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The show goes on
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 29/08/2025
» The show must go on! And that is why the light has never gone out for five decades. Despite undergoing renovations, whether minor or major, Tiffany's Show Pattaya has raised the curtain every day, except on three occasions -- Sars in 2003, a protest in 2008 and Covid-19 in 2020 -- when tourism was brought to a standstill.
Latest season of The White Lotus now streaming
Life, Post Reporters, Published on 21/02/2025
» The eight-episode third season of HBO's Emmy-winning original series The White Lotus premiered on Monday. The social satire is set at an exclusive Thai resort and follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.
A royal concert at Mrigadayavan Palace
Life, Published on 27/11/2024
» The beautiful historic seaside Mrigadayavan Palace in Cha-am, Phetchaburi province is the venue for a special concert, "Magical Melodies", which will be held at Samosorn Sevakamataya Throne Hall, on Dec 7 at 4pm.
The evolution of khon
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 22/04/2021
» Choreographer Jitti Chompee's ongoing khon project, which includes Melancholy Of Demon, a dance performance that I reviewed earlier this month, is supported by the Ministry of Culture and departments and offices under its umbrella. This is a surprising level of governmental support granted to a contemporary dance artist who wants to do not-so-genteel things with khon and the character of Tossakan. I still remember how in 2006 the Ministry of Culture reportedly forced Somtow Sucharitkul to change the scene in his opera Ayodhya that depicted the death of Tossakan (Ravan in the opera version) onstage, a practice that is considered a bad omen in Thailand.
An egalitarian exhibition
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 03/04/2019
» Placed methodically across the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre's (BACC) 8th floor gallery are 200 little figurines of a boy pointing towards the sky. Each decorated, painted and reimagined in different ways by international and Thai artists tells a story of their own. There's one wearing a camo military uniform donning multiple watches, one lying on the floor in a pool of blood, and one on a wooden pedestal -- dressed in a traditional Thai headdress with tiny little zebras lined up on the floor next to it.
When women make movies
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 05/03/2019
» To help mark International Women's Day on Friday, "Wonder Women: When Women Make Movies" is a month-long programme of female-directed movie screenings, showing 13 Thai films from the 1960s to the present, plus a free screening of Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman (2017) at Sri Salaya Theatre, Thai Film Archive, Buddha Monthon Sai 5 Road.
New exhibition raises questions
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 26/02/2019
» From March 1 to April 12, various artists from Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Canada will display more than 200 Tian Tian figurines at the exhibition "Tian Tian Xiang Shang: Arts Is Learning, Learning Is Arts", 8th floor Main Gallery of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC).
Unanswered questions
Life, Story: Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 03/10/2018
» Tensions were running high last Wednesday at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) as hundreds of concerned artists, art enthusiasts and press dropped by to listen in on the news conference about the fate of the country's biggest public arts centre.
Homicidal rich Asians
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 02/10/2018
» Amurder in a rich Thai-Chinese family is all the rage now on our screen, with Leud Kon Khon Jang, or In Family We Trust, a TV series by Nadao Bangkok and 4Nologue which airs twice a week on Channel One 31.