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    In the presence of others

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 14/07/2022

    » My experience with Samara Hersch's online version of Body Of Knowledge (At Home), which was part of Germany's Impulse Theater Festival last year, has since got me interested in the question of what it is we do in theatre as audience. In Body Of Knowledge, the audience engaged in conversations with teenagers via WhatsApp, they in their own home, we in ours. The performance made me more attuned to the act of listening -- something we do in theatre without thinking or being asked to.

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    Dance without a safety net

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 09/08/2018

    » Choreographer Thanapol Virulhakul is adamant about creating performances that defy the definition of dance. In his "contemporary dance piece" Hipster The King, performers stand in a tableau for most of the show. In Happy Hunting Ground, the choreography consists mostly of jogging up and down the stage.

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    Gung-ho newcomers and tireless veterans

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 23/11/2017

    » And yet another Bangkok Theatre Festival (BTF) has come and gone, almost in a flash.

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    Life on the small stage

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 13/05/2015

    » Three new English-speaking theatre companies in Bangkok make a name for themselves.

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    Comments to be taken on board

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 31/07/2014

    » When I first learned about the premise of The Comments: Kam Kid Hen, the latest play directed by Jaturachai Srichanwanpen, I was both intrigued and sceptical. Intrigued because the audience was promised that their opinions would guide certain parts of the play and sceptical because the play’s seeming aversion to a culture in which everyone is a critic felt strange in a time when people are incarcerated for their thoughts and sometimes tried in military courts.

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    One for the money, two for the show

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 22/08/2013

    » Women Of Asia returns to the spotlight almost three decades after its conception here in Thailand. Written and directed by Korean-American theatre artist Asa Gim Palomera, the play comprises eight unrelated scenes and monologues inspired by real-life stories of women across Asia, collected from news articles and humanitarian agencies. And while in Palomera's hands the stories are moving and ring true, the play is stylistically dated and heavy-handed to the point of distraction.

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    A Decade of Development

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 07/03/2012

    » The 10th Bangkok Theatre Festival (BTF) drew to a close on Sunday in an air-conditioned meeting room at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), marking the first time the event held its closing ceremony indoors. The choice of venue also signifies the beginning of a new friendship.

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