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Dance and Theatre
Previews, Interviews, and Reviews (yes, and Photos) of Dance and Theatre in Thailand (well, and elsewhere) written by "The Nation" dance and theatre critics
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Thursday , January 29 , 2009
HUAYI: Chinese Festival of Arts
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 1078 , 21:08:01   | Category : Dance 2009   Theatre 2009  
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 Singapore's Esplanade spreads New Year celebrations beyond Chinatown.Launched six years ago by the national arts centre Esplanade as one of three cultural festivals celebrating Singapore's multi-ethnic heritage, the 2009 edition of “Huayi: Chinese Festival of Arts”--which starts on Friday, January 30--promises a delicious feast of entertainment. “Huayi has become a recognised platform to develop and....


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CONTROVERSIAL PAINTING transforms into BUTOH
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 761 , 02:23:25   | Category : Dance 2009   Theatre 2009  
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A contentious depiction of Buddhist clergymen comes to life onstage. Stand by for more squawking. You don’t have to be an arts fan to have heard of the controversial painting “Phikkhu Sandan Ka” (“Crow-natured Monks”). Silpakorn University’s professor Anupong Chanthorn painted two eye-closed monks scrambling for Sai Sin (a sacred thread for preventing evils) and Takrut (an amulet) from the same bowl.....


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Sunday , January 25 , 2009
fringe festival BEYOND BANGKOK
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 1310 , 23:30:39   | Category : Dance 2009   Theatre 2009  
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Patravadi Theatre is inviting you to Ratchaburi and enjoy a rare mix and blend of local and international performing arts.Patravadi Theatre’s Fringe Festival is now in its ninth edition. This annual showcase of contemporary dance and theatre, with some music and film programs, has breathed much life and vibrancy into the country’s performing arts scene. A new experiment this year: it’s not being held....


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THE 20th CENTURY BOYS on stage
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 614 , 23:05:56   | Category : Theatre 2009  
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Naked Masks opens a new season with "Friend", a sci-fi coming-of-age drama adapted from Japan's hit manga, "20th Century Boys".After spawning one of Japan's biggest-budget films, Naoki Urasawa's hit mystery sci-fi manga "The 20th Century Boys" has caught the eye of Ninart Boonphotong, artistic director at Naked Masks Playhouse. "The Japanese master was inspired by t....


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Thursday , January 22 , 2009
Patravadi Theatre in BOOK OF GHOSTS
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 1022 , 02:05:47   | Category : Dance 2009   Theatre 2009   Hong Kong Arts Festival 2009  
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One of the highly anticipated theatre productions at this year's Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF) is "Book of Ghosts", an experiment in the fusion of Asia’s traditional performing arts in the context of contemporary theatre, aiming to preserve and develop Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia Pacific region. Inspired by Zhong Sicheng’s “Lu Gui Bu” (“Book of Ghosts”), written in the Yuan dy....


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TRADITIONAL versus CONTEMPORARY in Thai CULTURE
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 700 , 01:39:16   | Category : Dance 2009   Theatre 2009  
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IT'S A NEW YEAR and we have a new government. Hope for peace and reconciliation is in the air. Yet, one question remains: "I'm sorry: who's our new culture minister again?" Perhaps even: "Do we really have a Culture Ministry?"When the coalition government was being formed, the Culture Ministry was not on the list of top portfolios up for grabs, and this may relate to the fact that....


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Tuesday , January 20 , 2009
CHICAGO...from Broadway...FOR REAL
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 3308 , 18:48:43   | Category : Theatre 2009  
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The musical "Chicago" coming to Bangkok next month really is straight off the Great White Way.Anytime a foreign musical is headed our way, the publicists have a few tricks: "The first Broadway musical ever in Thailand!" they'll say. "All-New York cast!" So when it was announced that "Chicago the Musical" would come to Bangkok, the first question asked was, &quo....


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Monday , January 19 , 2009
Sam Mendess THE WINTERs TALE in SINGAPORE
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 951 , 13:22:12   | Category : Theatre 2009  
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Thanks to Singapore Repertory Theatre and Esplanade, the theatre event of 2009 is two hours away from Bangkok.British thespians, American actors--who are better on stage? The debate can be paused for now, as six actors, three from each country, have joined forces in “The Bridge Project”, a unique series of co-productions from New York’s Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), London’s The Old Vic, and Neal ....


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Tuesday , January 13 , 2009
ONSTAGE with honours
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 799 , 23:22:42   | Category : Dance 2009   Theatre 2009  
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Chula grads and undergrads show thier smarts in a varied string of dance and theatre shows.The graduate program in dramatic arts that Chulalongkorn University launched a year and a half ago - the country's first - is ready to bear fruit, with a dance-and-theatre thesis showcase. Starting off the month-long festival called Kornjob--which means "before graduating"--is [Sao Soong Theatre's] Ch....


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Saturday , January 10 , 2009
NANKI-POO meets ELVIS
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 815 , 00:47:09   | Category : Theatre 2009  
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A new adaptation of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's "Mikado" aims to get us rocking with laughter this month. "We've had lots of requests to do more, so 'The Mikado', as one of the most popular Gilbert and Sullivan shows, seemed the obvious choice," says director Angela Daniel. Those requests came from people who caught Daniel's last two G&S operettas, TheatreWorks and Bang....


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