Playwright Takes Dark Turn in Puppet Production ‘Little Red’
BANGKOK — Three centuries after Charles Perrault committed fairy tale to page in “Little Red Riding Hood,” a Thai dramatist is adapting it to puppet theater with allusions the next month’s 40th anniversary of the 1976 Massacre.
Czech Film Finds Nothing Fair in ‘Fair Play’
BANGKOK — The Rio Games last month showed drugs in competitive sports remain a problem four decades after doping became a matter of international brinkmanship during the Cold War.
See Movie For People Who Like Books More Than People on Sunday
BANGKOK — Those who love books enough to watch movies about people who love books should head to a riverside bookshop in the Khlong San community Sunday for a screening of a 1987 drama on a transatlantic friendship built one page at a time.
Looking at You: Candid Passions on Display at Neilson Hays Library
BANGKOK — With a belief that although humans are alone inside, they can connect to others through mutual feelings, 20 portraits and 10 nudes by a German artist will show at a historic library in Silom.
Bangkok’s New Tallest Celebrates With Monday Light Shows
BANGKOK — Thailand’s tallest skyscraper will officially take its place among the skyline Monday night when it turns on its lights in a flashing, glowing ceremony.
Funk All Night With Bangkok’s ‘Gramaphone Children’
Speaking English in a husky drawl somewhere between his native Kentucky and Malibu beach, Jaree is a mass of contradictions happily occupying one loud shirt at a time. His mop of long hair and slacker aesthetic belie a technical perfectionist who hovers over every knob, slider and setting in his studio to get it all just right.
‘Mr. Smith’ Asks: Is There Life After 40 in Bangkok?
BANGKOK — At the turn of a year, some might fear aging while others embrace it with grace. The almost-midlife crises of those turning 40 inspired stage director Nophand Boonyai’s latest dark comedy, “Happy New Year Mr. Smith.”
Brash Young Artists Push Limits of Contemporary Art
BANGKOK — Frustrated by censorship, enforced beauty standards and more, five emerging artists want to seize the narrative and show what they are thinking.
Mass Pokemon Go Gathering Saturday at Bangkok’s CentralWorld
BANGKOK — The elusive unity and national reconciliation of Thais will finally be realized Saturday, when the kingdom comes together as one in CentralWorld Plaza.
Interracial Love, Politics and Dance in ‘Happy Hunting Ground’
BANGKOK — What do Thai women want from German boyfriends? Why do some dream of moving to the West? What do farang men find by paying for love and affection after coming to Thailand? Stereotypes about sex tourism and interracial relationships at various levels will be explored through a physical performance on a Bangkok stage.
