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With three major international festivals at the same time over the next few weeks, Adelaide, capital of South Australia, is a paradise for performing arts aficionados. Ornette Coleman Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan The most high-profile of the three is the Adel....
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On Box Theatre Group's revival of "I Love You Guy" delighted audiences when it premiered last November at Raka Cafe and Love Restaurant on Phra Athit Road as part of the Bangkok Theatre Festival 2007. Last weekend, the 70-minute, one-act, four-character gay drama/comedy known as "Thirak Khong Kan" in Thai, which is inspired by Hollywood's hit romantic comedy "My Best Friend's....
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Once in a while, amidst many programmes of dance, theatre and music of an international festival, the organiser adds a special show. As part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival 2008, Theatre Zingaro's "Battuta" is such a case. The appearance by this French troupe and its spectacular horse show marks their second in Asia, after Japan. In the 1980s in France, Zingaro was founded by a keen equestri....
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A theatre company known for its social commentary, the Bai Mai Wai group, turns its sights on abandoned pets with "Dog 8 Cat 9". This is the seventh work by the 10-year-old community troupe, formed by theatre graduates at Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, who get together when their schedules allow or "when we feel the need to voice some comments on certain issues" says Preechayu....
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Despite fewer performances, the last weekend (February 15 to 17) of the Bangkok Fringe Festival 2008 at Patravadi Theatre highlighted the most important characteristics of this showcase of contemporary performing arts. The experimental element in all the works was still dominant, as the spirit of intercultural collaboration as well as crossover between various performance discipline....
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It's been almost five years since comedian Udom "Note" Taepanich's last graced his favourite Bangkok venue - downtown's Scala theatre - with a solo performance. But his fans should be grateful, as the time away has allowed Note to amass plenty of amusing stories and funny anecdotes and try them out on his friends. It also means that the master storyteller and born funny man is now just a fe....
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Last weekend (January 31 to February 2), Bangkok University's Performing Arts department became the first ever Thai theatre company to perform at Singapore's Esplanade Theatre Studio. This was another first for the young cast led by producer and department chair Wankwan Polachan and playwright/director Punnasak Sukhee, who also thrilled crowds at the International Festival of Independent and Amateur ....
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The shining star of the city's cultural calendar is the month-long Arts Festival, featuring more than 80 performances from around the world.In the next five weeks, Hong Kong Arts Festival 2008 is one more reason why you should revisit "Asia's World City" in this Year of the Rat. With the schedule spanning 33 days starting on Valentine's Day, featuring 82 paid performances from the classical....
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On Box Theatre Group is restaging their latest work "I Love You Guy", one of the surprise hits of Bangkok Theatre Festival. Although we may not have heard their names very often - they are not as prolific as Naked Masks or Theatre 8X8 theatre troupes - "I Love You Guy" (or in Thai, "Thirak Khong Kan") is On Box Theatre Group's fourth work. The troupe leader is a veteran ....
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