 'scene', in all its glory
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 28/12/2017
» It was a busy year for Thai theatre. Life highlights a few trends and picks the best productions of 2017
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Swings and misses
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 15/12/2016
» These theatre newcomers close 2016 with daring productions. Even though some of the results were uneven, their desire to make meaningful and thought-provoking art is palpable
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The sound of silence
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 30/04/2015
» What can we expect when the trio of pantomime artists who make up the Babymime troupe decide to speak up in their new show, Baby (Not) Mime? A dramedy recounting their ups and downs in the past decade.
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The historical made personal
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 06/10/2016
» We don't know where they are -- a man and a woman, he in a white three-piece suit, she in a white wedding gown. Soon we find out that they don't know where they are either. Then we find out who they are, but soon realise they are not sure.
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Pretty is as pretty does
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 04/09/2014
» In response to Christopher Marlowe's line in Doctor Faustus, "Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships", performer Sasapin Siriwanij is saying "no".
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Art under stress
Life, Published on 02/12/2015
» Life's critics take a look at how artists in different fields reflected upon Thailand's political situation over the past 18 months — or why they chose not to.
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By lens, stage and paint, truth
Life, Published on 10/12/2014
» In 2009, Tanwarin Sukkhapisit made I'm Fine Sabai Dee Ka, a three-minute satirical film/performance art piece in which she locks herself in a cage placed in front of the Democracy Monument. Passers-by (both actors and unsuspecting pedestrians) take photographs and stop to ask her what happened. She smiles and repeats the same answer: "I'm fine in here." Tanwarin, who once served as the president of the Thai Film Director Association, is a prolific filmmaker who has made independent and mainstream films. In 2010, her low-budget production, Insects In The Backyard, made headlines when it became the first film to be banned under the 2006 Film Act (censors said the film depicted inappropriate images of student prostitutes and a penis).
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