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Spelling it out
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 20/09/2012
» This year, all of B-Floor Theatre's productions have been a reaction to Article 112 cases and social sanctions against those who have, or are accused of having, less-than-glowing views of the Thai monarchy. However, Bang La Merd (My Wonderfully Smiling City), written, directed and performed by Oranong Thaisriwong, is, thank heaven, the first to simply say that yes, we're talking about the lese majeste law and the constant fear and possibility of landing in jail for doing or saying anything that touches up on the monarchy.
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Fusion and Confusion
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 06/12/2012
» This year, the International Dance Festival programme features, for the first time in 12 years, nothing but young and promising contemporary companies from Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, India, and the UK. And the quality of the performances they've brought shows a marked improvement from previous years. This past weekend alone, there were at least two productions worth exploring.
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Beyond the dancing doll
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 07/02/2013
» First we saw a body part, an arm perhaps, bent into a triangle, and the rest was darkness. The lights went out. The performer moved, and another body part was lit up. As the performance moved from obscurity into brightness, Sujata Goel continued to move in the same pattern, changing from pose to pose until the spotlight covered the entire stage as if opening up the possibilities of what this dancing body was and could be.
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Until death do we dance
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 21/03/2013
» Nir de Volff suggests sitting by the window in Amarin Plaza's food court because he wants to gaze at the streets of Bangkok. The Israel-born, Berlin-based dancer, choreographer and founder of the Total Brutal dance company says he loves the city's energy, especially the combination of Buddhism and the state of chaos on the streets.
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Trembling shadows
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 28/03/2013
» Butoh dancer Bo Kittiphon returns after a break from butoh performance with a new creation, Whispers of the Shadow of a Quivering Leaf. Over the past two years, theatre-goers may have seen the dancer perform in various movement-based productions, lending her solid energy and rumbustious sense of humour to other theatre companies and artists.
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Getting in on the act
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 04/04/2013
» March was a busy month for theatre-goers as artists apparently rushed to stage their shows before holiday-packed April arrived. Here are a selection of theatre and dance productions that were staged last month, some of which are ongoing.
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Coming back for murder
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 11/07/2013
» I have always loved a good old murder mystery, so I was particularly excited as I made my way into M Theatre on Saturday to see the Thai version of Agatha Christie's Go Back For Murder. Dreambox, the best troupe in Thailand for good old-fashioned fun, has brought rising stars and established names together for this engaging staging of the classic.
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Heart of darkness
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 25/07/2013
» In B-Floor Theatre's latest production (In) Sensitivity, directed by Dujdao Vadhanapakorn Boonyai, audience members move from one room to another in single file, like a stream of blood coursing from one heart chamber into another.
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Taking centre stage
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 21/11/2013
» The Bangkok Theatre Festival (BTF) seems to have been plagued with bad luck these past few years. In 2011, the festival organiser, Bangkok Theatre Network, was forced to postpone the event from its usual slot in November to early 2012 due to the major floods in the Central region.
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Playing with contradictions
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 28/11/2013
» Despite their metallic grey sheen, their shapes and details clearly indicated their roots _ khon. Looking closer, however, and instead of the usual full, growling faces of the khon demons, the cheeks and eyes of these masks designed by Anuthep Potchprasart resembled those of a skeleton. The first few notes plucked from the traditional Chinese guqin zither unfolded an ominous blanket over the show.
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